| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Budrys, Algis |
Books |
1989 SEP |
br |
essay: thoughts brought on by the Nebula Awards banquet, April 23, 1989 - two generations of sf writers, those before & those after the SFWA; the purpose behind the SFWA; Ben Bova: The Best of the Nebulas; Sidney Harris: Einstein Simplified(cartoons) |
| |
What Befell Mairiam |
1989 OCT |
ss |
N-1990 LOC, short story; has novel The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn(1967; vt The Iron Thorn, 1968 UK); see Biolog in ANA 1978 MAY, interviews in AMZ 1981 NOV, Charles Platt: Dream Makers(1980; rev. 1987), INZ 1995 MAY, & in LOC 1997 NOV(#442) |
| |
Books |
1989 OCT |
pm |
has nf essay Non-Literary Influences on Science Fiction(1983, 1987 chap); nf book Writing to the Point: A Complete Guide to Selling Fiction(in TSF 1993 JAN, APR, JUL, AUG, OCT, DEC, 1994 FEB, APR, AUG; coll. 1994) |
| |
Books |
1989 NOV |
br |
essay: on the sf convention Mexicon, in Nottingham, UK; Paul Kincaid: the Mexicon program book; David S. Garnett(ed): Zenith; Sydney Jordan: Jeff Hawke(comic colls.); Orson Scott Card: The Abyss |
| |
Books |
1989 DEC |
br |
essay: the sf art career of Alex Schomburg; Jon Gustafson: Chroma, the Art of Alex Schomburg; essay: the Moscow, Idaho writers' workshop, the new generation of sf writers, sf markets & sf editors |
| |
Books |
1990 JAN |
br |
essay: on Harlan Ellison & the way both of their review columns(one on books, one on films) are alike, a personal introspection; Harlan Ellison: Harlan Ellison's Watching; Emma Bull: Falcon; Leo Frankowski: The High-Tech Knight, & The Radiant Warrior |
| |
Books |
1990 MAR |
br |
combined review & essay on the history of sf; Alexei & Cory Panshin: The World Beyond the Hill (a history of SF from 1764 thru the Golden Age of SF) |
| |
Books |
1990 APR |
br |
essay: what is the difference between fantasy & sf?; why is the US & UK pub. much more fantasy than the rest of the world?; David Pringle: Modern Fantasy (The Hundred Best Novels) |
| |
Books |
1990 MAY |
br |
Clive Barker: The Great and Secret Show; Arthur C. Clarke: Astounding Days; Leo Frankowski: The Flying Warlord |
| |
Books |
1990 JUN |
br |
Pat Murphy: The City, Not Long After(a mirror-image or "anti-thesis" of Budrys' 1st novel False Night, 1953, later uncut as Some Will Not Die, 1963); Howard A. Rodman: Destiny Express |
| |
Books |
1990 JUL |
br |
Robert Mason: Weapon(novel is mirror-image to Budrys' story "First to Serve" in ASF 1954 MAY); Tor Double, C.L. Moore: Vintage Season, & Robert Silverberg: In Another Country(Silverberg's 1989 story is actually a sequel to Moore's 1946 story) |
| |
Books |
1990 AUG |
br |
essay: "is the Earth in terminal trouble?"; thoughts brought on by his review of the following "superscience novel"; David Brin: Earth |
| |
Books |
1990 OCT |
br |
Katharine Kerr: Polar City Blues; William Gibson: Mona Lisa Overdrive; Charles N. Brown & William G. Contento: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror: 1984 |
| |
Books |
1990 NOV |
br |
Isaac Asimov & Robert Silverberg: Nightfall; Arthur C. Clarke: Tales from the Planet Earth |
| |
Stephen King |
1990 DEC |
ar |
King subject of a Times cover story(1986 Oct 6); Budrys discusses the various styles King uses in his fiction; besides novels, his stories mentioned - "The Body," "Apt Pupil," Skeleton Crew coll. stories; the religious connection in contemporary horror |
| |
Books |
1991 JAN |
br |
Lionel Fenn: Kent Montana and the Really Ugly Thing from Mars; Will Sundown(ps. for William B. Sanders): Pockets of Resistance, & sequel The Hell-Bound Train |
