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| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Bowes, Richard |
Beggar at the Bridge, A |
1993 DEC |
ss |
2nd story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; Grierson is a troubled gay man in NYC, haunted by a doppelganger, discovering others with supernatural powers(B&C); also in F&SF as Rick Bowes |
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Shadow and the Gunman, The |
1994 FEB |
nv |
3rd story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; has Warchild novel series, Warchild(1986; N-1987 LOC), & Goblin Market(1988), set in an alternate world NYC, follows the growth & adventures of a telepathic teenager involved in time wars(Clute) |
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I Died, Sir, in Flame, Sir |
1994 JUN |
ss |
4th story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; story given in TOC as "I Died, Sir, in Flames, Sir"; has novel Feral Cell(1987), set in NYC at the end of the 20th century, follows the ageing hero into a millennial conflict between Good and Evil(Clute) |
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At Darlington's |
1995 OCT/NOV |
ss |
5th story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; series set in NYC, "I wrote fashion copy on Seventh Ave in the late sixties ... (in the) world of the Garment District ... Darlington's would by now be gone" |
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Drink and the Devil |
1997 FEB |
nv |
6th story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series |
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Streetcar Dreams |
1997 APR |
nv |
W-1998 WFA, novella; 7th story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; in this story he mingles his New York with current Jungian play therapy |
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So Many Miles to the Heart of a Child |
1998 APR |
nv |
8th story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson ser.; ser. coll. in fixup novel Minions of the Moon(1999; N-1999 NEB); has na "From the Files of the Time Rangers" pub. online at www.scifi.com; other Time Ranger stories pub. at scifi.com & in F&SF 2001 MAY, 2002 MAY |
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Diana in the Spring |
1998 AUG |
ss |
Bowes is a librarian in NYS, & a sometimes antique dealer; has books pub. in 2001 by Time Warner iPublish, My Life in Speculative Fiction, Transfigured Night and Other Stories, & re-issued novel Feral Cell; see www.twbookmark.com/ebooks/where_to_buy |
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Curiosities: Floor Games, by H.G. Wells, 1911 |
1999 MAY |
br |
book was designed by Wells as a guide for parents, details an elaborate indoor game using toy soldiers, cowboys, Indians, monsters; better known book is Little Wars(1913), the basis for wargames & which predicted the start of WWI in August 1914 |
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Huntsman Passing By, A |
1999 JUN |
ss |
N-1999 NEB, short story; story inspired by film Basquiat(1996), biopic of the controversial African-American artist Jean-Michel Basquiat(1960-1988); see website www.artchive.com; story investigates the role of men in fairy tales |
| Bowes, Rick |
On Death and the Deuce |
1992 MAY |
ss |
(1944- ) working name for Richard Dirrane Bowes; his 1st pub. short fiction; 1st story in F&SF in Kevin Grierson series; another story in series in TSF 1993 JUL; Bowes lives in NYC, has a background in theater; also in F&SF as Richard Bowes |
| Boyd, J.P. |
Anger of Time, The |
1987 FEB |
ss |
raised in a suburb of Boston, has 1976 PhD in Applied Physics from Harvard; associate professor of atmospheric & oceanic science at Univ. of Michigan; has sf pub. in ASI, AMZ, & in several anthologies |
| Boyd, Lyle G. |
Verb Sap? |
1956 SEP |
ss |
(1907- ) wife of author William C. Boyd(story #1139), with whom she wrote 9 short stories under the collab. ps. of Boyd Ellanby, betw. the years 1952-1956 in the mags. GAL, IFS, SFQ, IMG, STS, AMZ, & Beyond Fantasy Fiction |
| Boyd, William C. |
Will Time Wait? |
1958 SEP |
ar |
