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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1953 JUL |
Seabright, Idris |
Judgment Planet |
ss |
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Dick, Philip K. |
Expendable |
ss |
has colls. A Handful of Darkness(1955 UK), The Variable Man and Other Stories(1957), The Preserving Machine(1969); novels Dr. Futurity(TWS 1954 SUM as "Time Pawn"; exp. 1959), Time Out of Joint(1959), Vulcan's Hammer(FUT #29, 1956; exp. 1960) |
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Sheckley, Robert |
King's Wishes, The |
ss |
has colls. Untouched by Human Hands(1954), Citizen in Space(1955), Pilgrimage to Earth(1957); has used ps. Phillips Barbee, Ned Lang, & Finn O'Donnevan in GAL; short story "Something for Nothing" in GAL 1954 JUN made into 1993 Cable ser. The Utilizer |
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Bester, Alfred |
Star Light, Star Bright |
ss |
has novel The Demolished Man(GAL 1952 JAN-MAR; 1953), which won the first Hugo Award in 1953, for best novel, tells the story of Ben Reich who commits murder, gets caught by an Esper detective, & is committed to curative brainwashing(Clute) |
| 1953 AUG |
Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Note From the Editors |
note |
announcing F&SF's first serial, Poul Anderson's novel Three Hearts and Three Lions, to begin in the next issue |
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Bretnor, R. & Kris Neville |
Gratitude Guaranteed |
nv |
(1911-1992; 1925-1980) |
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Brown, Fredric |
Rustle of Wings |
ss |
(1906-1972) writer of fantasy, science fiction & mysteries; 1st story pub. sf "Not Yet the End" in CFU 1941 WIN; has 1st detective novel The Fabulous Clipjoint(1947; W-1947 EDG), in Hunter ser., coll. in 1st omnibus Hunter and the Hunted(2002) |
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Coupling, J.J. |
Mr. Kincaid's Pasts |
ss |
wrote science articles for ASF from 1944-71 as J.J. Coupling; has pub. 14 non-fiction books, from Theory and Design of Electron Beams(1949; rev. 1954) to Almost All About Waves(1974); has written fiction as Stine, Coupling, & as John Roberts |
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Wellman, Manly Wade |
One Other |
ss |
4th story Silver John ser.; has Hok ser. in AMZ(1939-41) & FAD(1942), sf adventures set in early mythic civilizations; has story made into 1961 The Twilight Zone TV ser. ep. "Still Valley" - a Confederate soldier gets a chance to win the war for the South |
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Hubbard, P.M. |
Manuscript Found in a Vacuum |
vi |
(1910-1980) 1st pub. in Punch 1952 DEC; working name for Philip Maitland Hubbard; born in England, educated in the Channel Islands, classics degree from Oxford, govt. service in India(Punjab) from 1933-47; lives in the English County of Dorset |
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Griffith, Ann Warren |
Captive Audience |
ss |
her work her appeared in ATL, Reader's Digest, and The Woman |
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Moore, Ward |
Measure of a Man |
ss |
his 1st story pub. sf was novel Greener Than You Think(1947), a comic satire about a mutated form of grass that absorbs the entire world(Clute) |
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Dunsany, Lord |
Told Under Oath |
ss |
(1878-1957) 1st pub. in Punch, 14 SEP 1952; title & wn. for Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett; Irish author, playwright, essayist; 1st genre works colls. in The Gods of Pagana(1905), Time and the Gods(1906), both illus. by S.H. Simes |
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Wiles, A.F. |
Cartoon |
ct |
1st pub. in Punch, 14 SEP 1952 |
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Robin, Ralph |
Open Ears |
ss |
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Davis, Lavinia R. |
Randall |
ss |
(1909-1961) Lavinia Riker Davis |
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McClintic, Winona |
Unquiet Grave, The |
pm |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Clarke: Against the Fall of Night; Olaf Stapledon: To the End of Time; Pratt: The Undying Fire; William Tenn: Children of Wonder; Sturgeon: Baby Is Three; Greenberg(ed): The Robot and the Man; Wollheim(ed): Prize S. F.; F. Anstey: The Brass Bottle |
