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| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Ferman, Edward L. |
In This Issue |
1989 OCT |
note |
F&SF is a small business run for the last 20 years from West Cornwall, CT, with a full-time staff of two, Ed & his wife Audrey; Ferman has anth. The Best from Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology(1989; N-1990 LOC) |
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F&SF Office Hit by July Storm |
1989 NOV |
note |
lost power & water for 4 days, & phones for 2 weeks |
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Responses to "Just Say 'No'?" |
1990 AUG |
lttr |
responses to Isaac Asimov's science essay in 1990 MAY(#6167), on solving drug & alcohol abuse, etc; John Thomas Richards; Bruce Sterling; Peter H. Vennema; Al Zelaya; Debbie Richardson; Poul Anderson; Robert W. Sandberg; Edward R. Fitzgerald |
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In This Issue |
1990 DEC |
note |
intro to Stephen King & to this Special Stephen King Issue; King stands 6'4" & weighs 200 lbs, & has pub. a varied lot of fiction & non-fiction, incl. a long essay on Maine little league baseball(in NYM 1990 APR 16); 3 photos of him by wife Tabitha on p.2 |
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To Our Readers |
1991 JAN |
note |
"increases in postage & other expenses have made necessary" a price increase, from $2.00 to $2.50 per issue, beginning with this issue(mistakenly says beginning with the next issue) |
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Editorial |
1991 JUN |
ed |
announcing his resignation as editor of F&SF after 25 years; will continue being its publisher; F&SF's new editor, beginning with the next issue, 1991 JUL, will be Kristine Kathryn Rusch - a freelance since 1982, W-1989 JWC as Best New Writer |
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Publisher's Note |
1992 MAR |
note |
for the first time in 34 years, Isaac Asimov's byline is missing from an issue of F&SF; last month was his 399th science essay, his last due to health problems; see "Asimov Quits Column" in LOC 1991 DEC, p.6 |
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Isaac Asimov: 2 January 1920 - 6 April 1992 |
1992 AUG |
obit |
a tribute to Isaac Asimov; Ferman has anth. Oi, Robot(1995), a coll. of best of the F&SF competitions; anth. w. Gordon Van Gelder, The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: The Fiftieth Anniversary Anthology(1999); Ferman W-1998 WFA, Lifetime Achievement |
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Publisher's Note |
1999 OCT/NOV |
note |
"These are challenging times for the magazine business ... (they) will no doubt survive, but I think we will have to change. In the near future, perhaps we will pub. fewer, bigger issues; in the far future, F&SF may come to you in some electronic form" |
| Ferman, Edward L. & Avram Davidson |
Introduction to Avram Davidson's "Sacheverell" |
1964 MAR |
in |
(1937- ; 1923-1993) |
| Ferman, Joe |
Anthony Boucher |
1968 AUG |
obit |
a tribute to the late Anthony Boucher; by Joseph W. Ferman, publisher & ex-editor of F&SF |
| Ferman, Joseph W. |
Open Letter to Our Readers, An |
1959 FEB |
note |
(1906-1974) raise in copy price from 35 cents to 40 cents, or $4.50/year, effective this issue; due to publication costs; also in F&SF as Joe Ferman(1968 AUG); born in Lithuania, was F&SF publisher from 1954 AUG-1970 OCT, & editor from 1964 DEC-1965 DEC |
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Contest Winners |
1965 APR |
note |
winners of Univac-Unicorn short story contest: 1st prize, Herb Lehrman; 2nd prize, Greg Benford; 3rd, Barbara P. Kerr; 4th, Elizabeth Daniels; 5th, Royce Burton Jr; 1st & 2nd prize stories to be pub. in the 1965 JUN issue; anth. #27 has authors' memoirs |
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Editor's Note |
1965 JUN |
note |
reader reaction to book reviews wanted – do readers prefer an essay in depth on a few books, or concise reviews on a greater number of books?; Ferman was publisher of VSF(1957-58, 1969-70), & edited an anth. from VSF, titled No Limits(1964) |
| Ferrara, Patricia |
Rising Waters |
1987 JUL |
ss |
born in Attleboro, MA, near where H.P. Lovecraft is buried; has PhD in Literature from Yale Univ.; lives in Atlanta where she teaches English & film at Georgia State Univ. |
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Freezer Madness |
1989 DEC |
ss |
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| Ferrell, Keith |
Curiosities: The Shape of Further Things: Speculations on Change, by Brian W. Aldiss, 1971 |
1999 MAR |
br |
Aldiss' book combines diary, history, criticism, & speculative essay; see website at http://freespace.virgin.net/jim.g/BWA/bwa.htm |
