| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
1992 FEB |
ed |
memories of the space program from childhood, her vision renewed by the report of The Synthesis Group, which has proposed a timetable for a 6-person mission to the Moon in 2005, to Mars in 2014 |
| |
Editorial |
1992 MAR |
ed |
her experience finding out she is only "partially literate" when she couldn't understand Spanish signs in NYC, despite having studied the language; will try to "publish stories that have their base in other cultures & other literary traditions" |
| |
Editorial |
1992 APR |
ed |
changes in F&SF, an F&SF without Isaac Asimov; introduction to the two who will try to fill the empty place in F&SF - Gregory Benford, & Bruce Sterling; see Rusch's interviews in LOC 1990 SEP(#356), After Hours 1991 WIN, & Dead of Night 1994 SPR/SUM |
| |
Editorial |
1992 MAY |
ed |
"What has happened to the old sf traditions? ... 1. We outgrew them ... 2. They're still with us ... 3. We wouldn't recognize them if we read them ... sf has continued to grow & change"; see Rusch interviews in Talebones 1997 SUM, & INZ 1998 DEC |
| |
Editorial |
1992 JUN |
ed |
the terrifying attitude in today's society to deny the fantastic & thus to rein in the imagination; Rusch has nf book with Dean Wesley Smith: The SFWA Handbook: The Professional Writer's Guide to Writing Professionally(1990; W-1991 LOC) |
| |
Editorial |
1992 JUL |
ed |
the pleasures of reading Mark Twain's works; hopes Denton's story "The Territory" in this issue "inspires those of you who have never read Mark Twain to pick up a copy of Tom Sawyer," etc; Rusch has anth. The Best of Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine(1991) |
| |
Alien Influences |
1992 JUL |
nv |
2nd & last story in F&SF in planet Bountiful series, to be part of fixup novel Alien Influences(1994; N-1995 CLA); story was orig. written for, & will be pub. in Resnick & Greenberg(ed): Whatdunits(1992), an anth. of sf mysteries |
| |
Isaac Asimov: 2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992 |
1992 AUG |
obit |
announces the death of Isaac Asimov on April 6; introduction to tributes by Harlan Ellison & Edward L. Ferman, & to a short farewell that Asimov "sent with his 399th column last summer"; this farewell is the last piece in this issue |
| |
Editorial |
1992 SEP |
ed |
Clarion Writers Workshop, celebrating 25th anniversary; what Clarion has done for the field; what it does, & how it does it; Rusch has novels w. Kevin J. Anderson, Afterimage(1992), omnibus Afterimage/Aftershock(1998), about a woman aided by shapeshifters |
| |
Editorial |
1992 OCT/NOV |
ed |
"intermingling careers & influences" betw. writers, other writers, & their editors; Rusch has 1st horror novel Facade(1993), in which a well-known actor returns the beach house where a murder & his daughter disappeared, sparking more incidents(B&C) |
| |
Editorial |
1992 DEC |
ed |
don't ask what the trends & patterns in sf/f are, ask instead "where is the literature taking us ... (it) is leading us where it always does: back to ourselves"; Rusch has novel Heart Readers(1993), about a person who judges the purity of princes' heart |
| |
Perennials |
1992 DEC |
ss |
this story sold "2 years ago, 6 months before my father died ... I must have known something was about to happen ... amazing the games the mind can play"; Rusch has sf/fantasy novel Traitors(1993), about a rebellion on a distant planet(B&C) |
| |
Editorial |
1993 JAN |
ed |
announces Algis Budrys' last book column is in this issue(for F&SF); Budrys to be editor of his own sf magazine, Tomorrow Speculative Fiction(TSF 1993 JAN to 1997 FEB, 24 print issues, then going online for 1 year); new reviewer to be Orson Scott Card |
| |
Editorial |
1993 FEB |
ed |
transitions: 1992 brought the deaths of some of sf's best - Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Reginald Bretnor; sf is "slowly leaving (its) youth, & gaining an early middle age ... Fortunately, in literature, the voices live on long after the body goes" |
| |
Editorial |
1993 MAR |
ed |
introduces John Kessel as a new book review columnist; he has written reviews before, for Short Form, The New York Review of Science Fiction, & The Los Angeles Times Book Review; has a PhD in American Literature, which he teaches at NC State Univ. |
| |
Editorial |
1993 APR |
ed |
writing humor is difficult, the sf works of mystery writer Sharyn McCrumb, author of the James Owens Mega(an sf author/professor) mystery series, Bimbos of the Death Sun(1988; W-Edgar; N-Anthony), & Zombies of the Gene Pool(1992) |
| |
Editorial |
1993 MAY |
ed |
