| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Benford, Gregory |
Scientist's Notebook, A: Big Wham, The |
1995 MAR |
ar |
asteroids in near-Earth orbit; the possibilities of future, & the past history of asteroid collisions with Earth; article by J.E. Enever "Giant Meteor Impact" in ANA 1966 MAR was the first detailed study; funding for the study of near-Earth Apollo objects |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Biotech and Nanodreams |
1995 MAY |
ar |
nanotechnology & biotechnology, where they stand today & some ideas of their future, in the fields of agriculture, mining, & cryonics; a brief recital of the steps involved in reanimating a cryogenic "corpsicle"; beyond the foreseeable future |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Fourth Dimension, The |
1995 JUN |
ar |
4th dimension; "use of time as an added dimension," first by literature, Reverend Edwin Abbott: Flatland(1884), then by Einstein in science; time as it relates to general, special relativity & quantum mechanics; Benford has been an advisor to NASA, DOE |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Far Future, The |
1995 JUL |
ar |
far future of the solar system, galaxies, & universe; if man can somehow survive thru billions of years, will he be able to adjust to survive the end of the solar system & various ends of the universe?; Benford has novel Chiller(1993) as by Sterling Blake |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Life at the Galactic Center |
1995 AUG |
ar |
Milky Way Galaxy's center; center's black hole & other physical features & conditions there; what kinds of life(photovores, metallovores, machine life) that may exist there, as expounded in many of his novels; Benford been White House Space Policy advisor |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Sex, Gender, and Fantasy |
1995 SEP |
ar |
human sexuality & issues of sexuality; the differences between male & female bodies, brains, & sexual strategies; sf & future sexuality, John Varley's The Ophiuchi Hotline(1977), Steel Beach(1992); nf books by Edward Wilson; homosexuality's role? |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Odyssey Galactic, An |
1995 OCT/NOV |
ar |
Benford's roles & work on the Japanese(NHK) science series, A Galactic Odyssey(1990-91; & 5-book series); his experience as script writer, science advisor, & narrator, & what he learned "about how science & sf interact" |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: America As Rome |
1996 MAR |
ar |
America & Rome, an analogy, begun by sf writers L. Sprague de Camp(Lest Darkness Fall), Isaac Asimov(Foundation series), William Golding(Envoy Extraordinary; 1956); detailed study of Rome's decline with the problems faced by the U.S.A. of today |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Scientist Heroes |
1996 APR |
ar |
science "itself has few heroes ... scientific greatness is ... curiously impersonal"; a few great scientists - Marconi(1874-1937), Edison(1847-1931), Darwin(1809-1882), Newton(1642-1727), Archimedes(287-212 BC), Einstein(1979-1955), Sagan(1934-1996) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: net@fandom.com |
1996 JUN |
ar |
sf fandom & the computer internet are analogous; comparison of the development of the Net, with that of fandom which began in 1930, shows striking similarities; can these comparisons presage the future of the Net? |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Diamond Age, A |
1996 AUG |
ar |
element carbon & its forms, esp. diamond; how the physical properties of diamond make it useful in various technologies, incl. its use in the making of a 'skyhook'; methods that diamonds are made; Benford a Prof. of Physics at Univ.of California(Irvine) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Wired Bio-World, The |
1996 OCT/NOV |
ar |
biological & computer technology convergence, does it promise a radically different age?; futurist Walter Truett Anderson: Evolution Isn't What It Used to Be(1996); gene banks, satellite monitoring of ecosystems, transgenic transplants, geneware |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Life on Mars? |
1997 FEB |
ar |
planets, Mars; Part 1 of 2; 3 major scientific discoveries in 1996 suggest possibility of life on Mars, elsewhere; microbes found at undersea hot volcanic vent; Martian meteorite shows hints of life; satellite Europa found to have cracks in its icy crust |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Going to Mars |
1997 MAR |
ar |
planet, Mars; Part 2 of 2; understanding its past & measuring its present; evidence of water, oceans, ice ages on Mars; low cost ways for manned missions to Mars; see Robert Zubrin: The Case for Mars, & his Mars Direct plan |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Colliding Cultures |
1997 SEP |