| Fessier, Michael |
Blue-Eyed Horse, The |
1958 JUL |
ss |
(1907-1988) 1st pub. in COL, 10 JUN 1955; a Hollywood screenwriter; has 1st novel Fully Dressed and in His Right Mind(1935), & humorous novel Clovis(1948); has pub. many stories from 1935-1960 in PST, Manhunt, Bluebook, ESQ, COL, & EQMM |
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Bewitched |
1958 NOV |
ss |
1st pub. in COL, 18 NOV 1950, a shapeshifting fantasy about "the cat in every woman"(Clute) |
| Filer, Burt |
Backtracked |
1968 JUN |
ss |
lives in Manhattan, married to Ann MacLeod, who has previous story(#2639); has several stories in GAL & IFS 1967-68 |
| Finch, Sheila |
World Waiting, A (for Shannon Rae) |
1989 AUG |
nv |
(1935- ) 1st story in Lingster ser., exp. into novel A World Waiting(1989); born in London, now lives in CA; teaches at El Camino College; 1st story pub. sf "The Confessions of Melakos" in Sou-wester, in 1977; also has stories pub. as Sheila Finch-Rayner |
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Cyberella |
1990 JUL |
nv |
has 1st novel Infinity's Web(1985; W-1986 CCR; N-1986 LOC), which describes the lives of five versions of one protagonist who live in various alternate worlds, & who gradually gain a sense of the mutual web they inhabit(Clute) |
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Communion of Minds |
1996 SEP |
nv |
2nd story in F&SF in Lingster, Guild of Xenolinguists ser.; one other story in ser., "Babel Interface" was pub. in AMZ 1988 MAY, & novel Triad(1986; 2001 eBook), about a woman-run Earth government, a female mission to another planet, & pirates(Clute) |
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Out of the Mouths |
1996 DEC |
nv |
N-1997 LOC, nv; 3rd story in Lingster series; "I'm developing a number of stories about the Guild ... which send lingsters all over the Orion Arm of the galaxy, & I'm working thru the problems lingsters face & how they apply the Guild's teachings & laws" |
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Flight of Words, A |
1997 FEB |
ss |
4th story in F&SF in Lingster series; has The Shaper Exile novel seq., The Garden of the Shaped(1987), Shaper's Legacy(1989), Shaping the Dawn(1989), a planetary romance about three separate genetic versions of human stock on a new planet(Clute) |
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Roaring Ground, The |
1997 APR |
ss |
5th story in F&SF in Lingster series; has novel The Falcon and the Falconer, serialized in TSF Online, in 1997 |
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Reading the Bones |
1998 JAN |
na |
W-1998 NEB; N-1999 LOC; 6th story in F&SF in Lingster ser.; how the differences in language betw. native populations on the planet Krishna widen the gulf betw. them, & about one man who ultimately must try to bridge that chasm; being exp. into a novel |
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Naked Face of God, The |
1998 JUN |
nv |
7th story in F&SF in Lingster series; has ya novel, David Brin's Out of Time 2: Tiger in the Sky(1999; W-San Diego Book Award), about teens that are "yanked" out of the late 20th century to save a scientific base from fast-breeding fuzzy alien pests(B&C) |
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No Brighter Glory |
1999 APR |
nv |
8th story in F&SF in Lingster series; see her website at http://home1.gte.net/web10g3j/ |
| Findlay, D.K. |
Day After Saturation, The |
1963 MAR |
ss |
(1901- ) wn. for David Kilpatrick Findlay; from Ottawa, Canada, a lawyer, WWII correspondent for MacLean's; has had stories in Bluebook, MacLean's, PST, COL, & Ladies Home Journal from 1930s-1959; has novels Search for Amelia(1958), & Third Act(1961) |
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Way Back, The |
1966 FEB |
ss |
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| Finney, Charles G. |
Horsenaping of Hotspur, The |
1958 AUG |
ss |
(1905-1984) 1st story Manacle, Arizona series; his 1st short story, usually a novelist; born in Sedalia, MS; newspaperman & writer from Arizona; served with the U.S. 15th Army(infantry) in Tientsin, China(1927-29) |
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Black Retriever, The |
1958 OCT |
ss |
has 1st novel The Circus of Dr. Lao(1935; 1964 movie The Seven Faces of Dr. Lao); novel The Unholy City(1937; 1968, with story "The Magician Out of Manchuria"), is discussed in Jonathan Lethem's "Curiosities" br column in F&SF 1998 OCT/NOV, p.242 |
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Iowan's Curse, The |
1959 JUN |
ss |
1st pub. in HRP 1958 JUL; 2nd story Manacle, Arizona series; has novel Past the End of the Pavement(1939, assoc.), was based on his childhood in Sedalia,; Ray Bradbury edited The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories(1956), based on his 1st novel |
