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| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Schenck, Hilbert |
Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck, The |
1978 SEP |
nv |
N-1979 LOC, novelette |
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Battle of the Abaco Reefs, The |
1979 JUN |
na |
N-1979 NEB; 1980 HUG, LOC, novella; "the invasion of the Bahamian island of Abaco by an energy-starved U.S." |
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Buoyant Ascent |
1980 MAR |
nv |
N-1981 LOC, na; story "about a submarine bottomed at 940 ft & a most unusual rescue attempt"; to be pub. in coll. Wave Rider(1980; N-1981 LOC); Schenck has spent years looking at underwater accidents & preparing reports for the U.S. Dept. of Commerce |
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Hurricane Claude |
1983 APR |
nv |
N-1984 HUG, LOC, novella; "story about a group of ocean engineers & their attempts to stop a gigantic killer storm that is ... headed for Long Island" |
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Steam Bird |
1984 APR |
na-1/2 |
concerns a U.S.-Soviet stand-off & recounts the pioneering flight of an enormously slow steam-driven nuclear bomber(Clute); to be in coll. Steam Bird(1988) |
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Steam Bird |
1984 MAY |
na-2/2 |
has 1st novel At the Eye of the Ocean(1980), & A Rose for Armageddon(1982), both set in the Cape Cod region; the 1st novel about a pre-Civil War sea captain who helps slaves escape to Canada; latter about near-future researchers who find a time portal |
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Send Me a Kiss by Wire |
1985 APR |
ss |
has novel Chronosequence(1988), which presents its protagonist with a mystery from previous centuries whose solution involves the ocean, geography, time-slippage, aliens, & the potential redemption of the world(Clute) |
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Down East Storm, A |
1990 OCT |
ss |
see Schenck's entry in the St. James Guide to Science Fiction Writers(1996) |
| Schenck, Hilbert Jr |
Tomorrow's Weather |
1953 APR |
ss |
(1926- ) his 1st pub. story; Hilbert van Nydeck Schenck Jr; engineer, university lecturer, writer; also in F&SF as Hilbert Schenck, beginning in 1977 |
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Me |
1959 AUG |
pm |
has pub. nf that deals with the ocean & with oceanological research & exploration technologies, e.g., Underwater Photography(1954), Skin Diver's and Spearfisherman's Guide to American Waters(1955), Fundamentals of Thermodynamics(1962) |
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Snip, Snip |
1959 SEP |
pm |
has edited textbook, Introduction to Ocean Engineering(1975) |
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Memo at the Department of Agriculture |
1960 APR |
pm |
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Wockyjabber |
1960 MAY |
pm |
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Ed Lear Wasn't So Crazy |
1960 JUN |
pm |
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Me |
1979 OCT |
pm |
1st pub. in F&SF 1959 AUG; see biolog in ANA 1984 SEP |
| Schmidt, Stanley |
Mascots |
1982 FEB |
ss |
(1944- ) has 1969 PhD in physics, which he taught until 1978; editor of ANA 1978 DEC-present; 1st story pub. sf "A Flash of Darkness" in ANA 1968 SEP; 1st novel Newton and the Quasi-Apple(1975); The Sins of the Father(1976), & sequel Lifeboat Earth(1978) |
| Schmitz, James H. |
These Are the Arts |
1962 SEP |
ss |
(1911-1981) 1st story pub. "Greenface" in UNK 1943 AUG; has Vega agents series coll. Agent of Vega(ASF & GAL 1949-51; 1960); has novels The Witches of Karres(ASF 1949 DEC; exp.1966), A Tale of Two Clocks(1962, 1st part of Hub sequence; vt. Legacy, 1979) |
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Attitudes |
1969 FEB |
ss |
others in Hub seq. colls. A Nice Day for Screaming(1965), A Pride of Monsters(1970), novel The Demon Breed(1968); has Telzey Amberdon seq. novels The Universe Against Her(1964), The Lion Game(1973), coll. The Telzey Toy(1973); coll. The Best of ...(1991) |
| Schoenfeld, Howard |
Built Up Logically |
1950 FLL |
ss |
(1915- ) 1st pub. in Retort, 1949 WIN as "The Universal Panacea"; has sequel #145, F&SF 1951 DEC; has pub. mysteries in EQMM; has EQMM story "All of God's Children Has Shoes" reprinted in Bill Pronzini(ed): Midnight Specials(1977) |
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Built Down Logically |
1951 DEC |
vi |
sequel to story #45, F&SF 1950 FLL; has 1st novel Let Them Eat Bullets(1954), about "Jerry Nelson, a tough P.I., who knew what to feed a public enemy, as all hell breaks loose with blondes, lead showers & teenage psychotics" |
| Scholz, Carter |
Altamira (for Glenn Harcourt—als ich chan) |
1981 DEC |
ss |
(1953- ) N-1982 LOC; born in Manhattan, attended Clarion; 1st story pub. sf "Closed Circuit" in Wilhelm(ed): Clarion SF(1976); has 1st novel, with Glenn Harcourt, Palimpsests(1984); Radiance(2002); coll. Kafka Americana(1999) with Jonathan Lethem |
| Schow, David J. |
