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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1995 JAN |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
recommends to F&SF readers an anthology she has edited with Edward L. Ferman, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology(1994); Rusch has horror novel The Devil's Churn(1996), about a drowned man who returns after 50 years |
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Coney, Michael |
Tea and Hamsters |
nv |
N-1995 NEB; 1996 HUG, novelette; AUR, short fiction; 2nd story in Foss Creek series, about a small off-planet human tourist village in the far future |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon: 8 Lives Down ... One to Go |
ct |
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Kessel, John |
Books: Prisoners of Perception |
br |
essay: writers that still labor "to produce work that's commercially acceptable while still doing things that matter to (them)"; Rebecca Ore: Slow Funeral; see Kessel's website at www4.ncsu.edu/~tenshi/main.html |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
James Morrow: Towing Jehovah; Susan Power: The Grass Dancer; Mickey Zucker Reichert: The Unknown Soldier; de Lint has Urban Faerie series, novels Jack, the Giant Killer(1987; W-1988 AUR), & Drink Down the Moon(1990; N-1991 LOC) |
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What, Leslie |
Compatibility Clause |
ss |
has her 1st coll., Sweet and Sour Tongue(2000), stories that examine "traditional & nontraditional takes on Jewish life"; historical romance Nice Girls Do(2001), as by Leslie Joyce, "about a (WWII) young couple working in the Resistance in Nice, France" |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Keyboard |
ss |
story written in the window of Booksmith in San Francisco, based on Robin William's idea, "Computer Vampire, or, the Byte that Bites"; Ellison uses a typewriter, hates computers; he's a conceptual consultant on Babylon 5, & sf commentator on Sci-Fi Buzz |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Castro, Adam-Troy |
Ego to Go |
ss |
,lives in Florida; has 1st story pub. "Clearance to Land" in PLP #5 1989; has tribute story, "The Last Robot," to Isaac Asimov in premier issue of SFAge 1992 NOV; has horror story coll., Lost in Booth Nine(1993) |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Summer of the Scavengers and Cannibals |
mr |
essay: Hollywood "eat their own young" by making endless sequels & remakes; The Flintstones(1994), stars John Goodman; The Shadow(1994), based on the old-time radio show & pulp mag., stars Alec Baldwin, also rvw. by Harlan Ellison, 1994 DEC, 1995 FEB |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Mona Lisa—Letter Box Edition |
ct |
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Ballingrud, Nathan |
She Found Heaven |
ss |
his 1st professional sale; just moved to New Orleans from N. Carolina; attended 1992 Clarion, after winning a 1992 Susan C. Petrey Clarion Scholarship |
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Oltion, Jerry |
Great Martian Pyramid Hoax, The |
ss |
has colls. Love Songs of a Mad Scientist: The Collected Short Stories of Jerry Oltion, Vol. 1(1993), & Vol. 2, Singing in the Rain(1998) |
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Epstein, Benita |
Cartoon |
ct |
became a fulltime cartoonist in 1992, two weeks before she made her first sale to American Scientist; her work has been pub. in hundreds of publications, incl. The New Yorker, Barron's, Wall St. Journal, Air & Space, Reader's Digest, & Punch |
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Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Humanity As Cancer |
ar |
overpopulation, the growth of Earth's population of man & what it will mean "for a species expanding with no natural limitation"; the possibilities of ecotage, the releasing of a plague virus to curb mankind; Benford W-1995 Lord Prize for his science work |
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Bischoff, David |
Santa Ritual Abuse |
ss |
story written for a writers' Xmas Eve reading; 1st novel The Seeker(1976) w. Chris Lampton; Tin Wodman(1979) w. Dennis Bailey; Nightworld series, Nightworld('79), The Vampires of Nightworld('81); w. Charles Sheffield, The Selkie('82), The Judas Cross('94) |
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Brennert, Alan |
