| Issue Date |
Theme |
| Type |
Stories |
| 1976 NOV |
Special Damon Knight Issue, includes a special cover by Ed Emsh; the 9th issue dedicated to an author of note |
| intentional |
#3874 - Damon Knight: "I See You"; #3875 - Theodore Sturgeon: "Damon: An Appreciation"; #3876 - Vincent Miranda: "Damon Knight: Bibliography"; #3878 - John Grabowski: "Damon Knight Word-Wise"(a word search puzzle) |
| 1977 JUL |
Special Harlan Ellison Issue, includes a special cover by Kelly Freas; the 10th issue dedicated to an author of note |
| intentional |
#3976 - Harlan Ellison: "Jeffty Is Five"; #3977: "Alive and Well and On a Friendless Voyage"; #3978: "Working With the Little People"; #3979: "You Don't Know Me, I Don't Know You"; #3980 - Robert Silverberg: "Harlan"; & #'s 3981(Delap), 3982(Swigart) |
| 1977 OCT |
28th Anniversary All-Star Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4018-4029 |
| 1978 MAR |
Special All-Star Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4082-4093 |
| 1978 APR |
Special All British Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4094-4105, with the exception of the regular contributors, Gahan Wilson(cartoon), Baird Searles(movie review), Isaac Asimov(science essay) |
| 1978 OCT |
29th Anniversary All-Star Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4170-4181 |
| 1978 NOV |
Isaac Asimov's 20th Anniversary Science Essay Issue |
| intentional |
#4191 - Isaac Asimov: "A Checklist of Isaac Asimov's F&SF Science Essays, 1958-1978"; #4192 - Isaac Asimov: "Science: Fifty Million Big Brothers" |
| 1979 MAY |
Special All-Star Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4257-4272 |
| 1979 OCT |
30th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4329-4365; includes 32 F&SF reprints |
| 1980 OCT |
31st Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4500-4510 |
| 1981 OCT |
32nd Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4673-4687 |
| 1982 OCT |
33rd Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #4863-4877 |
| 1983 OCT |
34th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #5044-5057 |
| 1984 OCT |
35th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #5214-5224 |
| 1985 OCT |
36th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #5374-5385 |
| 1986 OCT |
37th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #5544-5557 |
| 1987 OCT |
38th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #5717-5734 |
| 1988 OCT |
39th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #5892-5904 |
| 1989 OCT |
40th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #6051-6072 |
| 1990 OCT |
41st Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #6227-6239 |
| 1990 DEC |
Special Stephen King Issue, includes a special cover by Anita Kunz; the 11th issue dedicated to an author of note |
| intentional |
#6255 - Ferman: "In This Issue"; #6256 - King: "The Moving Finger"; #6257 - Budrys: "Stephen King"; #6258 - De Filippo: "Stephen King: Bibliography"; #6259 - King: "Author's Note"; #6260 - King: "The Bear" |
| 1991 OCT/NOV (#484-485) |
42nd Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #6411-6431 |
| 1992 OCT/NOV (#497-498) |
43rd Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #6604-6623 |
| 1993 OCT/NOV (#509-510) |
44th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #6780-6796 |
| 1994 OCT/NOV (#521-522) |
45th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #6960-6981 |
| 1995 OCT/NOV (#533-534) |
46th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #7149-7172 |
| 1996 MAR |
3 stories in this issue that will be pub. in Kevin J. Anderson(ed): War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996), an anth. to commemorate H.G. Wells' short novel War of the Worlds(1898) |
| intentional |
#7234 - Mike Resnick: "The Roosevelt Dispatches"; #7239 - Gregory Benford & David Brin: "Paris Conquers All"; #7240 - Dave Wolverton: "After a Lean Winter" |
| 1996 APR |
an editorial introducing the story, "The Refuge," by Alan Brennert, which was written at the same time as a teleplay for Showtime's Outer Limits series, & will be aired in May 1996; readers asked to compare the story in F&SF with the story on Showtime |
| intentional |
#7241 - Kristine Kathryn Rusch: "Editorial"; #7253 - Alan Brennert: "The Refuge" |
| 1996 JUN |
New Writer Issue; 7 stories by new authors Michael A. Martin, Amy Sterling Casil, Michael Libling, Arinn Dembo, Matthew Wells, Jacqueline Hooper, & Gordon Gross(collab. ps. for husband/wife Eve Gordon & Harold Gross) |
| intentional |
#7278 - Martin: "Spelunking at the Cavern"; #7284 - Casil: "Jonny Punkinhead"; #7285 - Libling: "Sitters"; #7287 - Dembo: "Sisterhood of the Skin"; #7289 - Wells:"The Auschwitz Circus"; #7290 - Hooper: "Acheter"; #7291 - Gross: "Communion" |
| 1996 OCT/NOV |
47th Anniversay Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #7349-7369 |
| 1997 APR |
