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Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
Killheffer, Robert K.J. |
Books |
1999 JUN |
br |
essay: sf adventure stories in the "grand tradition"; Gardner Dozois(ed): The Good Old Stuff, & The Good New Stuff; Vernor Vinge: A Deepness in the Sky |
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Books |
1999 OCT/NOV |
br |
Ray Kurzweil: The Age of Spiritual Machines; Hans Moravec: Robot: Mere Machine to Transcendent Mind; Arthur C. Clarke: Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds! |
Killough, Lee |
Siren Garden, The |
1974 MAR |
ss |
(1942- ) 1st story in her artist colony Aventine series; working name for Karen Lee Killough; Chief Technologist at Dept. of Radiology, Kansas State Univ. Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital; 1st story pub. as "Caveat Emptor" in ASF 1970 MAY |
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Tropic of Eden |
1977 AUG |
ss |
2nd story in her artist colony Aventine series; series set in an artist's colony in a decadent future, the colony resembles that depicted in J.G. Ballard's Vermilion Sands series, to which it was perhaps written as an homage(Clute) |
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House Divided, A |
1978 JUN |
ss |
3rd story in her artist colony Aventine series; Killough lives in Manhattan, KS; see her essay on her life as a female sf writer in Denise Du Pont(ed): Women of Vision: Essays by Women Writing Science Fiction(1988) |
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Broken Stairways, Walls of Time |
1979 MAR |
ss |
4th story in her artist colony Aventine series; has 1st novel A Voice Out of Ramah(1979), set on a planet where 90% of the males are ritually slaughtered at puberty(Clute) |
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Achronos |
1980 MAR |
ss |
has novels The Monitor, the Miners, and the Shree(1980), which deals with the issue of human exploitation of alien planets(Clute), & Deadly Silents(1981), Liberty's World(1985) |
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Ménage Outré |
1981 FEB |
ss |
5th & last story in her artist colony Aventine series; series coll. in Aventine(1982) |
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Taaehalaan Is Drowning |
1981 AUG |
ss |
has Janna Brill and Mama Maxwell police procedurals seq., The Doppelgänger Gambit(1979), Spider Play(1986), & Dragon's Teeth(1990), set in a U.S.A. that must be wary of computers(Clute); see obit of her husband Pat in LOC 1994 DEC(#407) |
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Existential Man, The |
1982 MAR |
nv |
has novels Blood Hunt(1987), & sequel Bloodlinks(1988), which are police procedural fantasies dealing with vampires; novel The Leopard's Daughter(1987), is a fantasy set in Africa(Clute) |
Kilworth, Garry |
Lord of the Dance |
1980 NOV |
ss |
(1941- ) Garry Douglas Kilworth; born in York, England, raised in South Arabia(Aden); now lives in Shoeburyness, village in SE England; see website www.infinityplus.co.uk/misc/gkbib.htm, that lists his novels, children's books, ss's, ps., awards & links |
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Almost Heaven |
1982 FEB |
ss |
has 1st story pub. sf "Let's Go to Golgotha!" in the Gollancz/Sunday Times Best SF Stories(1975); 1st pub. sf novel, In Solitary(1977), set in a world where the few humans left are dominated by birdlike aliens(Clute); The Night of Kadar(1978) |
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Blind Windows |
1982 JUL |
nv |
N-1983 LOC, novelette; has novels Split Second(1979), Gemini God(1981), A Theatre of Timesmiths(1984), Witchwater Country(1986), Spiral Winds(1987); novels as Garry Douglas, Highlander(1986), a film novelization, & horror novel The Street(1988) |
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Hobblythick Lane |
1986 JUL |
ss |
has colls. The Songbirds of Pain(1984), Trivial Tales(1988), In the Hollow of the Deep(1989), Dark Hills, Hollow Clocks(1990), Hogfoot Right and Bird-Hands(1993; N-1994 WFA), In the Country of Tatooed Men(1993); novel The Wizard of Woodworld(1987) |
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Ifurin and the Fat Man |
1989 MAR |
ss |