(1903- ) Einstein's theory of relativity; Asimov has comments on this article, p.35, 1959 MAY, in addendum; husband of author Lyle G. Boyd(story #838), Prof. of Immunochemistry at Boston Univ.; see Asimov's reponse p.36 in 1959 MAY |
| Boyett, Steven R. |
Epiphany Beach |
1994 APR |
ss |
(1960- ) born in Atlanta; has 1st novel fantasy, Ariel(1983); The Architect of Sleep(1986), an sf novel set in a parallel world occupied by a species which has evolved from raccoons(Clute); see his entry in CA, vol.154, p.57; website steveboy.tripod.com |
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Current Affairs |
1998 JAN |
ss |
has heavily illus. ecological novel The Gnole(1991), w. Alan Aldridge; book Treks Not Taken(1998), a coll. of Star Trek: The Next Generation parodies, written in imitation of well-known authors, see review in ASI 1999 JAN; eBook coll. Orphans(2001) |
| Brackett, Leigh |
Tweener, The |
1955 FEB |
ss |
(1915-1978) born in L.A., writer of detective novels, sf, fantasy & scripts; married Edmond Hamilton in 1946; 1st story pub. sf "Martian Quest" in ASF 1940 FEB; 1st novel No Good from a Corpse(1944), has coll. The Coming of the Terrans(1967) |
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Purple Priestess of the Mad Moon |
1964 OCT |
ss |
this story was thought to exist long before Brackett ever wrote it, due to Boucher's intro to her story "The Tweener" in F&SF 1955 FEB, in which he mentioned "Purple Priestess ..."; Brackett agreed to write it if F&SF would pub. it in this issue |
| Bradbury, Ray |
Exiles, The |
1950 WIN/SPR |
ss |
(1920- ) 1st pub. in Macleans, 15 SEP 1949, as "The Mad Wizards of Mars"; a Mars story, tho not a Martian Chronicles story; born in Waukegan, IL, & moved to L.A. in 1934; joined sf fandom in 1937, began pub. fanzine Futuria Fantasia in 1939 |
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One Who Waits, The |
1951 FEB |
ss |
1st pub. in The Arkham Sampler 1949 SUM; a Mars story, tho not from his Martian Chronicles; 1st pub. story "Pendulum"(SSS 1941 NOV, with Henry Hasse); has colls. Dark Carnival(1947), & The Martian Chronicles(1950; N-1975 & 1987 LOC; 1981 BSF, HUG) |
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Pedestrian, The |
1952 FEB |
ss |
1st pub. in The Reporter, 7 AUG 1951; much of his early work was space opera & was pub. in TWS & PLS; collab. with Leigh Brackett for "Lorelei of the Red Mist"(PLS 1946 SUM); pub. many stories in WRT, then in 1950s in the slicks (ESQ, COL, PST, McCall's) |
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Wilderness, The |
1952 NOV |
ss |
1st pub. in Today, 6 APR 1952, rev. for F&SF, a new ep. of his Martian Chronicles ser.; coll. The Martian Chronicles dramatized as TV miniseries The Martian Chronicles(1980), & 2000 movie; story "I Sing the Body Electric" made into 1962 Twilight Zone ep. |
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All Summer in a Day |
1954 MAR |
ss |
has novel Fahrenheit 451(GAL 1951 FEB as "The Fireman"; exp. 1953; W-1984 PRO; N-1987 LOC; 1966, 2000 movies); story "The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms"(PST, 23 SEP 1950 as "The Fog Horn") made into the movie The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms(1953) |
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Dragon, The |
1956 MAR |
vi |
1st pub. in ESQ 1955 AUG; has coll. The Illustrated Man(1951; N-1952 IFA; 1970 HUG; 3 stories made into 1969 movie), juvenile novel Switch on the Night(1955; 1993; N-1994 LOC), colls. The Golden Apples of the Sun(1953), The October Country(1956) |
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Icarus Montgolfier Wright |
1956 MAY |
ss |
this story made into 18-minute semi-animated movie(1962); wrote screenplay for Moby Dick(1956); has anth. of fantasies The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories(1956); story "The Lake"(WRT 1944 MAY) was based on a near-drowning of his cousin |
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Shoreline at Sunset, The |
1959 MAR |
ss |
to be pub. in his forthcoming colls.The Silver Locusts(1951), A Medicine for Melancholy(1959); has fixup novel Dandelion Wine(var. mags. 1946-57; 1957); story "The Night"(WRT 1946 JUL) was based on a night that his family feared his brother had died |
