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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1957 JAN |
Ferman, Joseph W. |
Publisher's Note |
in |
(1906-1974) introduction to Venture Science Fiction(VSF) and to its editor, Robert P. Mills |
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Anderson, Poul |
Virgin Planet |
na |
(1926-2001) expanded into a novel, Virgin Planet(1959) |
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Cole, Les |
Man of the World, A (World of the Future: I) |
ss |
(1904?-1985) Lester Cole |
| |
Sharon, Rose |
Woman of the World, A (World of the Future: II) |
ss |
(1923-1997) ps. for Judith Merril (she legally changed her name in 1949 from Juliet Grossman to J.M.) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Dust of Death, The |
ss |
(1920-1992) this story was at first in the Wendell Urth series, was rejected by F&SF, was revised by Asimov, eliminating Urth, then was accepted by VSF; this story appears in his coll. Asimov's Mysteries (1968) with the other Urth stories |
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Jakes, John |
Hero at Work |
ss |
(1932- ) |
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Beaumont, Charles |
Oh Father of Mine |
ss |
(1929-1967) ps. for Charles Leroy Nutt, changed name legally to Charles Beaumont |
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
Girl Had Guts, The |
nv |
(1918-1985) |
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Mills, Robert P. |
Venturings |
ed |
(1920-1986) introduction to this issue's stories |
| 1957 MAR |
Mills, Robert P. |
Venturings |
ed |
introduction to this issue's stories |
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Godwin, Tom |
Too Soon to Die |
nv |
(1915-1980) |
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Sharon, Rose |
Lady Was a Tramp, The |
ss |
|
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Dickson, Gordon R. |
Friend for Life |
ss |
(1923-2001) |
| |
Brackett, Leigh |
Queer Ones, The |
nv |
(1915-1978) story also known as "The Strange Ones" |
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Fontenay, Charles L. |
Blind Alley |
ss |
(1917- ) |
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Miller, Walter M. Jr |
Vengeance for Nikolai |
nv |
(1922-1996) |
| 1957 MAY |
Mills, Robert P. |
Venturings |
ed |
introduction to this issue's stories; James E. Gunn & Marion Zimmer Bradley on their stories |
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Gunn, James E. |
Space Is a Lonely Place |
na |
(1923- ) 1st of his psychological Space Conquest series in VSF, and the last of 5 stories in the series, pub. in coll. Station in Space(1958) |
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Miller, Walter M. Jr & Lincoln Boone |
Corpse in Your Bed Is Me, The |
ss |
(1922-1996; ? - ? ) |
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Fennel, Erik (or Eric) |
Night Sky of Venus |
ss |
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Anderson, Poul |
Cold Victory |
ss |
|
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Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
Bird of Prey |
nv |
(1930-1999) |
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Mills, Robert P. |
Afternotes |
note |
noting reader reponse to the stories so far published in VSF |
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
Affair With a Green Monkey |
ss |
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| 1957 JUL |
Gunn, James E. |
Not So Great an Enemy |
nv |
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Janvier, Paul |
And Then She Found Him ... |
ss |
(1931- ) ps. for Algis Budrys; 1 of 3 stories in Gus series, others - "Nobody Bothers Gus"(ASF 1955 NOV), "The Peasant Girl"(ASF 1956 JUN) |
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Cogswell, Theodore R. |
Aces Loaded |
ss |
(1918-1987) |
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
On Hand: A Book |
br |
(1918-1985) Martin Greenberg(ed): Coming Attractions(1957); Offhand table of books |
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Piper, H. Beam |
Keeper, The |
nv |
(1904-1964) Horace Beam Piper; story is part of his Terro-Human Future History or Federation series, & is in his coll. Empire(1981) |
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Kornbluth, C.M. |
Education of Tigress Macardle, The |
ss |
(1923-1958) Cyril M. Kornbluth |
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del Rey, Lester |
Seat of Judgment, The |
ss |
(1915-1993) ps. for Leonard Knapp |
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Godwin, Tom |
Harvest, The |
vi |
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Mills, Robert P. |
Venturings |
ed |
introduction to this issue's stories, "Sturgeon's Law"(see p.78, in his book review); James E. Gunn & Paul Janvier(Budrys) on their stories |
| 1957 SEP |
Wallace, F.L. |
Nevada Virus, The |
nv |
(? - ?) Floyd L. Wallace; 1st story pub. sf "Hideaway" in ASF 1951 FEB; pub. mostly in GAL; has coll. Worlds in Balance(1955 Australia) |
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Harmon, Jim |
Bit for Mrs. Halloran, A |
ss |
(1933- ) working name for James Hudson Harmon, writer & radio producer; 1st story pub. sf "The Smuggler" in SWY, in 1954 |
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Anderson, Poul |
For the Duration |
ss |
|
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
On Hand: A Book |
br |
Philip K. Dick: Eye in the Sky(1957); Offhand table of books |
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Silverberg, Robert |
Winds of Siros, The |
nv |
(1935- ) |
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Phillips, Rog |
Executioner No. 43 |
ss |
(1909-1965) working name for Roger Phillips Graham |
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Reynolds, Mack |
Snafu on the New Taos |
ss |
(1917-1983) working name for Dallas McCord Reynolds; 1st and only story in F&SF in Johnny Norsen series, it is the last story in this series, other stories in various mags. 1951-1954 |
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Slesar, Henry |
Before the Talent Dies |
ss |
(1927-2002) 1st story pub. sf "The Brat" in IMT , in 1955; uses ps. O.H. Leslie; won Edgar Award for mystery novel The Gray Flannel Shroud (1958) |
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Young, Robert F. |
Written in the Stars |
ss |
(1915-1986) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Now Let Us Sleep |
ss |
(1923-1993) |
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Mills, Robert P. |
Venturings |
ed |
intro. to VSF drawing of "Venchy", next issue's planned stories, Avram Davidson winning EQMM ss contest with "The Necessity of His Condition" |
| 1957 NOV |
Sturgeon, Theodore |
It Opens the Sky |
nv |
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Davidson, Avram |
Jury-Rig |
ss |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Featherbed on Chlyntha |
ss |
(1888-1975) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
I'm in Marsport Without Hilda |
ss |
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Sturgeon, Theodore |
On Hand: A Book |
br |
John W. Campbell Jr: The Black Star Passes(1953 fixup), & Islands in Space(ASQ 1931; 1957); Offhand table of books |
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Hamilton, Edmond |
No Earthman I |
nv |
(1904-1977) husband of writer Leigh Brackett; this story's "basic viewpoint is exactly the opposite to that of Leigh", in her story that follows(#51) |
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