| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| F&SF staff |
Index to Volume 84: 1993 JAN-JUN |
1993 JUN |
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Report on Competition 59 |
1993 DEC |
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1st prize: Sean J. Harvey & Lori M. Wyndham; 2nd prize: Arthur D. Hlavaty; R-U: Mary Sullivan; Peter Brown; James Williamson |
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Competition 60 |
1993 DEC |
cmp |
suggested by G. David Nordley - change one & only one letter or number of your favorite novel, then write a brief description to go with the revised title |
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Index to Volume 85: 1993 JUL-DEC |
1993 DEC |
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Report on Competition 60 |
1994 APR |
cmp |
1st prize: Richard A. Hauptmann; 2nd prize: Chris McLaren & Tony Moeller; R-U: Dorie Jennings; Andy Wheeler; H-M: Nigel Parsons; Jeff Nicol; Todd M. Greanier; Mary S. Price; Gordon Van Gelder; Gary DeFrance |
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Competition 61 |
1994 APR |
cmp |
suggested by John Brunner - excerpt 100 words from a future article on a science that doesn't yet exist, but uses ordinary words in ways as foreign to us |
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Index to Volume 86: 1994 JAN-JUN |
1994 JUN |
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Report on Competition 61 |
1994 AUG |
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1st prize: J. Fischette; 2nd prize: Mike Allen; R-U: Tony Cimasko; Sue Anderson |
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Competition 62 |
1994 AUG |
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suggested by David M. Brown - Paul Newman sells salad dressing, popcorn & spaghetti sauce. What would sf writers sell if they went into another business? |
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Index to Volume 87: 1994 JUL-DEC |
1994 DEC |
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Report on Competition 62 |
1995 JAN |
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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Competition 63 |
1995 JAN |
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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Report on Competition 63 |
1995 MAY |
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1st prize: Chris Yanculeff; 2nd place: Sheila Saunders; R-U: Greg Walz; H-M: Wayne Savicki; Larry Murray; Carol D. Pinchefsky |
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Competition 64 |
1995 MAY |
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suggested by Ed Ferman - submit a rejection letter of up to 100 words for any well known sf/f work |
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Report on Competition 64 |
1995 OCT/NOV |
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1st prize: James Williamson; 2nd prize: Lisa Neace; R-U: Charles Emmons; Chris Niswander; Tessa B. Dick; Gail Sosinsky Wickman; Carol Silverman Saunders; H-M: Gordon Schnaper; Carol D. Pinchefsky; Scott Morgan |
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Competition 65 |
1995 OCT/NOV |
cmp |
suggested by Harlan Ellison - submit a short blurb of no more than 100 words for any well-known sf/f/horror work(writing a supposedly fine blurb for a work that honestly stinks) |
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Index to Volumes 88 & 89: 1995 JAN-DEC |
1995 DEC |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 JAN |
br |
Joanna Russ: To Write Like a Woman/Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction; Stanley Asimov(ed): Yours, Isaac Asimov; Octavia E. Butler: Bloodchild and Other Stories; On Spec(Canadian sf mag. anth.); Linda Nagata: Techno-Heaven |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 FEB |
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James P. Blaylock: All the Bells on Earth; Sean Stewart: Resurrection Man; John Clute: Science Fiction: The Illustrated Encyclopedia; Jonathan Lethem: Amnesia Moon |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 MAR |
br |
Walter Jon Williams: Rock of Ages; Elizabeth Ann Scarborough: The Godmother's Apprentice; Jack Dann: Memory Cathedral: A Secret History of Leonardo da Vinci; David Brin: Brightness Reef |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 APR |
br |
Sharon Shinn: The Shape-Changer's Wife; Michael Moorcock: Blood: A Southern Fantasy; John Barnes: One for the Morning Glory; Connie Willis: Bellwether |
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Report on Competition 65 |
1996 APR |
cmp |
1st prize: Lars Klores; 2nd prize: Adrian Marlowe; R-U: Elicia Squid Cardenas; Scott Morgan; Jeannette Funcke |
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Competition 66 |
1996 APR |
cmp |
suggested by Stephen Mendenhall - write a brief anecdote, 100 words or less, which takes place immediately after the end of any sf/f work |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 MAY |
br |
Stephen Baxter: The Time Ships; Patricia Anthony: Cradle of Splendor; Charles Sheffield: The Ganymede Club |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 JUN |
br |
Arthur C. Clarke & Mike McQuay: Richter 10; Pauline Ashwell: Project Farcry; Allen Steele: The Tranquility Alternative; Wil McCarthy: Aggressor Six; Dan Simmons: Endymion |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 JUL |
br |
Tim Powers: Expiration Date; Kathy Tyers: One Mind's Eye; Joe Haldeman: None So Blind; Marc Laidlaw: The 37th Mandala |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 AUG |
br |
Richard Garfinkle: Celestial Matters; Lisa Goldstein: Walking the Labyrinth; Robert Silverberg: Starborne |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 SEP |
br |