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Nearing, H. Jr |
Cerebrative Psittacoid, The |
ss |
10th story in Profs. Ransom & MacTate series |
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Redman, Ben Ray |
At the Door |
vi |
(1896-1961) has 1st novel Masquerade(1923); under ps. Jeremy Lord, mys. The Bannerman Case(1935), Sixty-Nine Diamonds(1940); story "The Perfect Crime" in Ellery Queen: 101 Year's Entertainment(1941), made into 1957 Alfred Hitchcock Presents episode |
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Binder, Eando |
Warning to the Furious, A |
ss |
(1911-1975) ps. for Otto Oscar Binder; his 1st story pub., with his brother Earl, "The First Martian" as by Eando Binder in AMZ 1932 OCT; Otto had sentient robot Adam Link ser.(AMZ 1939-42), coll. in Adam Link – Robot(1965 fixup) |
| 1953 SEP |
Anderson, Poul |
Three Hearts and Three Lions |
na-1/2 |
"alternate-world fantasy, an Earthman is translated from the middle of World War II into a sword-&-sorcery world"(Clute); exp. 1961 & has sequel, A Midsummer Tempest(1974; W-1975 MYT; N-1975 LOC, NEB, WFA), alt. world where Shakespeare's plays are factual |
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de Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt |
One Man's Meat |
ss |
11th story Gavagan's Bar series; Pratt has novels Double Jeopardy(TWS 1952 APR & JUN; 1952 fixup), Invaders from Rigel(WSQ 1932 WIN, as "The Onslaught from Rigel"; 1960), Alien Planet(AMQ 1932 WIN, as "A Voice Across the Years" w. I.M. Stephens; 1962) |
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Nelson, Alan |
Silenzia |
ss |
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Miller, Lion |
Available Data on the Worp Reaction, The |
vi |
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Wood, Christopher |
Mrs. Dalrymple's Cat |
ss |
has humorous erotic novels under 2 ps., incl. Penny Sutton: The Stewardesses Down Under(1973); Oliver Grape: Forward Virgins(1975); wrote screenplays for Seven Nights in Japan(1976), Remo Williams(1985), The Unspeakable(1996 TV), Stray Bullet(1998), etc |
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Sale, Richard |
Old Oaken Eight-Ball, The |
ss |
1st pub. in Detective Fiction Weekly, 15 MAR 1941, 2nd story Captain McGrail series; created Deen "The Cobra" Bradley ser. in Ten Detective Aces in 1934, & photographer/insurance agent Terence "Candid" Jones ser. in Detective Fiction Weekly in 1936 |
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Hamm, Thelma D. |
Gallie's House |
vi |
(1905-1994) working name for Thelma D. Hamm Evans; wife of fan & writer E. Everett Evans(1893-1958); 1st story pub. sf "The Last Supper" in IFS 1952 SEP; see obit in LOC 1994 JUL(#402) |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Olaf Stapledon: To the End of Time; H. Rider Haggard: Lost Civilizations; Harness: Flight Into Yesterday; Wilmar H. Shiras: Children of the Atom; McIntosh: World Out of Mind; Wilson Tucker: The Time Masters; Bleiler & Dikty: Year's Best S. F. Novels, 1953 |
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Bester, Alfred |
Time Is the Traitor |
nv |
has mainstream novel, Who He?(1953; vt The Rat Race, 1956), about the TV & advertising businesses, & which sheds some light on the milieu of his sf novel, The Demolished Man(1953)(Clute) |
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Phillips, Peter |
Warning, The |
ss |
(1920- ) British newspaperman; his writing of sf stories lasted a decade; between 1948-1958, he pub. at least 22 stories in sf/f mags., incl. F&SF, ASF, WRT, MVL, PLS, STS, GAL, NWS, FAN, & INF |
| 1953 OCT |
Farmer, Philip José |
Attitudes |
nv |
(1918- ) 1st story Father John Carmody ser.; born in Terra Haute, IN; lives in Peoria, IL; 1st story pub. "O'Brien and Obrenov" in Adventure 1946 MAR; BA in English in 1950 from Bradley Univ.(Peoria); see interview in Paul Walker: Speaking of S. F.(1978) |
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Carlson, Esther |
Long Distance |
ss |
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Porges, Arthur |
Ruum, The |
ss |
1st story Ruum series(specimen-collecting robot from the planet Ilkor, left on the Earth) |
