| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Beaumont, Charles |
Science Screen, The |
1955 DEC |
mr |
creature-feature movies supposedly made to scare; It Came from Beneath the Sea(1955); The Revenge of the Creature(1955); The Creature with the Atom Brain(1955); The Witch Returns to Life |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1956 MAR |
mr |
The Incredible Shrinking Man(to come out in 1957); King Dinosaur; Tarantula! (1955); Ulysses(1955) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1956 JUN |
mr |
author's experiences in a Hollywood motion picture studio, having written an sf film(The Man Who Would Not Die, later rewritten by Curt Siodmak); The Night My Number Came Up(1955); The Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956); Forbidden Planet(1956) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1956 SEP |
mr |
sf movie boom-bust arriving; more of Beaumont's 'Adventures in Tinseltown'; reviews movie On the Threshold of Space(1956) |
| |
Monster Show, The |
1956 OCT |
ss |
1st pub. in PBY 1956 MAY; scripted movies Queen of Outer Space(1958), The Intruder(1961), The Premature Burial(1962), Burn, Witch, Burn(1962), The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm(1962), Night of the Eagle(1962) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1956 DEC |
mr |
author's recollections of Bela Lugosi, who died August 17, 1956; Satellite in the Sky; Earth vs. the Flying Saucers; The Werewolf; The Black Sleep(all 1956 movies) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1957 MAR |
mr |
1984(1956); The Gamma People(1956); The Beast of Hollow Mountain(1956); The She Creature(1957); Curucu, Beast of the Amazon(1956); It Conquered the World(1956); The Mole People(1956); has coll. The Hunger(1957) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1957 JUN |
mr |
The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957); Around the World in Eighty Days(1956); scripted The Haunted Palace(1963), The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao(1964), The Masque of the Red Death(1964), & Brain Dead(1990) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1957 SEP |
mr |
The Attack of the Crab Monsters(1957); The Man Who Turned to Stone(1957); The Zombies of Mora Tau(1957); She Devil(1957); Not of This Earth(1957); edited horror anth. The Fiend in You(1962) |
| |
Science Screen, The |
1957 DEC |
mr |
The Creeping Unknown(1956, aka The Quatermass Experiment); X—The Unknown(1956); The Curse of Frankenstein(1957); has colls. Yonder(1958), Night Ride and Other Journeys(1960) |
| |
Seeing I, The |
1959 DEC |
tvr |
reviews of science fiction & fantasy TV shows; The Twilight Zone(1st run, 1959-1964); has colls. The Magic Man(1965), The Edge(1966), Best of Beaumont(1982), Charles Beaumont: Selected Stories(1988; W-1989 STO; N-1989 LOC; vt The Howling Man, 1992) |
| |
Gentlemen, Be Seated |
1967 JUN |
ss |
1st pub. in Rogue Magazine, 1960 APR, as by C.B. Lovehill; in the story intro, the announcement of his death after a long illness(Alzheimer's disease diagnosed in 1964), on February 21, 1967; has coll. A Touch of Creature(2000) |
| Beaumont, Charles & Chad Oliver |
I, Claude |
1956 FEB |
ss |
2nd story Claude Adams series, 1st was in F&SF 1955 APR(#636) under Oliver & Beaumont |
| Becker, Stephen |
New Encyclopaedist, The: Entries for the Great Book of History, First Edition, 2100 A.D. |
1964 MAY |
fa |
(1927- ) 1st story New Encyclopaedist series; orig. from Yonkers, now lives in Westchester's Bedford Village; studied at Yenching Univ. near Peiping; translator of André Schwarz-Bart's The Last of the Just |
| |
New Encyclopaedist – II, The: Entries for the Great Book of History, First Edition, 2100 A.D. |
1964 SEP |
fa |
2nd story New Encyclopaedist series |
| |
New Encyclopaedist – III, The: Entries for the Great Book of History, First Edition, 2100 A.D. |
1964 NOV |
fa |
3rd story New Encyclopaedist series |
| Beckert, Christine |
Graft |
1998 FEB |
nv |
(1946- ) former high school English teacher & technical writer; lives in Groton, MA; has pub. in AMZ, TotU, PWr, After Hours, Midnight Zoo, WotF Vol.VIII(1992); story dedicated to nursing instructor Nancy Voneman for providing technical info |
| Beddoes, Thomas Lovell |
Death's Jest-Book, from |
1950 SUM |
pm |
(1803-1849) from Death's Jest Book, 1st pub. in 1850 |
| Belkin, Norman |
Vampire's Saga, A |
1959 MAY |
pm |
|
| Bell, M. Shayne |
With Rain, and a Dog Barking |
1993 APR |
ss |
(1957- ) working name for Michael Shayne Bell; born in Rexburg, ID; spent 2 years as a Mormon missionary in Brazil; now lives in Provo, UT; has bachelor's & master's degrees from Brigham Young Univ. |
| |