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Death and the Maiden |
1960 MAR |
ss |
he refuses to learn how to drive a car, saying they destroy society by devouring cities, poison the air, & kill people; usually walks where he wants to go in L.A., often being stopped by police, & was basis of story "Pedestrian"(F&SF 1952 FEB) |
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Bright Phoenix |
1963 MAY |
ss |
story written in 1947, was never before pub.; has nf book The Essence of Creative Writing(1962); colls. R is for Rocket(1962), The Small Assassin(1962), The Machineries of Joy(1964); coll. of plays The Anthem Sprinters and Other Antics(1963) |
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To the Chicago Abyss |
1963 MAY |
ss |
this story written especially for this issue; has plays The Day It Rained Forever: A Comedy in One Act(1966), The Pedestrian: A Fantasy in One Act; colls. Twice 22(1966), The Vintage Bradbury(1966), S Is for Space(1966), Bloch and Bradbury(1969) |
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Ray Bradbury Replies |
1965 OCT |
ar |
reply to two Soviets' view of American sf, #2259; has colls. of plays The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit(1972), & Pillar of Fire(1975); coll. Madrigals for the Space Age(1972, words & music by Lalo Schifrin); novel The Halloween Tree(1972) |
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Final Sceptre, a Lasting Crown, A |
1969 OCT |
ss |
story to be in his coll. I Sing the Body Electric(1969); has coll. nf essays Zen and the Art of Writing(1973; 1990); coll. of verse When Elephants Last in the Dooryard Bloomed (1973); coll. Ray Bradbury(1975 UK), Long After Midnight(1975; N-1977 WFA) |
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McGillahee's Brat |
1972 JAN |
ss |
1st pub. in The Irish Press, 1970 MAR 21(a publication distributed only on airlines); has colls. Beyond 1984: A Remembrance of Things Future(1979), The Last Circus, and The Electrocution(1980), The Complete Poems of Ray Bradbury(1982) |
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Old Ahab's Friend, and Friend to Noah, Speaks His Piece: Celebration of Man in Space, A |
1973 JUN |
pm |
1st pub. in 1971 coll. of verse of same name; has book The Mummies of Guanajuato(1978); colls. The Stories of Ray Bradbury(1980; N-1981 LOC), The Ghosts of Forever(1981), Dinosaur Tales(1983); of verse The Haunted Computer and the Android Pope(1981) |
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Out of Dickinson by Poe or The Only Begotten Son of Edgar & Emily |
1976 OCT |
pm |
did screenplays for movies Moby Dick(1956), The Fox and the Forest(1965 TV), & wrote stories that were basis for movies El Marciano(1965), The Picasso Summer(1969), Melodrama Infernal(1969), The Screaming Women(1971), The Murderer(1976), Savannen(1983 TV) |
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Thing at the Top of the Stairs, The |
1988 JUL |
ss |
N-1989 STO, short story; 1st pub. in his coll. The Toynbee Convector(1988; N-1989 LOC, STO); stories/novels of his were basis for movies Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby Is a Friend of Mine(1981 TV), Quest(1983), Something Wicked This Way Comes(1983) |
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Lafayette Farewell |
1988 OCT |
ss |
1st pub. in his coll. The Toynbee Convector(1988); see interviews in The Leading Edge #17 1988, Fear! 1989 JAN/FEB & MAR/APR, Visions 1990 FLL, INZ 1991 JAN, Gauntlet #2 1991, MZoo #2 1991 MAR, LOC 1996 AUG(#427); ar in Midnight Zoo v.1 #6 1991 |
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From the Dust Returned |
1994 SEP |
ss |
1st story in F&SF in series about the extended Elliott family of vampires, witches, werewolves, etc; to be part of fixup novel From the Dust Returned(2001); has crime novels Death Is a Lonely Business(1985), & sequel A Graveyard for Lunatics(1990) |
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Last Rites |
1994 DEC |
ss |
N-1995 HUG, short story; has coll. of stories adapted for comic books, The Autumn People(1965), & Tomorrow Midnight(1966); has screenplay story "The Meteor," basis for movies It Came from Outer Space(1953), & It Came from Outer Space II(1996) |