| |
Books |
1991 FEB |
br |
Kathe Koja: The Cipher |
| |
Books |
1991 MAR |
br |
Michael Crichton: Jurassic Park; Kevin J. Anderson & Doug Beason: Lifeline |
| |
Books |
1991 APR |
br |
Robert Reed: Down the Bright Way; L. Ron Hubbard: Fear; Kathryn Lindskoog: The C.S. Lewis Hoax; Andre Bernard: Rotten Rejections |
| |
Books |
1991 MAY |
br |
M. Shayne Bell: Nicoji; Nina Kiriki Hoffman: Author's Choice Monthly #14; Gene Wolfe: Castleview |
| |
Books |
1991 JUN |
br |
George Alec Effinger: The Exile Kiss; Keith Laumer: Judson's Eden; Dwight V. Swain: Monster |
| |
Books |
1991 JUL |
br |
Ralph Peters: The War in 2020; Michele Slung(ed): I Shudder at Your Touch; Les Daniels: No Blood Spilled |
| |
Books |
1991 AUG |
br |
Frank M. Robinson: The Dark Beyond the Stars; Dave Wolverton: Serpent Catch; note about an un-named Bantam book to be pub. in serial form |
| |
Books |
1991 SEP |
br |
essay: on Heinlein & his imitators, "are some of them really good? ... are any of them necessary?"; S.C. Sykes: Red Genesis; Claudia A. Peck: Spirit Crossings |
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Books |
1991 OCT/NOV |
br |
F.M. Busby: Slow Freight; Graham Watkins: The Fire Within |
| |
Books |
1991 DEC |
br |
essay: when is a technomilitary thriller sf?; Tom Clancy: The Sum of All Fears; Michael Swanwick: Gravity's Angels |
| |
Books |
1992 JAN |
br |
Stephen King: Needful Things; Robert Silverberg: The Face of the Waters; Algis Budrys(ed): L. Ron Hubbard Presents Writers of the Future, Volume VII |
| |
Books |
1992 FEB |
br |
essay: "the difference between a merely good writer & a genius"; Tim Powers: The Stress of Her Regard; Thomas T. Thomas: Me |
| |
Books |
1992 MAR |
br |
William Sanders: The Wild Blue and the Gray; Robert Silverberg & Karen Haber(ed): Universe 2 |
| |
Books |
1992 MAY |
br |
essay: geniuses in our genre, Part 1 of 3, Gene Wolfe & Nina Kiriki Hoffman; Gene Wolfe: Storeys from the Old Hotel; Contemporary Authors, Autobiography Series; Chalker & Owings(ed): The Science-Fantasy Publishers; Nina Kiriki Hoffman: Courting Disasters |
| |
Grabow and Collicker and I |
1992 MAY |
ss |
story to be pub. in Gilliam, Greenberg & Kramer(ed): Confederacy of the Dead('92); has coll. of sf essays, Outposts: Literatures of Milieu(1996); fiction coll. Entertainment(1997); Budrys has devoted his career to developing new writers thru Clarion, WotF |
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Books |
1992 JUN |
br |
essay: geniuses in our genre, Part 2 of 3, Isaac Asimov & Frederik Pohl; Isaac Asimov: Asimov Laughs Again; Frederik Pohl: Outnumbering the Dead, & Stopping at Slowyear; much biographical info on both Asimov & Pohl |
| |
Books |
1992 JUL |
br |
Laura J. Mixon: Glass Houses; note on the death of Dwight V. Swain; Steven Gould: Jumper; L. Ron Hubbard: Ole Doc Methuselah |
| |
Books |
1992 AUG |
br |
essay: geniuses in our genre, Part 3 of 3, Tim Powers; Tim Powers: Last Call; Wm. Mark Simmons: In the Net of Dreams, & When Dreams Collide |
| |
Books |
1992 SEP |
br |
Robert Mason: Solo (& talks of its prequel, Weapon); short essay: Galaxy SF's beginning & its first novel; Clifford D. Simak: Time and Again |
| |
Hard Landing |
1992 OCT/NOV |
no |
N-1993 NEB; 1994 HUG, LOC, SFC, novel; entire text of his new novel; the story of 4 aliens who crash-land in the pine barrens of New Jersey, & who then try to live quietly among the unsuspecting humans |
| |
Books |
1992 DEC |
br |