Bright, New Skies |
1997 JUN |
ss |
has 1st sf novel Nicoji(1991), human agricultural workers trapped on a swamp world; story, "began as a play for a woman from Irkutsk, Siberia, in 1987 .. she taught English to scientists coming to the west ... wanted a play to teach grammatical concepts" |
| |
And All Our Banners Flying |
1999 APR |
ss |
has Pulphouse Short Story Paperback #34: Inuit(1991), an original sf story about an orbital Inuit Eskimo colony; Washed by a Wave of Wind: Science Fiction from the Corridor(1993), an anth. of sf stories by writers from Utah |
| Benford, Greg |
Stand-In |
1965 JUN |
vi |
(1941- ) 2nd place winner Univac-unicorn short story contest; prize life-time subscription; his 1st pub. story; studying for his PhD in Physics at the Univ. of California(San Diego); he has an identical twin brother, James, with whom he has collaborated |
| |
Representative From Earth |
1966 JAN |
ss |
active in amateur journalism, co-edited fanzine Void, with Ted White, Terry Carr, etal; Void was pub. from 1955-62 in 28 issues; wrote regular articles on "The Science in Science Fiction" w. David Book for AMZ 1969 NOV-1971 NOV, & by himself thru 1976 DEC |
| |
Flattop |
1966 MAY |
ss |
has fixup novel If the Stars Are Gods(1977; N-1978 LOC) with Gordon R. Dickson, the title story in Terry Carr(ed): Universe 4(1974) W-1975 NEB, novelette; see interviews in Vertex 1973 DEC, & in Charles Platt: Dream Makers(1980) |
| |
Deeper Than the Darkness |
1969 APR |
nv |
N-1969 NEB, novelette; N-1970 HUG, short story; exp. into 1st solo novel Deeper Than the Darkness(1970), & rev. vt The Stars in Shroud(GAL 1978 MAY-SEP; 1978; N-1979 LOC), which are about humanity's confrontation with aliens(Clute) |
| Benford, Gregory |
Icarus Descending |
1973 APR |
ss |
1st story Nigel Warmsley ser., part of fixup novel In the Ocean of Night(1977; N-1977 NEB; 1978 LOC), 1st novel of 6 in his Ocean seq., about a universe-wide struggle betw. organic & inorganic "lifeforms," w. the machines appearing to be winning(Clute) |
| |
Snark in the Night, A |
1977 AUG |
na |
N-1978 HUG, LOC, novella; 2nd & last story in F&SF in Nigel Warmsley series, to be part of fixup novel In the Ocean of Night(1977; N-1977 NEB; 1978 LOC; rvw. 1978 JUL); also in series & part of novel, novella "In the Ocean of Night," in IFS 1972 MAY/JUN |
| |
In Alien Flesh |
1978 SEP |
nv |
N-1979 LOC, nv; has novel w. William Rotsler, Shiva Descending(1980); Find the Changeling(1980), w. G. Eklund; Timescape(1980; W-1980 NEB; 1981 BSF, JWC; N-1981 LOC), in which a scientist tries to change history by transmitting a tachyonic message(Clute) |
| |
Vahalla |
1982 APR |
ss |
also in Nigel Warmsley or Ocean ser., Across the Sea of Suns(1984; N-1985 LOC), Great Sky River(1987; N-1988 LOC, NEB), Tides of Light(1989; N-1990 LOC), Furious Gulf(1994; N-1995 LOC), Sailing Bright Eternity(1995; N-1996 LOC) |
| |
To the Storming Gulf |
1985 APR |
na |
N-1986 LOC, na; post-holocaust story taking place in the midwest & gulf states, the after-effects on a small group of people of the EMP & nuclear winter, from various viewpoints; has novels Against Infinity(1983; N-1983 NEB; 1984 LOC), Time's Rub(1984) |
| |
Newton Sleep |
1986 JAN |
nv |
N-1986 NEB; 1987 LOC, na; 1st & only story in Heroes in Hell series, 1 of 7 fantasy stories by 6 authors in Janet Morris(ed): Heroes in Hell(1986), "the greatest shared universe of all time"; other stories by C.J. Cherryh, David Drake, Chris Morris, etc |
| |
Mozart on Morphine |
1989 OCT |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, ss; has novels Artifact(1985; N-1986 LOC); Heart of the Comet(1986; N-1987 LOC), w. David Brin; see iv's in INZ 1995 DEC, Odyssey 1997 SEP, LOC 1987 SEP(#320), 1993 NOV(#394), 2000 JAN(#468); W-1992 U.N. Medal in Literature |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Leaping the Abyss |
1992 APR |
ar |
"no one can replace Asimov"; a talk with British physicist Stephen Hawking, author of A Brief History of Time(1988); the Big Bang, the way the universe began, theories of the universe in the seconds right after, wormholes & superstrings |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Doing Science |
1992 MAY |
ar |
25 "incidents & reflections from my own life that belie the self-portraits we usually get (of scientists & their lives)"; Benford has anth. w. Martin H. Greenberg, Hitler Victorious(1986), Nuclear War(1988); colls. In Alien Flesh(1986), Matter's End(1994) |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Biological Century, The |
1992 AUG |
ar |