Michael F. Flynn: Firestar; Stanley Schmidt: Aliens and Alien Societies; Stephen L. Gillett: World-Building; Terry Bisson: Pirates of the Universe; Sage Walker: Whiteout |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 OCT/NOV |
br |
Jane Lindskold: Smoke and Mirrors; Patricia A. McKillip: Winter Rose; Charles Sheffield & Jerry Pournelle: Higher Education; Sasha Miller: Ladylord |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1996 DEC |
br |
Sean Stewart: Clouds End; Damon Knight: Humpty Dumpty, An Oval; Robin Hobb: The Farseer: Assassin's Apprentice, & The Farseer: Royal Assassin; Ed Gorman: Cage of Night; Lewis Gannett: Magazine Beach |
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Index to Volumes 90 & 91: 1996 JAN-DEC |
1996 DEC |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1997 JAN |
br |
Orson Scott Card: The Treasure Box; R. Garcia y Robertson: The Virgin and the Dinosaur; Buzz Aldrin & John Barnes: Encounter with Tiber; Laura Ann Gilman & Keith R.A. DeCandido(ed): Otherwere |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1997 FEB |
br |
K.W. Jeter: Blade Runner 2: The Edge of Human; James White: The Galactic Gourmet; Wil McCarthy: Murder in the Solid State; Project Gutenberg(CD-ROM); Larry Niven: Ringworld Throne; David Feintuch: Voices of Hope |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1997 MAR |
br |
Eric James Fullilove: Circle of One; Katya Reimann: Wind from a Foreign Sky; Chet Williamson: Murder in Cormyr; Joe Clifford Faust: Ferman's Devils |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1997 APR |
br |
Clive Barker: Sacrament; Mary Doria Russell: The Sparrow; Linda Nagata: Deception Well |
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Brief Reviews: Books |
1997 MAY |
br |
Frederik Pohl: The Other End of Time; John Barnes: Patton's Spaceship(1st in Mark Strang time travel series); Ian McDowell: Mordred's Curse; Jane Routley: Mage Heart |
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Index to Volumes 92 & 93: 1997 JAN-DEC |
1997 DEC |
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Index to Volumes 94 & 95: 1998 JAN-DEC |
1998 DEC |
indx |
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| Faine, Djinn |
Daughter of Eve |
1962 JUN |
ss |
ps. for Virginia Faine Russell, lives in L.A.; she was married briefly to writer Gordon R. Dickson in 1959 |
| Faldt-Larsen, Katrina |
Mother's Day: Chapter Twelve of a Concise History of Modern Feminism, in Which the Torch Almost Goes Out in Deep Space |
1970 DEC |
ss |
age 24, graduate of Wells College(Aurora, NY), attended Syracuse Univ. for two years; working on her 1st novel, What Do You Want to Be When You Grow Up, Mother |
| Farmer, Nancy |
Origami Mountain |
1992 MAR |
ss |
(1941- ) 1st story pub. "The Mirror" in Budrys(ed): WotF, Vol. IV(1988); 1st novel ya, Do You Know Me?(1994); The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm(1995), sf adventure based on the Zimbabwe Shona mythology; see entry in CA, vol.167, p.118-121 |
| Farmer, Philip José |
Attitudes |
1953 OCT |
nv |
(1918- ) 1st story Father John Carmody ser.; born in Terra Haute, IN; lives in Peoria, IL; 1st story pub. "O'Brien and Obrenov" in Adventure 1946 MAR; BA in English in 1950 from Bradley Univ.(Peoria); see interview in Paul Walker: Speaking of S. F.(1978) |
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Totem and Taboo |
1954 DEC |
ss |
W-1953 HUG, Best Promising Author, in part for controversial sf na "The Lovers"(STS 1952 AUG; exp. 1961); 1st novel The Green Odyssey(1956), "picaresque tale of an Earthman escaping from captivity on an alien planet"; iv in Platt: Dream Makers(1980; 1987) |
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Father |
1955 JUL |
na |
2nd story Father John Carmody series; has 2nd short novel A Woman a Day (STS 1953 JUN, as "Moth and Rust"; rev. 1960; vt The Day of Timestop, 1968; vt Timestop!, 1970); has novel Flesh(1960); colls. Strange Relations(1960), The Alley God(1962) |
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Night of Light, The |
1957 JUN |
na |
3rd story Father John Carmody series; this story was exp. into novel, Night of Light(1966), N-1966 NEB, is "a nightmarish story of a world where the figments of the unconscious become tangible"(Clute); has coll. The Celestial Blueprint(1962) |
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Alley Man, The |
1959 JUN |
nv |
N-1960 HUG, short fiction; has novels Fire and the Night(1962, assoc.), Cache from Outer Space(1962; rev. vt The Cache, 1981), Tongues of the Moon(AMZ 1961 SEP; exp. 1964); novel Inside Outside(1964), about a scientifically sustained afterlife(Clute) |
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Open to Me, My Sister |
1960 MAY |
na |
N-1961 HUG, short fiction; vt. "My Sister's Brother"; per Contento - story orig. to be published in SAT 1959 JUN as "The Strange Birth," but the mag. ceased publication; story repeatedly rejected by F&SF as "disgusting" before being accepted |
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Few Miles, A |
1960 OCT |
nv |
4th story Father John Carmody series, has sequel "Prometheus" in 1961 MAR, #1519; has novels Dare(1965), The Gate of Time(1966; exp. vt Two Hawks from Earth, 1979); colls. Down in the Black Gang(1971; N-1972 LOC), The Book of Philip José Farmer(1973) |
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Prometheus |
1961 MAR |
na |
5th story Father John Carmody ser., sequel to "A Few Miles" in 1960 OCT, #1468; ser. coll. in Father to the Stars(1981); has Exorcism trilogy The Image of the Beast(1968), Traitor to the Living(1973), Blown or Sketches Among the Ruins of My Mind(1975) |
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Pterodactyl, The |
1965 JUL |
pm |
has World of Tiers seq. novels The Maker of Universes(1965; rev. 1980), The Gates of Creation(1966; rev. 1981), A Private Cosmos(1968; rev. 1981), Behind the Walls of Terra(1970; rev. 1982), & The Lavalite World(1977; rev. 1983), More Than Fire(1993) |