ar |
cultures in collision, as experienced at the International Conference on the Synthesis of Science and Religion, in Calcutta; sponsored by the Hare Krishnas; East vs. West, science & technology vs. religion & the third world, Mind vs. Matter |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Selfness |
1997 OCT/NOV |
ar |
selfness, consciousness of self, as possibly felt by clones, twins, & uploaded Digital 'Dittos'; how is or can there be a continuation of self after comas, brain surgery, or cryogenic procedures; the bioethics involved in all this |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Our Complex Greenhouse |
1998 JAN |
ar |
Earth & the greenhouse effect, Part 1 of 2; a simplified explanation of the causes of the greenhouse effect, its past occurrences, & some simple ways that may help to curtail it(such as plant trees); what will happen if we can't control it |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Bright Future: Fixing the Greenhouse |
1998 FEB |
ar |
Earth & the greenhouse effect, Part 2 of 2; possible solutions to fixing the problem incl. seeding the oceans w. iron, seeding the upper atmosphere w. sulfuric acid droplets; becoming bioengineers of Earth, to try to increase our planet's albedo |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Boom and Zoom |
1998 APR |
ar |
computerized offices of the future, where will the World Wide Web lead us?; a fictional "scenario to convey (his) speculations"; Benford has novel with Mark O. Martin, A Darker Geometry(1995), set in Larry Niven's Man-Kzin world; novel Cosm(1998) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Vaults in Vacuum |
1998 AUG |
ar |
spacecraft Cassini & Huygens Probe lander, designing a message to be affixed to each of them, Part 1 of 3; determining a mathematical basis for the language of the message that is natural, not man-made, so that non-human intelligent life might understand |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Imagining Other Minds |
1998 SEP |
ar |
spacecraft Cassini & Huygens Probe lander, designing a message for them, Part 2 of 3; "contemplating a message that utterly different minds could fathom"; liftoff November 1997; semiotics: study of non-verbal communication, & mathematics |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Portrait of Humanity, A |
1998 OCT/NOV |
ar |
spacecraft Cassini & Huygens Probe lander, Part 3 of 3; the final product, a diamond wafer etched with a message to describe all of humanity, Earth & the solar system; Cassini launced in 1997 NOV, to arrive at Saturn in late 2004, probe to land on Titan |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Is It Smart to Be Smart? |
1999 JAN |
ar |
evolution & intelligence; how did natural selection work in man's case?; comparisons w. cetacean & primate species, their evolution; is higher intelligence a favored natural selection or trait?; outlook for SETI; Benford has novel The Martian Race(1999) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Teeth of Time, The |
1999 MAR |
ar |
time, deep time messages; how humans perceive the past, the passage of time & their future, Part 1 of 4; how cave paintings, obelisks, Monuments are & have been perceived; portions of this essay appear in his nf book Deep Time(1999); has novel Eater(2000) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Future Wonders: High Church and Kilroy |
1999 APR |
ar |
time, deep time messages; how cultures have tried to leave permanent traces of their existence, Part 2 of 4; Greeks' var. lists of the 7 Wonders, & the American Society of Civil Engineers; methods used, High Church(lasting monuments), Kilroy(graffiti) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Sending Meaning Across Epochs |
1999 MAY |
ar |
time, deep time messages, Part 3 of 4; semiotic(non-verbal) meanings such as architecture, change over time, as culture & time shape them; how best to send messages over time; latest fads, since 1793, is time capsules, is inefficient; from Deep Time(1999) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Long Future, The |
1999 JUN |
ar |
time, deep time messages, Part 4 of 4; "the many ways we are attempting to leave markers that endure thru centuries & what they reveal about us"; from temples to CD disks; portions appear in his 1st nf book Deep Time(1999); see www.authorcafe.com/benford/ |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Science Fiction Century, The: A Brief Overview |
1999 SEP |
ar |
sf; how sf & science influenced each other, espec. the Manhattan Project & Heinlein's "Solution Unsatisfactory," Cartmill's "Deadline"; insights from talks with participants; an edited version of his intro to Benford(ed): Nebula Awards Showcase 2000(2000) |
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Scientist's Notebook, A: Expecting the Unexpected |
