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| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Griffin, Peni R. |
Dammery Mica |
1990 SEP |
ss |
has ya novels A Dig in Time(1991), Hobkin(1992; N-1993 MYT), Switching Well(1993; N-1995 MYT); ya mystery novels The Maze(1994), The Treasure Bird(1994), The Brick House Burglars(1994), Vikki Vanishes(1995), the latter about child abuse |
| Griffin, Russell |
Road King, The |
1986 FEB |
ss |
this story "may have been inspired by a visit with my son to our local model railroad store followed by a ... dinner where I began musing on how long it would be before the EPA banned cars altogether ..."; also in F&SF as Russell M. Griffin |
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Place of Turnings, The |
1986 NOV |
ss |
time travel story of two academics who go back in time to 1066 & the battle for England between the Saxons & the Normans; this story written in the spring of 1986; in August, while vacationing in New Hampshire, he suffered a stroke & died; he was 43 |
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Saving Time |
1987 FEB |
na |
N-1988 LOC, novelette; two professors go back in time to the Battle of Maldon in 991, one hoping to change history to win the woman of his dreams |
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Takes All Kinds |
1988 FEB |
ss |
says story grew from his "looking thru a copy of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper for Aug. 5, 1861. At the back I came across 'Humorous Greetings' & was struck ... there wasn't anything (funny) ... So I began to speculate on how ephemerical humor is" |
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Planesong |
1988 SEP |
ss |
has novel The Time-Servers(1985; N-1985 DIC), a satiric sf novel about bureaucrats on a wretched boondocks planet, black humor of the deepest dye(B&C) |
| Griffin, Russell M. |
Most Illuminatingly Doleful and Instructively Affecting Demise of Flo, Late of Upper Blooton, The |
1980 JUL |
pm |
(1943-1986) 1st poem in Bad Habits ser., this bad habit: poking forks in toasters; says poems "were inspired by ... Slovenly Peter by one Dr. Hoffman, a 19th cent. German physician who was concerned w. the edification of children in the most direct way" |
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Revolting Tale of Heedless Jack Who Stepped Upon the Sidewalk Cracks, The |
1981 FEB |
pm |
2nd poem in Bad Habits series; subtitled, "Divers Exempla for the Enlightenment, Edification, & Instruction of the Young, Rendered Into Poetical Form With Uplifting and Cautionary Morals Appended" |
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Tragic Tale of Mad Tom, Who Made One Too Many Faces, The |
1982 JUN |
pm |
3rd & last poem in Bad Habits series, "The fate of those who make a face"; also in F&SF as Russell Griffin |
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In Hector's Grave |
1985 SEP |
ss |
has novels The Makeshift God(1979), Century's End(1981), The Blind Man and the Elephant(1982); Griffin was a professor of English at Univ. of Bridgeport(CT) |
| Griffith, Ann Warren |
Captive Audience |
1953 AUG |
ss |
her work her appeared in ATL, Reader's Digest, and The Woman |
| Grimes, Lee |
Lease on Life |
1954 NOV |
ss |
a Southern California newspaperman |
| Grinnell, David |
Top Secret |
1950 FLL |
vi |
(1914-1990) 1st pub. in Sir! Magazine, 1948; ps. for Donald A. Wollheim, a Futurian, writer & editor, lifetime resident of NYC; also in F&SF as Martin Pearson; 1st story pub. "The Man from Ariel" in WOS 1934 JAN |
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Extending the Holdings |
1951 APR |
vi |
Wollheim's role in early sf fandom recorded in Sam Moskowitz: The Immortal Storm(1954), Damon Knight: The Futurians(1977), & in his own book, The Universe Makers(1971) |
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Rag Thing, The |
1951 OCT |
ss |
pioneered 2 anthologies, The Pocket Book of S.F.(1943), Portable Novels of Science(1945); also edited The Girl with the Hungry Eyes(1949), & was editor for Avon Fantasy Reader & Avon Science Fiction Reader; has World's Best Science Fiction anth. 1965-90 |
