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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1970 OCT |
Malzberg, Barry N. |
Notes Just Prior to the Fall |
ss |
as K. M. O'Donnell has novels Dwellers of the Deep(1970), & Gather in the Hall of the Planets(1971), both recursive farcical satires featuring sf fans & writers in confrontation with aliens(Clute) |
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deFord, Miriam Allen |
Old Bunch and Dusty Stiggins, The |
ss |
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Anthony, Piers |
Wood You? |
ss |
has Xanth ser. A Spell for Chameleon(1977), The Source of Magic(1979), Castle Roogna(1979), Centaur Isle(1982), etc; has Apprentice Adept seq. Split Infinity(1980), Blue Adept(1981), Juxtaposition(1982), Out of Phaze(1987), etc; interview TWZ 1987 DEC |
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Henderson, Zenna |
Through a Glass—Darkly |
nv |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Stop! |
sces |
overpopulation & birth control, Part 1 of 2; how can the population increase be stopped?; Part 2 in 1970 NOV(#2972) |
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Shapiro, Neil |
She Was the Music. The Music Was Him. |
nv |
2nd of 2 stories in telepath ser.; has novel in same universe, Mind Call(1978), where telepathic starship Commander Diana Light, a recent graduate of the Institute of the Worlds, uses her skills to find out why returning starfarers have been going insane |
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Niven, Larry |
Bird in the Hand |
ss |
2nd story in his Hanville Svetz series; has ser. novel with David Gerrold, The Flying Sorcerers(IFS 1970 MAY, JUL as "The Misspelled Magician"; exp. 1971), in which low-tech people think that high technology is magic(Clute) |
| 1970 NOV |
Roberts, Keith |
Mayday, The |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in his Anita the witch series; except for the 3 stories in F&SF, the other 9 stories in the series are pub. in the British magazines SCF & IMP betw. the years 1964-66 |
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Sheckley, Robert |
Starting From Scratch |
vi |
has Millennial Contest seq. novels w. Roger Zelazny, Bring Me the Head of Prince Charming(1991), If at Faust You Don't Succeed(1993), A Farce to Be Reckoned With(1995); see website www.fantascienza.com/robert.sheckley/ |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970), stars Barbara Streisand; Searles was a dancer on Broadway in the 1950s; he produced sf/f for radio in the 1960s on Pacifica Radio; he had a regular book review program on radio for a time, as well |
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Anvil, Christopher |
Throne and the Usurper, The |
nv |
1st & only story in F&SF in Vaughan Roberts series, series coll. in fixup novel Strangers in Paradise(1969); has novel Warlord's World(1975) |
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Fritch, Charles E. |
Misfortune Cookie, The |
vi |
has colls. Crazy Mixed-Up Planet(1969), & Horses' Asteroid(1970) |
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Lupoff, Richard A. |
Time Dog |
ss |
has nf books Edgar Rice Burroughs: Master of Adventure(1965; rev. 1968; rev. 1975), Barsoom: Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Martian Vision(1976); has fiction book The Case of the Doctor Who Had No Business ...(1966 chap), a recursive tale with Burroughs |
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Shaffer, Francis B. |
Introduction to Prosper Mérimée's "The Venus of Ille" |
in |
Mérimée's 1st play was Cromwell(1822); has novella "Carmen"(1845), which contains valid info on the gypsy's lifestyle in Spain, was made into the opera "Carmen" by George Bizet(1838-1874), & movies The Loves of Carmen(1949), & Carmen Jones(1954) |
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Mérimée, Prosper |
Venus of Ille, The (Special Reprint Feature) |
nv |
(1803-1870) story written in 1837, trans. by Francis B. Shaffer; French dramatist, short story writer & historian, born in Paris; served in French govt., incl. inspector of ancient monuments, had habit of pub. archaeological theories & findings in stories |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science:—But How? |
sces |
overpopulation & birth control, Part 2 of 2; ways to make our society non-conception-centered; Part 1 in 1970 OCT(#2961) |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Dorman, Sonya |
Alpha Bets |
nv |
2nd story in her Roxy Rimidon of the Planet Patrol series |
| 1970 DEC |
Roberts, Keith |
Junior Partner |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in his Anita the witch ser.; ser. coll. in Anita(1970; exp. 1990); has 1st novel, The Furies(SCF #74-76 1965; 1966), about a nuclear test going awry in the UK(Clute); see article "Keith Roberts: The Patient Craftsman" in SFM v.2 #12 1975 |
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Buck, Doris Pitkin |
Insurance |
pm |
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Blish, James |
Books |
br |
Joanna Russ: And Chaos Died(excerpt pub. in F&SF 1970 FEB; N-1970 NEB; 1971 LOC); John Boyd: The Rakehells of Heaven; Brian W. Aldiss: Barefoot in the Head; Harry Harrison: The Daleth Effect |
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Wilson, Gahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Neville, Kris |
Reality Machine, The |
ss |
Neville "liked wine, hated Nixon, deplored mass media, missed Tony Boucher, had grudging, deep respect for John W. Campbell, loved his children, had a deep suspicion of American industry & its products ... had a deep ... love for the sf community"(L#240) |
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Hensley, Joe L. |
Run From Home, The |
ss |
Indiana Judicial Circuit Court judge 1975-88; most of his novels are about law & those involved in it; 1st pub. book The Color of Hate(1960; rev. vt Color Him Guilty, 1987), the story of a black ex-con accused of brutally murdering a white Southern woman |
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Searles, Baird |
Films |
mr/tvr |
Time of Roses(1969), 1st Finnish feature film to be released in U.S., gold medal winner at 1969 Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival; Searles pub. book reviews in The New York Times, The Village Voice, & Publishers Weekly |
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Goulart, Ron |
Sunflower |
nv |
6th story in Chameleon Corps series; has colls. Broke Down Engine and Other Troubles with Machines(1971), Ghost Breaker(1971), What's Become of Screwloose? and Other Inquiries(1971) |
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McAllister, Bruce |
Warmest Memory, The |
ss |
see his story in 1970 JUN(#2914), about how this story was used in his 1st novel, Humanity Prime(1971) |
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Faldt-Larsen, Katrina |
Mother's Day: Chapter Twelve of a Concise History of Modern Feminism, in Which the Torch Almost Goes Out in Deep Space |
ss |
age 24, graduate of Wells College(Aurora, NY), attended Syracuse Univ. for two years; working on her 1st novel, What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up, Mother |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Thalassogens, The |
sces |
water, the uniqueness of it, Part 1 of 3; thalassogens, a word Asimov made up from the Greek, meaning "sea-producers"; can a planet exist with a large ocean of any other substance other than water?; Part 2 in 1971 JAN(#3000), Part 3 in 1971 FEB(#3011) |
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Niven, Larry |
Unfinished Story |
vi |
2nd story in his Mana ser., this one concerns Maxwell's demon - see Asimov's science essay "The Modern Demonology" in 1962 JAN(#1638); also in Draco's Tavern seq. Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!(1978) |
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Aickman, Robert |
School Friend, The |
nv |
(1914-1981) 1st pub. in his coll. Dark Entries(1964); born in London, began writing fiction in 1949; has anth. Mystery: An Anthology of the Mysterious in Fact and Fiction(1952), which refers to Borley Rectory, "the most haunted house in England" |
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F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 39: 1970 JUL-DEC |
indx |
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