21st Century will be the Biological Century(19th was Chemistry & Mechanics; 20th was Physics); what will our world be like in the next century, following the developments in genetic manipulation & nanotechnology; how will we respond to ethical questions? |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Salvaging the Library of Life |
1992 OCT/NOV |
ar |
species preservation & their ecosystems for future generations by creating a 'frozen' Library of Life; we can't stop our destruction of the species, so we should save some for a more technologically advanced future that might be able to reintroduce them |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Imagining the Real |
1993 JAN |
ar |
science fiction & science, scientists & the history of hard sf; Hal Clement's novel, Mission of Gravity(ASF 1953 APR-JUL; & article on how he created his high-gravity planet Mesklin, "Whirligig World" in ASF 1953 JUN) marked the true beginning of hard sf |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Our Computers/Our Selves |
1993 MAR |
ar |
computer-brain resemblances & differences, Part 1 of 2; will computers eventually pass the Turing Test, & someday possess a Self?; sf's brain uploading & matter transmission, & linking brains to computers not possible w/o continuity |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Reasoning About Emotions |
1993 MAY |
ar |
computer-brain resemblances & differences, Part 2 of 2; defining the Self, the role emotions have in defining it; development of drivers or agents(e.g. hunger, reproduction) from babies to adult, & how they too help define the Self; the role of reason |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Time, Again |
1993 JUL |
ar |
time travel, is it possible?; the latest talk among scientists, & in journals, about tachyons, time travel, wormholes, & how to make a time machine; mentions his novel Timescape(1980), & other sf authors; Benford has novel w. Paul A. Carter, Iceborn(1989) |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Calculating the Future |
1993 SEP |
ar |
cryonics, what is the probability that it will work; its probability calculated by separating the idea into smaller, better defined issues, & analyzing their likelihood; 1st sf story with cryonics, by Neil R. Jones, "The Jameson Satellite" in AMZ 1931 JUL |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Aliens We Can Know |
1993 DEC |
ar |
SETI, how we are searching for alien radio transmissions in a program begun on October 12, 1992; how we should go about the search, after analyzing our own "ancient social habits," such as our various responses upon contact with outsiders |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Ten Thousand Years of Solitude |
1994 FEB |
ar |
nuclear waste disposal, Part 1 of 3; the Dept. of Energy's Waste Isolation Plant outside Carlsbad, NM, 2150 feet beneath the salt flats; think tank's(of which Benford is a member) scenarios to determine the stability of the area over the next 10,000 years |
| |
Doing Alien |
1994 MAR |
ss |
has anth. w. Martin H. Greenberg, What Might Have Been? Vol. I: Alternate Empires(1989), Vol. II: Alternate Heroes(1989), Vol. III: Alternate Wars(1991), Vol. IV: Alternate Americas(1992); anth. Far Futures(1995), The New Hugo Winners Vol. IV(1997) |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Deep Time |
1994 APR |
ar |
nuclear waste disposal, Part 2 of 3; how do we warn the future about the radioactive dangers in the waste storage area; possibilities for structures upon which to leave our message; Benford has novel with Arthur C. Clarke, Beyond the Fall of Night(1990) |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: From Here to Eternity |
1994 JUN |
ar |
nuclear waste disposal, Part 3 of 3; ways to shape a message that will last at least 10,000 years, & would be understandable after all that time, & the evolution of man, too; Benford has juvenile novel The Jupiter Project(1975; rev. 1984; 1990) |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Antartica and Mars |
1994 AUG |
ar |
space program today has lost its zip; by using the analogies of Antartica's exploration, the exploration of the New World, & an alternate history scenario, Benford depicts the falling image & goals of NASA & discusses what it should be doing now |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Fire This Time, The |
1994 SEP |
ar |
science was invented only once—by the Greeks; was it because of their clean clear ocean air?; analogy w. California & a brushfire that almost burned down Benford's Laguna Beach home, on Oct. 27, 1993; studies astrophysics, plasma physics at U.C.(Irvine) |
| |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Humanity As Cancer |
1995 JAN |
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 |