Cradle |
ss |
co-wrote a libretto for an sf musical, Weird Romance; a two-act play, his story Her Pilgrim Soul is the 2nd act - "A love triangle takes on a new meaning. Can the past really affect the future?"; "H.P.S." 1st pub in TWZ 1986 DEC, aired on TV 1985 DEC 13 |
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Hoffman, Nina Kiriki |
Home for Christmas |
nv |
N-1995 HOM, NEB, nv; 1996 STU; WFA, na; 1st story in F&SF in Matilda 'Matt' Black ser.; many of her stories are linked, with many of the characters & families in her stories related to each other; Matt is also in her novella, The Unmasking(1992) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 62 |
cmp |
1st prize: Anita & Mike Allen; 2nd prize: Bernard J. de la Cruz; R-U: Lesa Neace; James Williamson; Joshua Horowitz; H-M: David S. Smiley; Caroline A. Hayes; Anita & Mike Allen |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 63 |
cmp |
suggested by Mark Ditoro - Hollywood has a tendency to retitle the stories it films to make them sound more interesting, e.g.: Bradbury's "The Fog Horn" became The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms; invent an exciting & funny title for a movie of any sf/f work |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Dr. Quark - The Codeword for Dr. Quark Is, Of Course, Dr. Quark |
ct |
12th cartoon in his Dr. Quark series; in which everyone tries to figure out Dr. Quark's codeword |
| 1995 FEB |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
survey results, Part 1 of 2; what the survey shows about F&SF's readers - most are 25-55 years old(55% over 35), 93% attended college, 40% female, 70% have not been to an sf convention, 40% also read ASI & ANA, 48% have read F&SF for over 11 years |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Shunn, D. William |
Kevin-17 |
ss |
won Honorable Mention, 1994 JWCA, for Best New Writer; short story "The Practical Ramifications of Interstellar Packet Loss" in SFAge 1998 SEP & novella "Dance of the Yellow-Breasted Luddites" in Datlow(ed): Vanishing Acts(2000), share the same future |
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Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
br |
essay: "sf usually ... offer(s) more insight into our current circumstances than sound predictions of tomorrow"; John Barnes: Mother of Storms; Jack Womack: Random Acts of Senseless Violence; Bruce Sterling: Heavy Weather; McHugh: Half the Day Is Night |
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Heath |
Cartoon |
ct |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Rachel Pollack: Temporary Agency; Midori Snyder: The Flight of Michael McBride; Alison Lurie: Women and Ghosts; de Lint has fantasy novel Greenmantle(1988; N-1989 LOC), about a wild hunt that still exists near a modern city(B&C) |
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Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Beautiful, the Damned, The |
ss |
N-1996 LOC, short story; this story written as an homage to F. Scott Fitzgerald(1896-1940), with whom she's been fascinated with since reading "Bernice Bobs Her Hair," & rereads his 1926 novel, The Great Gatsby, every few years |
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Resnick, Mike & Nicholas A. DiChario |
Working Stiff |
ss |
Resnick has Dr. Lucifer Jones ser. Adventures(1985), Lucifer Jones(1992; aka Exploits, 1992, & Encounters, 1992); trilogy The Widowmaker(1996), The Widowmaker Reborn(1997), The Widowmaker Unleashed(1998); anth. Girls for the Slime God(1997) |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon: Now Playing |
ct |
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Ellison, Harlan |
Films: Harlan Ellison's Watching, Installment 49: In Which the Old Man of the Sea Bites the Head Off Yet Another Chicken |
mr |
Part 2 of 2, The Shadow(1994), also based on the old-time radio show(July 31, 1930-Dec. 26, 1954), also rvw. by Kathi Maio, 1995 JAN; The Mask(1994), inspired by the black & white comic book, followed by an animated TV series, movie stars Jim Carrey |
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Jonik |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Whitlock, Dean |
Three Gifts |
nv |
this story evolved over several beach vacations, "My reverence for the sea started me thinking in terms of religion, faith, & miracles" |