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Malice Aforethought |
1952 NOV |
ss |
was editor for several fanzines, & sf magazines Cosmic Stories, Stirring Science Stories, & Ten Story Fantasy; editor for Ace Books from 1952, winning a 1964 Hugo Award for his work; had Mike Mars series of children's books, from 1961-64 |
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Lysenko Maze, The |
1954 JUL |
ss |
1st pub. in Punch, 30 DEC 1953; has Ajax Calkins series in FUT 1941-42 as Martin Pearson, later the basis for novel Destiny's Orbit(1962, as David Grinnell), & sequel Destination Saturn(1967, as by Grinnell & Lin Carter); founded DAW Books in 1972 |
| Gross, Gordon |
Communion |
1996 JUN |
nv |
their 1st fiction sale; collab. ps. for husband/wife Eve Gordon & Harold Gross; both are consultants & troubleshooters in the computer field; Harold is a professional actor, Eve does stand-up comedy; they live in NYC |
| Gross, Marion |
Good Provider, The |
1952 SEP |
ss |
her 1st pub. story |
| Grossbach, Robert |
All Things Come to Those Who Weight |
1980 FEB |
ss |
(1941- ) lives in Commack, NY; worked for many years in aerospace/defense; has 1st book Someone Great(1971); novel Easy and Hard Ways Out(1975; made into 1984 Eddie Murphy movie Best Defense); wrote film novelization, The Goodbye Girl(1977) |
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Rift |
1985 APR |
ss |
has novel The Cheap Detective(1978), based on the Neil Simon play; film novelizations ... And Justice for All(1979), Never Say Die(1979), The Frisco Kid(1979), California Suite(1978), Going in Style(1979), The Devil and Max Devlin(1980) |
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Feel for the Game, A |
1994 JUL |
ss |
baseball story, "(story) emerged, if you'll pardon the analogy, like a cat coughs up a hairball. It wasn't a bad feeling"; has film novelizations Neil Simon's Chapter Two(1980) |
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Jew on a Chip |
1997 DEC |
ss |
with the acknowledged assistance from Rabbis Gary Johnson, Alan Greenbaum, & Moshe Bryski |
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Of Scorned Women and Causal Loops |
1999 JAN |
ss |
has movie novelization Best Defense(1984), based on his novel Easy and Hard Ways Out(1975) |
| Grow, Julian F. |
Sword of Pell the Idiot, The |
1967 APR |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in Dr. Hiram Pertwee series; 2 other stories in series are in IFS 1961 MAR & 1968 DEC; Julian Fogg Grow, born in N.J., ensign in WWII; graduated from Dartmouth College in 1948; editorial writer for the Worcester(MA) Telegram & Gazette |
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Social Note From All Over |
1967 AUG |
pm |
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Bonita Egg |
1969 SEP |
nv |
2nd story in F&SF in Dr. Hiram Pertwee series |
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Formula for a Special Baby |
1969 DEC |
nv |
3rd story in F&SF in Dr. Hiram Pertwee series |
| Grubb, Davis |
Of Cabbages and Queens |
1981 MAR |
ss |
(1919-1980) best known for psycholical thriller The Night of the Hunter(1953; 1954 movie); novels Fool's Parade(1969; 1971 movie), Ancient Lights(1982); colls. Twelve Tales of Suspense and ...(1964), The Siege of 318(1978), You Never Believe Me(1989) |
| Gruber, Frank |
Thirteenth Floor, The |
1955 MAR |
ss |
(1904-1969) 1st pub. in WRT 1949 JAN; beginning with the pulps, Gruber is normally a writer of mysteries & westerns; has PI series starring Oliver "The Human Encyclopedia" Quade, Sam Cragg & Jonny Fletcher, Simon Lask, Otis Beagle & Joe Peel |
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Piece of Eight |
1955 NOV |
nv |
has books Beagle Scented Murder(1946), The Honest Dealer(1947), The Pulp Jungle(1967), latter about the pulp magazine industry; wrote & produced TV series Shotgun Slade(1959-1961; 78 episodes), about a freelance cowboy detective |