essay: Stephen King - "no one is as good as King at writing the kind of thing" he does; Stephen King: Gerald's Game; Poul Anderson: The Time Patrol; Scorpius Digital to pub. a 7-volume eBook Omnibus of his works, beginning in 2001 |
| |
Books |
1993 JAN |
br |
essay: "Damon Knight started this whole business, with book reviews sandwiched into a number of pulp magazines, in the 1950s"; Damon Knight: Why Do Birds; Budrys announces his book column retirement, future plans, & his career in brief |
| Budrys, Algis & Theodore R. Cogswell & Ted Thomas |
Players at Null-G |
1975 JUL |
ss |
(1931- ; 1918-1987; 1920- ) Budrys has novel The Amsirs and the Iron Thorn(IFS 1967 JAN-APR; 1967; vt The Iron Thorn, 1968 UK); he has used ps. David C. Hodgkins, Paul Janvier, Robert Marner, William Scarff, John A. Sentry(each at least once in TSF) |
| Budz, Mark |
Toy Soldiers |
1993 FEB |
ss |
(1960- ) wn. for Robert Mark Budz; this story was read to a gathering of friends on Christmas Eve; married to Marina Fitch, living in Santa Cruz; briefly was an editor at Pulphouse, in Eugene, OR; 1st story pub. "The War Inside" in PLP 1991 JUN 1 |
| |
Zinnias on the Moon |
1998 AUG |
ss |
now lives in Watsonville, CA; has pub. in High Fantastic, AMZ, PLP, & Quick Chills; says story was inspired by his grandfather, who recently passed away—but not without imparting some lessons on the importance of the imagination |
| Bulgakov, Mikhail |
Fatal Eggs, The |
1964 DEC |
na |
(1891-1940) Russian scientist finds red ray that promotes life; trans. from the Russian by Mirra Ginsburg( ? -2000; her 1st sale); story could not be pub. in Russia, a longer version to be pub. in Soviet Satire: The Fatal Egg and Other Stories(1965) |
| Bullock, Jeffrey |
Hall of the Mountain King, The |
1977 NOV |
ss |
(1950?- ) his 1st pub. fiction; has degrees in archaeology & journalism; lives in Boulder, CO; freelance nf writer/photographer, specializing in science-oriented articles; has many poems pub. in fanzines Doppelgänger, & Not One of Us, betw. 1985-89 |
| Bulmer, Kenneth |
Adjusted, The |
1966 JUN |
ss |
(1921- ) also in F&SF as H. Ken Bulmer w. co-author Damon Knight; lives in Kent, England; an active sf fan since before WWII, he edited various fanzines; his 1st story pub. sf novels Space Treason(1952) & Cybernetic Controller(1952), both w. A.V. Clarke |
| |
Psycho Sis |
1978 APR |
ss |
has used many ps.; best known for his Edgar Rice Burroughs pastiches, written as Alan Burt Akers, in the Dray Prescot series, beginning w. the 1st, Transit to Scorpio(1972), to the last(37th) Warlord of Antares(1988); edited New Writings in SF #22-29 |
| Bunch, David R. |
Little Girl's Xmas in Modernia, A |
1960 JAN |
ss |
(1925-2000) 1st pub. in Coastlines, 1958 FLL; born in Lowry City, MO; now lives in St. Louis, MO; served in U.S. Army Aihas a BS from Central Missouri State College & an MA in English from Washington Univ.; civilian cartographer for the U.S.A.F. 1954-1973 |
| |
That High-up Blue Day That Saw the Black Sky-train Come Spinning |
1968 MAR |
ss |
this story "has been described as an outstanding conflation of moral seriousness and Grand Guignol"(Clute); pub. about 200 non-sf stories before his 1st sf story; 1st story pub. sf "Routine Emergency" in IFS 1957 DEC |
| |
Of Time and Us |
1968 JUN |
pm |
has 1946 BS from Central Missouri State College(now Univ.); 1949 MA from Washington Univ.(St. Louis); 1952 PhD from the State Univ. of Iowa City; has pub. many stories in AMZ & FAN |
| |
Scare in Time, A |
1968 SEP |
vi |
has coll. Moderan(1971), which coll. much of his early short fiction |
| |
Tough Rocks and Hard Stones |
1970 SEP |
vi |
has coll. Bunch!(1993; N-1993 DIC; 1994 LOC) |