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Harness, Charles L. |
Chessplayers, The |
ss |
has novelette "An Ornament to His Profession" in ANA 1966 FEB & novella "The Alchemist" in ANA 1966 MAY, both N-1966 NEB; 1967 HUG; & novella "Probable Cause" in Knight(ed): Orbit 4(1968), N-1969 NEB |
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Chandler, Raymond |
Bronze Door, The |
nv |
(1888-1959) 1st pub. in UNK 1939 NOV; born in Chicago, mystery writer -perhaps the greatest of all time, & screenwriter; creator of the narrator /sleuth Philip Marlowe; won Edgar Awards, best screenplay/1946, & best novel/1954 for The Long Goodbye |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Patrick Moore: A Guide to the Moon(nf); Heinz Haber: Man in Space(nf); Clarke: Childhood's End; Gerald Kersh: The Secret Masters; Elizabeth Cadell: Crystal Clear; Charlotte Haldane: The Shadow of a Dream; Ayn Rand: Anthem |
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Brown, Bill |
Tronk and the Trumpet, The |
ss |
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Anderson, Poul |
Three Hearts and Three Lions |
na-2/2 |
winner 2nd place best story of 1953; see contest results F&SF 1954 MAY; has novel Brain Wave(SPM 1953 SEP as "The Escape," the first installment only before the mag. ceased publication; 1954), considered by some to be his most famous & finest work(Clute) |
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Mudgett, Herman W. |
Naming of Names, The |
pm |
Herman W. Mudgett was the infamous "Torture Doctor," a 19th Century U.S. mass murderer, who used the alias H.H. Holmes(also a Boucher ps.); see book David Franke: The Torture Doctor(1975) |
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Rogers, Kay |
Letter to a Tiger |
ss |
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| 1953 NOV |
Simak, Clifford D. |
Shadow Show |
nv |
(1904-1988) journalist with Minneapolis Star(1929-76); 1st story pub. "The World of the Red Sun" in WOS 1931 DEC; 1st novel Cosmic Engineers(ASF 1939 FEB-APR; rev. 1950), Empire(1951); see iv's in Walker: Speaking of Science Fiction(1978), & AMZ 1980 FEB |
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Abernathy, Robert |
Professor Schlucker's Fallacy |
ss |
(1924-1990) has a PhD from Harvard in Slavic linguistics; 1st story pub. "Peril of the Blue World" in PLS 1942 WIN |
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Seabright, Idris |
Altruists, The |
ss |
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Lord, Mindret |
Dr. Jacobus Meliflore's Last Patient |
ss |
(1903-1955) ps. for Mildred Loeb Lord; wrote screenplays for Strange Impersonation(1946), The Glass Alibi(1946), The Sainted Sisters(1948), The Virgin Queen(1955); movies based on her stories, Alias Nick Beal(1949), The Big Bluff(1955) |
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Royce, Stewart |
"… Fight in the Hills" |
ss |
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Ready, W.B. |
Hound of Cullen, The |
nv |
1st pub. in 1951; has autobiography, Files on Parade: A Memoir by William B. Ready(1982), the manuscript of which he finished just days before he suddenly died in Victoria, B.C., in 1981 |
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Randolph, Vance |
Blood in the Cellar: Ozark Folk Tale, An |
vi |
3rd story Ozark folk tales series, coll. in The Devil's Pretty Daughter(1955), The Talking Turtle(1957), Sticks in the Knapsack(1958), Hot Springs and Hell(1965), Pissing in the Snow(1976); see Robert Cochran: Vance Randolph: An Ozark Life(1985) |
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Neville, Kris |
Worship Night |
ss |
best known stories, "Bettyann" in Healy(ed): New Tales of Space & Time(1951) & its sequel "Overture" in Healy(ed): 9 Tales of Space & Time(1954), which were made into a novel, Bettyann(1970 fixup); wrote sequel, "Bettyann's Children" (1973), with wife Lil |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
1953 IFA winners, runners-up, Clifford D. Simak: City; C.M. Kornbluth: Takeoff; Kurt Vonnegut: Player Piano; L. Sprague de Camp & Willy Ley: Lands Beyond(nf); Ryan: Across the Space Frontier(nf); Martin Gardner: In the Name of Science(nf) |
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