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| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Varley, John |
Pusher, The |
1981 OCT |
ss |
W-1982 HUG, LOC, SFC; N-1981 NEB, short story; has novella "PRESS ENTER []" in ASI 1984 MAY, W-1984 NEB; 1985 HUG, LOC, SFC; has anth. with Ricia Mainhardt, Superheroes(1995); novels The Golden Globe(1998; W-1999 PRO; N-LOC), Red Thunder(2003) |
| Varshavsky, Ilya |
Conflict, The |
1967 AUG |
vi |
(1909-1973) 1st pub. in his anth., Path Into the Unknown(1966, U.K.); trans. from the Russian; a naval engineer, he also has sf stories in International S.F. 1967 NOV, & many anth. incl. The Molecular Cafe(1968), Other Worlds, Other Seas(1970), etc |
| Vatsek, Joan |
Duel, The |
1958 MAY |
ss |
(1916-1996) ps. for Joan Vaczek; born in Uniontown, PA; 1st story pub. "The Bees" in Story Mag. 1941 MAR/APR; only novel This Fiery Night(1959), about conflict in 1950 Cairo, where she lived from 1935-1940; see www.elizabetharthur.org/bio/jvarthur.html |
| Vaughan, Bill |
Wall, The |
1994 SEP |
ss |
in TOC as Bill Vaughn; lives in San Francisco Bay area, works in computer industry since 1969; has pub. in ANA 1987 MAR, & 1988 JUN; has "Confessions of a Bimbette in Space" ser. in Amazing Experiences 1990 SEP, NOV, & MZoo #1 1991 |
| Veillot, Claude |
First Days of May, The |
1961 DEC |
ss |
(1925- ) 1st pub. in F&SF's French edition, Fiction 1960 MAY; trans. by Damon Knight; newspaperman, has two nf books(one on artificial satellites, one on the art of moviemaking); has written scripts for 18 French movies between 1963-1991 |
| Verne, Jules |
Gil Bralter |
1958 JUL |
ss |
(1828-1905) 1st time in English, 1st pub. in Le Chemin de France(The Flight to France), in 1887; trans. by I.O. Evans(1894-1977); Verne a French playwright & novelist, considered 1 of 2 founding fathers of sf(other is H.G. Wells)(Clute); born in Nantes |
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Frritt-Flacc |
1959 NOV |
ss |
1st pub. in Le Figaro Illustre, 1884 DEC; trans. from the French by I.O. Evans, editor of Jules Verne: Master of S.F.(1957); Extraordinary Voyages ser. incl. Journey to the Centre of the Earth(1863; trans. 1872 UK; 1959 movie); see the many Verne websites |
| Vess, John W. Jr |
Introduction to Morgan Robertson's "From the Darkness and the Depths" |
1969 AUG |
in |
(1929- ) Vess has book The Titan and the Titanic(1990); Robertson has colls. "Where Angels Fear to Tread" and Other Tales of the Sea(1899), The Three Laws and the Golden Rule(1900), Down to the Sea(1905), Over the Border(1914), The Grain Ship(1914), etc |
| Vickers, Roy |
Eighth Lamp, The |
1958 JUL |
ss |
(1889-1965) 1st pub. in England, in NOM 1916 JUL; ps. for William Edward Vickers; has coll. The Department of Dead Ends(1947; 1956); has Inspector George Rason ser. in Fiction Parade and Golden Book 1935-1937, & EQMM 1947 DEC |
| Vidal, Gore |
Visit to a Small Planet |
1957 MAR |
ply |
(1925- ) 3-act teleplay, performed May 8, 1955 on NBC, became a hit on Broadway; 1st novel Williwaw(1946); sf novel Messiah(1954); non-sf novels Myra Breckenridge(1968; 1970 movie), sequel Myron(1974); Live from Gologotha(1992); memoir Palimpsest(1995) |
| Vonnegut, Kurt Jr |
Harrison Bergeron |
1961 OCT |
ss |
(1922- ) born in Indianapolis, was a P.O.W. in Dresden in WWII during the saturation bombing & firestorm; studied at Univ. of Tennesee, & Chicago; 1st story pub. sf "Report on the Barnhouse Effect" in COL, in 1950; 1st novel Player Piano(1952) |
| Vukcevich, Ray |
Mom's Little Friends |
1992 APR |
ss |
MS in Computer Science from Univ. of Oregon, a graduate student working in the area of artificial intelligence; 1st story pub. "The Spokesman" in The Fault #15 1980; 1st "big sale" was "Rachel's Inheritance" in PLP #5 1989 |
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No Comet |
1994 JUL |
ss |
lives in Eugene, OR; he is a research assistant for the Institute of Cognitive and Decision Sciences at the Univ. of Oregon |
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Giant Step |
1994 OCT/NOV |
ss |
has taught high school English & Journalism, & college Computer Science |
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Finger, The |
1995 APR |
ss |
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Count On Me |
1995 OCT/NOV |
ss |
N-1996 NEB, short story |
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Rug Rats |
1995 DEC |
vi |
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White Guys in Space |
1996 AUG |
ss |
thru mid-2002 has pub. over 40 stories in mags. F&SF, PLP, Sirius*Visions, Talebones, Rosebud, ASI & ABO, and the anth. Twists of the Tale(1996), Buried Treasures(1996), Imagination Fully Dilated(1998), & Bones of the World(2001) |
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Holiday Junket, A |
1998 AUG |
vi |
has 1st novel, The Man of Maybe Half-a-Dozen Faces(2000), a mystery featuring Oregon P.I. Skylight Howells, who suffers from multiple personality disorder, & solves his cases w. the aid of personalities Dennis, Dieter, Lulu, Scarface, & The Average Guy |
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Rejoice |
1999 JAN |
ss |
see his website at www.sff.net/people/RayV/; has 1st coll. Meet Me in the Moon Room(2001) |
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