has novels Abandonati(1988), Cloudrock(1988), The Voyage of the Vigilance(1988), Hunter's Moon(1989), Midnight Sun(1990), The Rain Ghost(1990), The Drowners(1992), Frost Dancers(1992), Standing on Shamsan(1992), The Electric Kid(1994), Cybercats(1996) |
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Bowmen in the Mist |
1989 JUN |
ss |
has novels The Phantom Piper(1994), The Brontë Girls(1995), House of Tribes(1995), A Midsummer's Nightmare(1996), The Raiders(1996), The Roof of Voyaging(1996), Princely Flower(1997), Land-of-Mists(1998), Shadow Hawk(1998); interview in INZ 1992 AUG |
Kimbriel, Katharine Eliska |
Triad |
1991 AUG |
nv |
(1956- ) 1st/only story in F&SF, pioneer clairvoyant Alfreda Sorensson ser.; novels in ser., Night Calls("Triad," etal; exp. 1996), Kindred Rites(1997); 1st novel sf, Nuala seq., Fire Sanctuary(1986), Fires of Nuala(1988), Hidden Fires(1991); N-1987 JWCA |
King, C. Daly PhD |
Dianetics: Book Review, A |
1950 DEC |
br |
(1895-1963) per F&SF, a psychologist & author of psychology books & articles; see comments #82 for question of authorship of "The Episode of the Perilous Talisman" |
King, Stephen |
Night of the Tiger, The |
1978 FEB |
ss |
(1947- ) lives in Lovell, Maine; 1st story pub. sf "The Glass Floor" in Startling Mystery Stories, 1967 FLL(reprt WRT 1990 FLL); most early short sf pub. in Cavalier, coll. in Night Shift(1978; W-1980 BRG); see his website at www.stephenking.com |
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Gunslinger, The |
1978 OCT |
nv |
N-1979 LOC, nv; 1st story in Dark Tower ser.; Roland's search for The Man in Black, "& his quest for the Tower, which stands at the root of time"; has 1st novel Carrie(1974; N-1977 HUG; 1976, 2002 movies), Salem's Lot(1975; N-1976 WFA; 1979 TV movie) |
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Way Station, The |
1980 APR |
nv |
N-1980 NEB; 1981 LOC, nv; 2nd story in Dark Tower ser.; part of fixup novel The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger(1982); other novels in ser., The Drawing of the Three(1987; N-1988 LOC), The Waste Lands(1991; N-1992 LOC, STO), Wizard and Glass(1997; N-1998 LOC) |
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Oracle and the Mountains, The |
1981 FEB |
nv |
3rd story Dark Tower ser.; novels The Shining(1977; N-1978 GAN, LOC; 1980 movie; 1997 TV mini ser.), The Stand(1978; N-1979 BRG, GAN, LOC; 1994 TV mini ser.), The Dead Zone('79; N-'80 BRG, LOC, WFA; '83, 2002 movies); nf Danse Macabre('81; W-'82 HUG, LOC) |
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Slow Mutants, The |
1981 JUL |
nv |
4th story in Dark Tower ser.; has novels as by Richard Bachman, Rage(1977), The Long Walk(1979), Roadwork(1981), The Running Man(1982; 1987 movie), Thinner(1984; 1996 movie); Firestarter(1980; N-1981 BFA, BRG, LOC; 1984, 2001 movies) |
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Gunslinger and the Dark Man, The |
1981 NOV |
ss |
5th story in Dark Tower ser.; has novels Cujo(1981; W-1982 BFA; N-BRG, LOC; 1983 movie), Christine(1983; N-1984 LOC; 1983 movie), Pet Sematary(1983; N-1984 LOC, WFA; 1989 movie); w. Peter Straub, The Talisman(1984; N-1985 LOC, WFA) |
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Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, The |
1984 JUN |
na |
N-1985 LOC, WFA; about relationship betw. a writer & an editor & the supernatural forces that unite them; pub. in his coll. Skeleton Crew(1985; W-1986 LOC); novels It(1986; W-1987 BFA; N-LOC, WFA; 1990 movie), Misery(1987; W-1988 STO; N-WFA; 1990 movie) |
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Moving Finger, The |
1990 DEC |
nv |
has coll. of 4 na's Different Seasons(1982; N-1983 LOC, WFA) made into movies Stand by Me(1986), The Shawshank Redemption(1994), Apt Pupil(1998); colls. Four Part Midnight(1990; W-1991 STO; N-LOC), Nightmares & Dreamscapes(1993; N-1994 LOC, STO) |
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Author's Note |
1990 DEC |
in |
introduction to his story "The Bear," & a summary of the Dark Tower trilogy, which incl. The Gunslinger(1982), The Drawing of the Three(1987), & the upcoming The Waste Lands(1991); has novels The Tommyknockers(1987; N-1988 LOC; 1993 movie) |
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Bear, The |
1990 DEC |
nv |