movies & TV have not "taken readers away from the fantasy & science fiction genre ... (they've) brought readers to the genre"; Rusch has Star Trek Deep Space Nine novelization, The Big Game(1993), with Dean Wesley Smith under collab. ps. Sandy Schofield |
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Sinner-Saints |
1993 MAY |
ss |
N-1994 HUG, LOC; alt. history story based on life of Lillian Hellman(1905-1984), to be pub. in Resnick(ed): By Any Other Fame(1994); Hellman wrote influential plays, & 3 autobiographies, An Unfinished Woman(1969), Pentimento(1973), Scoundrel Time(1976) |
| |
Editorial |
1993 JUN |
ed |
"despite any sudden darkness ... I find reassurance in stories ... that somewhere down the road a store is open, a well-lit store with candles & firewood, where someone else has already gone to escape the gloom" |
| |
Good Wishes |
1993 JUN |
ss |
examines pre-marriage jitters from post-marriage perspective; Rusch has The Fey ser., The Fey: The Sacrifice(1995), The Changeling(1996), The Rival(1997), The Resistance(1998), The Victory(1998), high-fantasy about the warlike Fey waging guerilla warfare |
| |
Editorial |
1993 JUL |
ed |
reader reactions to stories in 1993 JAN, FEB, & MAR issues; two reasons there won't be a letters column under her editorship: 1. takes away space best reserved for fiction; 2. magazine lead time(~6 months) precludes timely publication of letters |
| |
Editorial |
1993 AUG |
ed |
ethics & the writer; the reasons that make a writer write; "what we as writers, readers & editors must never forget is the reason we are here in the first place: to communicate"; has article about author A.R. Morlan in PLP: A Fiction Magazine, #9 1992 JUN |
| |
Editorial |
1993 OCT/NOV |
ed |
Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley's novel Frankenstein, or the Modern Prometheus(1818), perhaps the 1st sf novel; the focus of Walter Jon William's story in this issue, the historic meeting of Mary, husband Percy Bysshe Shelley, Lord Byron & Dr. Polidori |
| |
Editorial |
1993 DEC |
ed |
brief summary of Jack Williamson's life, from his birth in 1908 in the Arizona Territory & his family's covered wagon trek, to his teaching at Eastern New Mexico Univ. & his most recent story in this issue |
| |
Editorial |
1994 JAN |
ed |
Question to Harlan Ellison: What sf film would you show to someone unfamiliar to sf? Answer: Seconds(1966), based on the book by David Ely, dir. John Frankenheimer, stars Rock Hudson, about a middle-aged man given a second chance at life |
| |
Editorial |
1994 FEB |
ed |
at the F&SF booth at the World S. F. Convention in San Francisco, Sept. 1993; has novel Sins of the Blood("Children of the Night," in Preiss(ed):The Ultimate Dracula, 1991; exp. 1994), about vampire siblings, one a vampire, the other a vampire slayer(B&C) |
| |
Editorial |
1994 MAR |
ed/br |
announces that Orson Scott Card is leaving, his 'Books to Look For' column to be taken over by Charles de Lint beginning next month; reviews Sean Stewart: Passion Play; Joe Haldeman: Vietnam and Other Alien Worlds |
| |
Editorial |
1994 APR |
ed |
introduces new book reviewer, Charles de Lint; has pub. br's in PLP, Mystery Scene, The Horror Show, Science Fiction Review, Other Realms; owns & edits Triskell Press; won William L. Crawford Award for Best New Fantasy Author of 1984 |
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Without End |
1994 APR |
ss |
has anth. w. Edward L. Ferman, The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology(1994; N-1995 LOC); Rusch was N-1991-92(w. Ferman), 1993-97 & W-1994 HUG, for Best Professional Editor(F&SF); N-1996-97 WFA, Special Award for editing F&SF |
| |
Editorial |
1994 MAY |
ed |
her reading list for the year 1993, says a lot about her reading tastes: Sharon McCrumb's The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter, Elizabeth Harris' The Herb Gatherers, James Lee Burke's In the Electric Mist with the Confederate Dead, etal |
| |
Editorial |
1994 JUN |
ed |
sf on TV/cable: Sci-Fi Channel's Sci-Fi Buzz, with commentary by Harlan Ellison; TVOntario's program, Prisoners of Gravity; Rusch was N-1992, 1995-96 HUG, & N-1992 WFA, all with Dean Wesley Smith for editing at Pulphouse Publishing |
| |
Editorial |
1994 JUL |
ed |
censorship, is it becoming common or rampant?; "Good fiction draws an emotional response from the reader. Devaluing a story because it upsets someone—in any circumstance—devalues literature"; Rusch N-1990-1997 LOC, for Best Editor |
| |
Editorial |
1994 AUG |
ed |
"We should make the effort to bring non-sf readers into the genre ... My duty as an editor is to remember that each issue should attract new readers, & each issue should have one newcomer-friendly story" |
| |
Editorial |
1994 SEP |
ed |