| Grundy |
Cartoon: Parallel Universe Research Lab |
1992 AUG |
ct |
(1950- ) working name for Doug(las) Grundy; born in Phoenix, AZ; he lives in Sioux City, IA; has a degree in English; 1st cartoon sale in TWZ, in 1989; he has also been pub. in Air & Space/Smithsonian, Cortlandt Forum, Omni, PST, & Woman's World |
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Cartoon |
1995 DEC |
ct |
Grundy influenced early on by the newspapers' comic pages, "perhaps subconsciously spurred on by my father's nightly bedtime sign off of : 'I'll see you in the funny papers!'"; favorites were V.T. Hamlin's 'Alley Oop', & George Lichty's 'Grin and Bear It' |
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Cartoon |
1996 JAN |
ct |
Grundy admired the drawings of H.A. Rey, & Hugh Lofting; "At an early age, I became interested in books of fantasy & adventure, & today, many years later, I try to create a slice of fun & fantasy in my cartoons"; is building a website, www.douggrundy.com |
| Gunn, James |
Man of Parts |
1985 AUG |
ss |
has novels The Joy Makers(1961 fixup), The Immortals(1962 fixup; 1970-71 TV ser.), The Dreamers(1981; N-1982 LOC), Crisis!(1986 fixup); coll. Some Dreams Are Nightmares(1974); nf The Road to S. F. #1-6(1977-98), Isaac Asimov(1982; W-1983 HUG; N-1983 LOC) |
| Gunn, James E. |
Voices, The |
1972 SEP |
nv |
(1923- ) 1st & only story in F&SF in The Listeners ser., part of fixup novel The Listeners(1972; N-1973 JWC); born in Kansas City, educated at Univ. of Kansas where he's a Prof. of English & Journalism, and Director of the Center for the Study of S. F. |
| Gunther, Max |
Municipal Dump |
1966 SEP |
ss |
(1927- ) born in England, came to U.S. in 1939; grad. of Princeton Univ., freelance writer; has pub. article "she's Paid to Be Nosy (Jenny Schreiner, appraiser) in PST 1956 JUL 28, & stories "The Prisoner" in PST 1957 OCT 19, "Alone" in Redbook 1958 NOV |
| Guthridge, George |
Exiled, the Hunted, The |
1977 JUN |
ss |
(1948- ) born in Vancouver, BC; currently teaches writing & advertising at Loras College in Dubuque, IA; also in F&SF as George Florance-Guthridge, a collab. ps. w. his wife, used between 1979-83; 1st story pub. sf "Doll's Demise" in ANA 1976 JUL |
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Evolutions |
1983 AUG |
ss |
has Madagascar Manifesto series w. Janet Berliner(nee Gluckman), Child of the Light(1991), Child of the Journey(1996), & Children of the Dusk(1997; W-1998 STO); has novel The Bloodletter(1996); see biolog in ANA 1986 APR; entry in C.A., vol.174, p.187-188 |
| Guthridge, George & Janet Berliner |
Notes Toward a Rumpled Stillskin (compiled and edited by Janet Berliner) |
1997 APR |
nv |
(1948- ; 1939- ) collab. on The Madagascar Manifesto ser., Child of the Light(1991), Child of the Journey(1996), & Children of the Dusk(1997; W-1998 STO); Berliner co-edited Desire Burn(1995), & Peter S. Beagle's Immortal Unicorn(1995; N-1996 LOC) |
| Guthridge, George & Meredith |
Snow Coil, The |
1986 SEP |
ss |
father & daughter collab., they live in Alaska & say much of the material in this story is based on fact; daughter has won state & international fiction competitions; father is also in F&SF by himself, & in collab. w. his wife as George Florance-Guthridge |
| Guttridge, Len |
Aunt Millicent at the Races |
1965 APR |
ss |
(1918- ) born in Wales, in the RAF in North Africa 1939-45, came to U.S. in 1947, a writer since 1961; wrote some crime stories, incl. one to Popular Detective, before the pulps vanished |
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Most Wonderful News, The |
1966 JAN |
ss |
has books Jack Teagarden: Story of a Jazz Maverick(1960; 1976), The Commodores: The U.S. Navy in the Age of Sail(1969, with George S. McGovern) |
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Quest for Uplift, A |
1966 JUN |
ss |
has book The Great Coalfield War(1972); Guttridge credits his Welsh background for his interest in fantasy & in the coalfields |
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