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Heath |
Cartoon: Unlike Most Telepaths ... Burt Had the Ability to Read His Own Mind |
ct |
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Sterling, Bruce |
Science: Bitter Resistance |
ar |
bacteria; the nature & characteristics of bacteria; how antibiotics were discovered, how they work, & bacterial defenses & reaction to them; ecotage; the possibility of the evolution of super-resistant bacteria, & the return to a world of deadly plagues |
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MacLeod, Ian R. |
Tirkiluk |
nv |
story came about after he read Anthony Cave Brown: Body of Lies(1975), about Allied deception & intelligence operations in WWII, in particular the "weather wars"; his 1st sale(in 1988), novelette "1/72nd Scale" in WRT 1990 FLL, was N-1990 NEB |
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Williamson, Jack |
Dark Star |
nv |
story is linked to the novel he is currently writing, The Black Sun(1997; N-1998 LOC), which have come about from his interest in dark matter theorized by astronomers; w. Pohl, Cuckoo ser., Farthest Star(1975), Wall Around a Star(1983; N-1984 LOC) |
| 1995 MAR |
Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
ed |
survey results, Part 2 of 2; responses on editorial content; 61% want more sf; 36% want more fantasy, 55% want less horror; 56% prefer the short story, novellas 30%, novelettes 14%; competition least popular feature; readers don't want letters column |
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Flynn, Michael F. |
Promise of God, The |
ss |
N-1996 HUG, LOC, ss; has novels In the Country of the Blind(1990; W-1991 CCR, LOC, PRO); Fallen Angels(1991; W-1992 PRO), w. Pournelle & Niven; The Nanotech Chronicles(1991), Firestar(1996), Rogue Star(1998), Lodestar(2000); coll. The Forest of Time(1997) |
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Kessel, John |
Books: Grace Under Pressure |
br |
announces his retirement from book reviewing due to "increasing responsibilities at work & home"; Maureen F. McHugh: Half the Day Is Night; in 2001, Kessel became Director of Creative Writing program at North Carolina State Univ.; lives in Raleigh, NC |
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Masear, Arthur |
Cartoon |
ct |
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de Lint, Charles |
Books to Look For |
br |
Nancy A. Collins: Wild Blood; Peter Crowther(ed): Blue Motel: Narrow Houses, Volume 3; Don Hutchison(ed): Northern Frights 2; de Lint has fantasy novel Wolf Moon(1988), about a persecuted wolf(B&C) |
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Perry, Steve |
Just Ask |
ss |
has Matador ser., incl. The Man Who Never Missed(1985), Brother Death(1992); written for TV, Batman: The Animated Series(1992), for which he was nominated for an Emmy; has novels Aliens Omnibus Edition(1995), The Trinity Vector(1996) |
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Harris, S. |
Cartoon: Thawing Out Dr. Rojak Again |
ct |
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Caves, Sally |
Ketamine |
nv |
cat in this story based on her own tabby, "I first read about ketamine in Daniel Dennett's essay, 'Why You Can't Build a Computer That Can Feel Pain'(in his 1978 book, Brainstorms)"; has pub. a book on medieval poetry |
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Onopa, Robert |
Traffic |
ss |
story came to him on an aberrant morning schedule that put him in the commuting jam; also has short story "Blue Flyers" in TSF 1994 DEC |
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Maio, Kathi |
Films: Wrong Way to Make Things Right, The |
mr |
essay: "When was it that the hero & the villain of sf/f films became nearly interchangeable?"; Timecop(1994), based on the comic book ser., stars Jean-Claude Van Damme, Ron Silver; The Crow(1994), based on James O'Barr's b&w comic book, stars Brandon Lee |
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Shanahan |
Cartoon |
ct |
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Wentworth, K.D. |
As You Sow |
ss |
has 1st novel sf, The Imperium Game(1994; N-1995 LOC), about a Roman Empire computer game that becomes deadly reality when the player who reigns as Emperor is murdered in the real world as well(B&C); she's often drawn to religious themes in her fiction |
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