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Gilashrikes, The |
1959 OCT |
ss |
3rd story Manacle, Arizona series; stories coll. in The Ghosts of Manacle(1964); Ray Bradbury edited The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories(1956), based on Finney's 1st novel |
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Captivity, The |
1961 OCT |
ss |
has book The Old China Hands(1961), based on his army experiences in China in 1927-29; from 1935-70 he worked for the Arizona Daily Star in Tucson, AZ, which was the model for Abalone, AZ, in his novel The Circus of Dr. Lao |
| Finney, Jack |
Third Level, The |
1952 OCT |
ss |
(1911-1995) 1st pub. in COL, 7 OCT 1950, 1st/only story in F&SF in Timeslip ser.; wn. for Walter B. Finney; 1st story pub. sf "Such Interesting Neighbors" in COL in 1951; novels Five Against the House(1954), Marion's Wall(1973); W-1987 WFA, Lifetime Award |
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Quit Zoomin' Those Hands Through the Air |
1952 DEC |
ss |
1st pub. in COL, 4 AUG 1951; has novels The Body Snatchers(1955; vt 1973 & 1978 as, & movies as Invasion of the Body Snatchers, 1956, 1978), The Woodrow Wilson Dime(PST 1960; exp. 1968), Time and Again(1970) & its sequel From Time to Time(1995) |
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There Is a Tide … |
1954 SEP |
ss |
1st pub. in COL, 2 AUG 1952; has colls. The Third Level(1957) & I Love Galesburg in the Springtime(1963) - assembled together as About Time: Twelve Stories(1986), & Forgotten News: The Crime of the Century and Other Lost Stories(1983); obit LOC 1995 DEC |
| Fish, Robert L. |
Not Counting Bridges |
1963 APR |
vi |
(1912-1981) Robert Lloyd Fish; born in Cleveland, OH; W-1962 EDG, best 1st novel, for The Fugitive(1962; 1st in Capt. Silva ser.); there is a Robert L. Fish Award for best 1st ss by an American writer, first given by the Mystery Writers of America in 1984 |
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Sonny |
1965 MAY |
ss |
has Captain José da Silva mys. novel ser., Always Kill a Stranger(1967), The Bridge that Went Nowhere(1968), The Xavier Affair(1969), Trouble in Paradise(1975); has pastiche ser. colls. The Incredible Schlock Homes(1966), The Memoirs of Schlock Homes('74) |
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To Hell With the Odds |
1968 FEB |
ss |
has Kek Huuygens mys. novel ser., The Tricks of the Trade(1972), Kek Huuygens, Smuggler(1976); anth. With Malice Toward All(1968), & Every Crime in the Book(1975); as Robert L. Pike has Lt. Clancy, NYPD, ser., incl. Mute Witness(1963; movie Bullitt, 1968) |
| Fisher, Lou |
Nobody Named Gallix |
1975 JAN |
ss |
(1940- ) born in Cleveland, now lives in N.Y.'s Hudson Valley; writer/editor for a computer company; 1st sale "Enough Rope" in FAN 1958 DEC; also wrote for men's mags.; has 1st novel a space opera, SunStop 8(1978); novel The Blue Ice Pilot(1986) |
| Fisher, Sandy |
Thank God You're Alive |
1971 OCT |
ss |
age 34, currently a rock & roll engineer |
| Fitch, Marina |
Jessica |
1992 AUG |
ss |
(1957- ) from Santa Cruz, CA, now lives in Oregon; attended 1986 WotF Writers Workshop; 1st story pub. "They That Go Down to the Sea in Ships" in Budrys(ed): Writers of the Future, Vol.II(1986) |
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Ghosts on Christmas Eaves, The |
1993 JAN |
ss |
lives in Santa Cruz, CA; story was originally written for a Christmas Eve celebration - "ghost stories shared before a roaring fire ..." |
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Silent Treatment, The |
1993 AUG |
ss |
an F&SF first reader |
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Sarah at the Tide Pool |
1994 APR |
ss |
wrote this story as a result of a challenge, at the Rockaway Beach Writing Retreat; has 1st novel fantasy The Seventh Heart(1997; N-1998 LOC), about a young woman who must placate the angry Earth to stop natural diasters from destroying California(B&C) |
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Imprints |
1998 MAR |
nv |
has novel The Border(1999), about a Mexican woman with a magical inner voice who crosses the U.S. border illegally to seek her long-lost sister; has interview in LOC 1999 APR(#459); has eBook coll. Pieces of the Sky(2001), pub. by Scorpius Digital |
| FitzGerald, Gil |
Vengeance of Nora O'Donnell, The |
1983 APR |
ss |
working name for Gillian FitzGerald, librarian w. the Brooklyn Public Library; has English degree from Catholic Univ.; has stories in anth. Elsewhere(1981), Amazons II(1982), Heroic Visions II(1986), Friends of the Horseclans(1987) |
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