introduces new book columnist Robert K.J. Killheffer, 1st work in sf field was for The New York Review of S. F., Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, The Washington Post; Paul Di Filippo begins a quarterly humorous essay column, Plumage from Pegasus |
| |
Editorial |
1994 OCT/NOV |
ed |
Mainstream America "is doing a better job of imagining the future than we are, "as witnessed by an alternate history Nightline(w. Ted Koppel), VR helmets for disabled children on Prime Time, & "Imagine a world with no beer" Zima commercials |
| |
Editorial |
1994 DEC |
ed |
introduction to Asimov's 400th science essay: "there will always be a fresh new generation of creators"(Anthony Boucher), but also "the day comes when our favorite writer stops producing & all that remains is what he has already written" |
| |
Editorial |
1995 JAN |
ed |
recommends to F&SF readers an anthology she has edited with Edward L. Ferman, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology(1994); Rusch has horror novel The Devil's Churn(1996), about a drowned man who returns after 50 years |
| |
Editorial |
1995 FEB |
ed |
survey results, Part 1 of 2; what the survey shows about F&SF's readers - most are 25-55 years old(55% over 35), 93% attended college, 40% female, 70% have not been to an sf convention, 40% also read ASI & ANA, 48% have read F&SF for over 11 years |
| |
Beautiful, the Damned, The |
1995 FEB |
ss |
N-1996 LOC, short story; this story written as an homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald(1896-1940), with whom she's been fascinated with since reading "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," & rereads his 1926 novel, The Great Gatsby, every few years |
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Editorial |
1995 MAR |
ed |
survey results, Part 2 of 2; responses on editorial content; 61% want more sf; 36% want more fantasy, 55% want less horror; 56% prefer the short story, novellas 30%, novelettes 14%; competition least popular feature; readers don't want letters column |
| |
Editorial |
1995 APR |
ed |
her reading list for 1994, best books she's read - Mike Conner: Archangel; Ursula K. Le Guin: The Left Hand of Darkness(25th anniv. edition); Mike Resnick & Anthony Lewis(ed): The Passage of Light(a coll. of Barry N. Malzberg's recursive sf) |
| |
Editorial |
1995 MAY |
ed |
a "Sense of Adventure" (not Wonder) is what we need in today's sf; "what happened to our Sense of Adventure? ... You'll see more adventure in the pages of F&SF. Along with ... horror & wonder ... it's time to return to our roots" |
| |
Editorial |
1995 JUN |
ed |
reader responses to survey results(1995 FEB & MAR editorials), Part 1 of 2; comments & opinions from readers, 25 years & over age group, about where did sf's Sense of Adventure go, is sf now only for adults, is sf becoming 'mainstreamed'? |
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Spirit Guides |
1995 JUN |
ss |
1st pub. in Peter Crowther & Martin H. Greenberg(ed): Heaven Sent(1995); has Star Trek Voyager novelizations, The Escape(1995), with Dean Wesley Smith, & Echoes(1998), with Smith & Nina Kiriki Hoffman |
| |
Editorial |
1995 JUL |
ed |
reader responses to survey results(1995 FEB & MAR editorials), Part 2 of 2; from the 25 & younger age group; why is the sf readership audience becoming older; 7% of F&SF readers are under 25; Rusch has Star Wars novelization, The New Rebellion(1996) |
| |
Editorial |
1995 AUG |
ed |
popularity of R.L. Stine's Goosebumps & Fear Street series of books for young adults(ages 9-12, & 13-16); "... children learn a lot from Stine: They learn to enjoy reading" |
| |
Editorial |
1995 SEP |
ed |
Nebula Awards ceremony speech by Tom Doherty, "on the future of the sf field, with an analysis of the changes in the book buying public"; what young people are reading now & will in the future; quote from a letter by 17-year old Jeremy Renken |
| |
Editorial |
1995 OCT/NOV |
ed |
virtual golf, "the world of today existed in the imagination only yesterday ... (today) we can get a glimpse of the landscape of tomorrow"; Rusch has novelizations Aliens: Rogue(1995), omnibus Alien Harvest/Rogue w. Dean Wesley Smith as Sandy Schofield |
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Editorial |
1995 DEC |
ed |
when local bookstores compete with book superstores, the attitudes of the local bookseller will tell if he is to survive; Rusch has novelizations Star Trek Next Generation: The Soldiers of Fear(1996), Klingon!(1996) w. Dean Wesley Smith as Sandy Schofield |
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Editorial |
1996 JAN |
ed |
introduction to the new book review column, 'Brief Reviews: Books,' to be composed by various F&SF staff members; the purpose of the column is to review more sf/f books each month |