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Another Fine Mess |
1995 APR |
ss |
has chapbook of short story Fever Dream(WRT 1948 SEP; 1987), a juvenile illus. by Darrel Anderson; omnibuses of his colls., Classic Stories 1(1990), & Classic Stories 2(1990); omnibus of his one-act plays, On Stage: A Chrestomathy of His Plays(1991) |
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Dorian in Excelsis |
1995 SEP |
ss |
see William F. Nolan: The Ray Bradbury Companion: A Life and Career History, Photolog, and Comprehensive Checklist of Writings(1975), supplemented by Donn Albright: Bradbury Bits & Pieces: The Ray Bradbury Bibliography: 1974-1988(1991) |
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That Woman on the Lawn |
1996 AUG |
ss |
see George Edgar Slusser: The Bradbury Chronicles(1977 chap); Ben Indick: The Drama of Ray Bradbury(1977; rev. vt Ray Bradbury: Dramatist, 1989); William F. Touponce: Ray Bradbury and the Poetics of Reverie(1984), & Ray Bradbury(1989) |
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Finnegan, The |
1996 OCT/NOV |
ss |
see anth. Martin H. Greenberg & J.D. Olander(ed): Ray Bradbury(1980); anth. Nolan & Greenberg(ed): The Bradbury Chronicles: Stories in Honor of Ray Bradbury(1991); stories made into movies The Wonderful Ice Cream Suit(1998), A Sound of Thunder(1999) |
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Offering, The |
1997 MAR |
ss |
has novel Green Shadows, White Whale(1992); colls. Quicker Than the Eye(1996; N-1997 LOC), Driving Blind(1997; N-1998 WFA); past colls. & novels are being republished; Bradbury W-1977 WFA, & 1989 STO, Lifetime Achievement; W-1989 NEB, Grandmaster Award |
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Guest Editorial: I Was There the Day the World Ended, I Was There the Day the World Began |
1999 OCT/NOV |
ged |
1st pub. in Western World, 1975 MAR-APR; "Surreys disappear out of barns. Strange cars motor along dusty roads ... Revolutions occur in front of us, but we are blind"; the changes Bradbury in his lifetime; has novel Ahmed and the Oblivion Machine(1998) |
| Bradfield, Scott |
Dazzle Redux |
1999 DEC |
ss |
(1955- ) 1st story in F&SF in talking dog Dazzle ser.; Dazzle 1st appeared in Evans & Holdstock(ed): Other Edens(1988), & his coll. The Secret Life of Houses(1988); has novels The History of Luminous Motion(1989), Animal Planet(1995) |
| Bradley, Marion Zimmer |
Centaurus Changeling |
1954 APR |
nv |
(1930-1999) 1st story pub. "Women Only" & "Keyhole" in VOR 1953 OCT; wrote many letters to the editor, esp. to TWS late 1940s-50s; early stories coll. The Dark Intruder and Other Stories(1964); used many ps., Lee Chapman, John Dexter, Miriam Gardner, etc |
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Climbing Wave, The |
1955 FEB |
na |
crew of the first starship, Homeward, return to an Earth they can not understand; has 1st novel, The Door Through Space(VSF 1957 MAY as "Bird of Prey"; exp. 1961), a space opera pastiche of Henry Kuttner's novel The Dark World(STS 1946 SUM; 1965)(Clute) |
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Books |
1964 JAN |
br |
Jack London: The Star Rover; has Darkover sequence, "set on the fringes of an Earth-dominated galactic empire"(Clute), incl. novels The Sword of Aldones(1962), The Planet Savers(AMZ 1958 NOV; 1962), The Bloody Sun(1964), Star of Danger(1965) |
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Hero's Moon |
1976 OCT |
nv |
Darkover seq. incl. The Winds of Darkover(1970), The World Wreckers(1971), Darkover Landfall(1972), The Spell Sword(1974), The Heritage of Hastur(1975), The Shattered Chain(1976), The Forbidden Tower(1977), Stormqueen!(1978), Two to Conquer(1980) |
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Somebody Else's Magic |
1984 OCT |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in the female minstrel/magician Lythande ser.; other stories in ser. in Asprin(ed): Thieve's World(1979), Asprin(ed): Shadows of Sanctuary(1981; a Lythande novella by Andre Norton), & Marion Zimmer Bradley(ed): Greyhaven(1983) |
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