1999 OCT/NOV |
ar |
future, what does it hold?; not even our best guesses can come close; Benford tries anyways; this article to appear in a slightly revised & exp. form in his anth., Nebula Awards Showcase 2000(2000); has science articles for OotM 2001 FLL(#1)-present |
| Benford, Gregory & David Brin |
Paris Conquers All |
1996 MAR |
ss |
(1941- ; 1950- ) 2nd story in issue in War of the World ser., to be pub. in Anderson(ed): War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996); Benford has Asimov ser. novel Foundation's Fear(1997), Brin has Foundation's Triumph(1999), Secret Foundations(1999) |
| Benford, Gregory & Gordon Eklund |
Anvil of Jove, The |
1976 JUL |
na |
N-1977 LOC, na; 1st story in F&SF in Bradley Reynolds ser., to be part of upcoming novel, If the Stars Are Gods(1977 fixup); one more story in ser. & novel in F&SF, & novelette "If the Stars Are Gods"(W-1974 NEB; N-1975 JUP) in Carr(ed): Universe 4(1974) |
| Bennett, Kem |
Soothsayer, The |
1952 AUG |
ss |
(1919- ) 1st pub. outside of the U.S.; Kemys Deverell Bennett; he has a novel The Fabulous Wink(1951)' has pub. sevaral stories in Argosy, the U.K. version of Argosy, & the Saturday Evening Post betw. 1951 OCT-1963 MAR |
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Rufus |
1956 FEB |
ss |
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Different Purpose, A |
1958 NOV |
ss |
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| Bennett, Margot |
Old-Fashioned Poker for My Uncle's Head, An |
1954 MAY |
ss |
(1912-1980) 1st pub. in 1946; U.K. writer of mostly detective novels; has sf novel The Long Way Back(1954), mystery novels The Widow of Bath(1952); The Man Who Didn't Fly(1956), N-1956 EDG, best novel; has novel The Furious Masters(1968) |
| Benton, Fred |
Mumbwe Jones |
1962 AUG |
vi |
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| Bequaert, Frank |
Matter of Organization, A |
1966 AUG |
ss |
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| Berger, Josef |
Maybe We Got Something |
1959 JUN |
ss |
(1903-1971) ex-newspaperman, public relations expert |
| Berman, Ruth |
3-OK |
1972 JUL |
ss |
(1942- ) graduate student in English literature & part-time teacher; her 1st or 2nd pub. sf story, has sold fantasy elsewhere & sf poems to SRL; lives in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area |
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Board in the Other Direction, A |
1974 JAN |
ss |
Berman N-1973 JWCA, Best New Writer; has books A Case of Double Identity(1995), Dear Poppa: The World War II Berman Family Letters(1997), & Kerlan Awards in Cildren's Literature(2001); has collab. novel Autumn World(2001) |
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Curiosities: The Unicorn With Silver Shoes, by Ella Young, 1932 |
1999 AUG |
br |
Ella Young's(1867-1956) fantasy that tells the trip of an Irish hero to the afterlife(Clute); has Celtic fantasy colls. Celtic Wonder Tales('23), The Wonder Smith and His Son('27), The Tangle-Coated Horse and Other Tales: Episodes from the Fionn Saga('29) |
| Berry, John |
Beyond Ganga Mata |
1960 JUN |
ss |
1st pub. in the Southwestern Review(pub. by Southern Methodist Univ. Press); John Edgar Berry |
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Listener, The |
1960 DEC |
vi |
1st pub. in New World Writing #16, in 1960; author of 1959 Macmillan Prize Novel, Krishna Fluting |
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One Who Returns, The |
1961 MAR |
ss |
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| Bester, Alfred |
Of Time and Third Avenue |
1951 OCT |
ss |
(1913-1987) born in New York City, educated at the Univ. of Pennsylvania in both humanities(esp. psychology) & sciences; 1st pub. story "The Broken Axiom" in TWS 1939 APR; in 1942 he went to work for DC Comics(Superman, Green Lantern, Batman) |
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Hobson's Choice |
1952 AUG |
ss |
worked on Captain Marvel comic books, then moved to scripting radio serials Charlie Chan, & The Shadow, and the TV series Tom Corbett: Space Cadet |
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Star Light, Star Bright |
1953 JUL |
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) |
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Time Is the Traitor |
1953 SEP |
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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5,271,009 |
1954 MAR |
nv |
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Fondly Fahrenheit |
1954 AUG |
nv |
has novel Tiger! Tiger!(1956 U.K.; vt The Stars My Destination(GAL 1956-57 NOV-JAN; 1957; vt Tiger! Tiger!, 1987), about Gully Foyle, "whose passion for revenge transform him from an illiterate outcast to a ... quasi-superman 'in an age of freaks'"(Clute) |