Curiosities: The Lights in the Sky Are Stars, by Fredric Brown, 1953 |
1999 FEB |
br |
(1955- ) Brown's(1906-1972) novel depicts mankind at the turn of the 21st century & on the verge of star travel(Clute); "Lights has a sense of wonder rarely found in ... modern sci-fi ... Its plot is queerly similar to the recent film Gattaca(1997)" |
| Schutz, J.W. |
Maiden Voyage |
1965 MAR |
nv |
(1912-1984) N-1965 NEB, novelette; his 1st pub. sf; working name for Joseph Willard Schutz; State Department official - American Consul General in Tangier, Morocco; graduated in science & later from the U.S. Counter-Insurgency School |
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Star Driver, The |
1967 JAN |
ss |
writes thrillers as Jerry Scholl |
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Bubble, The |
1967 AUG |
nv |
has also pub. short sf stories in AMZ, ANA, IFS, GAL, & VSF |
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Wish, The |
1972 SEP |
nv |
has two adventure-sf novels, People of the Rings(1975 UK), & The Moon Microbe(1976 UK) |
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Lebenstraum |
1980 JUL |
ss |
his name is incorrectly given on story page as "Shutz," though on the contents page it is correctly given as "Schutz" |
| Scott, Jody |
Go for Baroque |
1961 JUN |
ss |
(1923- ) wn. for Joann Huguelot Wood; Scott her name from a first marriage; born in Chicago, now lives in Seattle; she has a novel of suspense, Cure It with Honey(1951); has also pub. vignette "The Origin of Species," in FAN 1969 FEB, as Jody Scott Wood |
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2-D Problem, The |
1965 AUG |
ss |
has novels Passing for Human(1977), which features Benaroya, a 36-foot extra-terrestial dolphin, who visits Earth to save it from an alien invasion; I, Vampire(1984); has website http://jodyscott.org, Jody Scott: Censorable Ideas and Fiction |
| Scott, Robin |
Gritsch System, The |
1965 MAY |
ss |
(1928- ) ps. for Robin Scott Wilson(& also in F&SF as such, & as Robin Wilson), ex-Navy man, has PhD in English; is a publication editor(civilian) with the U.S. Army in Germany; 1st story pub. sf "Third Alternative" in ANA 1964 MAR |
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Near Thing |
1966 AUG |
ss |
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Diaspora |
1969 NOV |
nv |
Robin Scott Wilson was the most influential founder, along with Damon Knight etal, of the Clarion Science Fiction Writers' Workshop in Clarion, PA, in 1968 (Clute) |
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Delicate Operation, A |
1970 JAN |
ss |
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| Seabright, Idris |
Listening Child, The |
1950 DEC |
ss |
(1911-1995) ps. for Margaret St. Clair; her 1st story pub. under this ps.; also in F&SF under her own name(& where you can find most of her biographical & bililographical info) |
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Brightness Falls From the Air |
1951 APR |
ss |
Story Title Contest, $100.00 given to best title submitted by readers for this story; winner was not announced in later issues, but "Brightness Falls from the Air" was the winning title |
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Man Who Sold Rope to the Gnoles, The |
1951 OCT |
ss |
Margaret St. Clair also pub. mystery stories "Letter from the Deceased" in Detective Story Magazine 1945 MAR, & "Nightmare Lady" in Dime Mystery Magazine 1949 OCT |
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Hole in the Moon, The |
1952 FEB |
ss |
Margaret St. Clair also pub. three stories to men's magazine Gent, in its 1958 SEP, 1959 FEB, & 1960 OCT issues |
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Causes, The |
1952 JUN |
ss |
under the ps. Wilton Hazzard, Margaret St. Clair wrote the article "Geronimo - Red Scourge of the Southwest" in Indian Stories 1950 SUM |
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Egg a Month From All Over, An |
1952 OCT |
ss |
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New Ritual |
1953 JAN |
ss |
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Thirsty God |
1953 MAR |
ss |
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Judgment Planet |
1953 JUL |
ss |
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Altruists, The |
1953 NOV |
ss |
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Change the Sky |
1955 MAR |
ss |
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Personal Monster |
1955 SEP |
ss |
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Asking |
1955 NOV |
ss |
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White Goddess |
1956 JUL |
ss |
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Stawdust |
1956 SEP |
ss |
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Hero Comes, The |
1956 NOV |
ss |
under her real name, Margaret St. Clair, has her 1st novel Agent of the Unknown(STS 1952 FEB, as "Vulcan's Dolls"; 1956), & The Green Queen(1956) |
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Eithne |
1957 JUL |
ss |
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