3 stories inspired by this issue's cover art by Barclay Shaw; the authors agreed amongst themselves to write in 3 genres; includes an editorial by Rusch, in which she introduces this issue |
| intentional |
#7433 - Kristine Kathryn Rusch: Editorial; #7437 - Mike Resnick: "The Gelfite Fish Girl"(fantasy); #7444 - Esther M. Friesner: "King of the Cyber Trifles"(sf); #7446 - Nina Kiriki Hoffman: "Manna"(horror) |
| 1997 OCT/NOV |
48th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #7537-7559 |
| 1998 JUL |
F&SF Goes to the Movies Special Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #7664-7682 |
| 1998 OCT/NOV |
49th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #7719-7738 |
| 1999 OCT/NOV |
50th Anniversary Issue |
| intentional |
all stories, #7897-7928 |
| 1952 FEB |
mentioned in one story intro, 3 stories that show sf "can be a vehicle of deeply sincere religious expression" |
| unintentional |
#161 - R. Bretnor: "Mrs. Poppledore's Id"; #162 - Mildred Clingerman: "Minister Without Portfolio"; #171 - Edward Everett Hale: "Hands Off" |
| 1954 NOV |
two stories deal with the problems in the early days of spaceflight, one by a wife and child, second by the military and politicos |
| unintentional |
#557 - Judith Merril: "Dead Center"; #565 - Edmond Hamilton: "Sacrifice Hit" |
| 1956 DEC |
two stories with the same theme, that of a human body being taken over by another being, the control being complete when the body is asleep |
| unintentional |
#869 - Anthony Boucher: "Gandolphus"; #870 - Jane Roberts: "The Red Wagon" |
| 1960 SEP |
unitentionally most of the stories in this issue share a theme - easy for man to fail to realize what is happening to him & the world around him - and this can be very dangerous |
| unintentional |
#1447 - Evelyn E. Smith: "A Day in the Suburbs"; #1448 - Raffel: "Goodbye"; #1449 - Dickson: "Button, Button"; #1450 - Bretnor: "The Man on Top"; #1453 - Elliott: "The NRACP"; #1454 - Reed: "Two in Homage"; #1455 - Whitehill: "Doctor Royker's Experiment" |
| 1962 DEC |
Special Binary Issue; cover art of binary stars & two science articles on binary numbers |
| unintentional |
includes cover art of binary star by Chesley Bonestell & #1790 - Isaac Asimov: "Science: One, Ten, Buckle My Shoe"; #1791 - Frederik Pohl: "On Binary Digits and Human Habits" |
| 1963 MAR |
two stories that share the same theme - that the protagonist of the story believes that the world is centered around him |
| unintentional |
#1830 - Avram Davidson: Introduction to "The Question" ... and "The Importance of Being Important"; #1831 - Larry M. Harris & Donald E. Westlake: "The Question"; #1832 - Calvin W. Demmon: "The Importance of Being Important" |
| 1964 JUN |
one story in this issue & one in next issue(1964 JUL) are science fiction stories that explore the Presidential theme(both written before the death of President Kennedy) |
| unintentional |
#2055 - Avram Davidson: "The Unknown Law" |
| 1964 JUL |
one story in this issue & one in the previous issue(1964 JUN) are science fiction stories that explore the Presidential theme(both written before the death of President Kennedy) |
| unintentional |
#2057 - Philip K. Dick: "Cantata 140" |
| 1966 APR |
a story & an article, both on the same subject: memory transference |
| unintentional |
#2327 - Philip K. Dick: "We Can Remember It for You Wholesale"; #2334 - Theodore L. Thomas: "The Science Springboard: Injected Memory" |
| 1966 MAY |
a book review, an introduction & an article about H.P. Lovecraft |
| unintentional |
#2345 - Fritz Leiber: "Books"(includes an essay on the book Lovecraft: Selected Letters, 1911-1924); #2350 - Avram Davidson: "Introduction to ..."(#2351); #2351 - J. Vernon Shea: "H.P. Lovecraft: The House and the Shadows" |
| 1966 AUG |
a story with a "dizzying view of the universe(s)", & a science essay with "a more rational discussion of cosmogony"(what Ferman calls 'editorial balance') |
| unintentional |
#2384 - Moses Mallette: "The Seven Wonders of the Universe"; #2390 - Isaac Asimov: "Science: BB or Not BB, That Is the Question" |
| 1966 AUG |
a two-part novella by John Brunner, & a book review with a long essay on Brunner's works |
| unintentional |
#2380 - John Brunner: "The Productions of Time"; #2383 - Judith Merril: "Books" (includes a long essay on Brunner's works) |
| 1967 AUG |
two stories that are concerned with mosquitoes or other insects |
| unintentional |
#2518 - Ted Thomas: "The Science Springboard: Mosquito"; #2519 - Charles Harness: "Bugs" |
| 1967 AUG |
three stories "deal in some manner with either the arms, space, or intelligence race between the Soviet Union & the U.S." |
| unintentional |
#2510 - Tom Purdom: "Reduction in Arms"; #2511 - Ilya Varshavsky: "The Conflict"; #2519 - Charles Harness: "Bugs" |
| 1967 SEP |
two stories with a common theme, "a confrontation between West African magic & British-American rationalism" |
| unintentional |
#2527 - Shamus Frazer: "The Cyclops Juju"; #2528 - William Sambrot: "Night of the Leopard" |