6th & last story in Dark Tower series, this story to be the 1st section of the 3rd novel of the trilogy, The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands(1991); has novels The Dark Half(1989; N-1990 LOC; 1993 movie), Needful Things(1991; N-1992 LOC, STO; 1993 movie) |
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Everything's Eventual |
1997 OCT/NOV |
na |
N-1998 LOC, STO; has novels Dolores Claiborne(1992; N-1993 LOC; 1994 movie), Gerald's Game(1992), Insomnia(1994; N-'95 LOC, STO), Rose Madder('95; N-'96 LOC; '98 movie), The Green Mile('96 serial; '97; '99 movie); coll. Hearts in Atlantis('99; 2001 movie) |
Kipling, Rudyard |
Tomlinson |
1966 MAR |
pm |
(1865-1936) 1st pub. in The National Observer, 23 JAN 1893; U.K. poet & writer, won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1907; has colls. The Jungle Book(1894), Rewards and Faeries(1910), The Complete Supernatural Stories of ...(1987), novel Kim(1901) |
Kirk, Russell |
What Shadows We Pursue |
1953 JAN |
ss |
(1918-1994) on the faculty of Michigan State College, which he plans to leave; well-known writer on conservative thought & educational theory; has nf books The Conservative Mind(1953), The Portable Conservative Reader(1982) |
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Sorworth Place |
1962 NOV |
nv |
(1918-1994) 1st pub. in London Mystery #14, in 1952, as "Old Place of Sorworth"; 1st story in F&SF from his Ralph Bain series; story to be in his coll. of ghost stories The Surly Sullen Bell(1962) |
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Behind the Stumps |
1962 DEC |
ss |
1st pub. in London Mystery #4, in 1950, & in coll. The Surly Sullen Bell(1962); has Doctorate of Letters from St. Andrews Univ.(Scotland), lives in Mecosta, MI; has many books on political science & literature |
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Balgrummo's Hell |
1967 JUL |
ss |
has horror novels Old House of Fear(1961), A Creature of the Twilight(1966); biographies, John Randolph of Roanoke(1964), Edmund Burke(1967); book of essays Enemies of Permanent Things(1969); nf book The Roots of American Order(1974) |
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Saviourgate |
1976 NOV |
ss |
2nd & last story in F&SF in his Ralph Bain series; his novella "There's a Long, Long Trail A-Winding" in Kirby McCauley(ed): Frights(1976), W-1977 WFA |
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Fate's Purse |
1979 MAY |
ss |
has book The Sword of the Imagination: A Memoir(1995); see book, Russell Kirk: The Conservative Mind(1994) |
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Invasion of the Church of the Holy Ghost, The |
1983 DEC |
nv |
N-1984 LOC, novelette; to be pub. in his coll. Watchers at the Strait Gate(1984); see obits in Ghosts & Scholars #18 1994, & in LOC 1994 JUN(#401); articles in Ghosts & Scholars #20 1995, & in All Hallows #14 1997 |
Kirs, Alex |
Better Than Ever |
1965 MAR |
ss |
N-1965 NEB, short story; lives in NYC; also has short stories "Man Overboard" in SFA 1958 JAN, & "The Scuffle" in Escapade 1961 AUG |
Kittredge, Mary |
Her House in Order |
1997 JUL |
ss |
(1949- ) has 2 mys. ser., freelance writer Charlotte Kent ser. Murder in Mendocino(1987), Dead and Gone('89), Poison Pen('90); RN Edwina Crusoe ser., Fatal Diagnosis('90), Cadaver('92),Kill or Cure('95); has mys. The Dead Cat Bounce('98) as Sarah Graves |
Klavan, Andrew |
Woman in the Wood, The |
1988 MAY |
pm |
(1954- ) has 1st novel Face of the Earth(1980); has NYC reporter John Wells ser. incl. The Scarred Man(1990; W-EDG) as by Keith Peterson; as Klavan, Don't Say a Word(1991; N-1992 EDG; 2001 movie), True Crime(1995; 1999 movie), The Uncanny(1998) |
Klein, Gérard |
Monster in the Park, The |
1961 SEP |
ss |
(1937- ) 1st pub. in the French edition of F&SF; trans. by Virginia Kidd; soldier in Algeria, has pub. in France, this is his 1st story pub. in the U.S. |
Knarr, Emilie H. |
Carne Vale |
1953 FEB |
vi |
1st pub. story |
Kneale, Nigel |
Peg (Legends of War ... and Women: I) |
1954 OCT |
ss |
(1922- ) 1st pub. in his coll. Tomato Cain(1949); working name for Thomas Nigel Kneale, U.K. author & screenwriter; scripted Quatermass serials for BBC-TV (1953-68) |
Knight, Damon |
Not With a Bang |
1950 WIN/SPR |
ss |
(1922-2002) born in Baker, OR; moved to NYC in early 1940s; longtime resident of Eugene, OR; member of the Futurians(NYC sf fan club); 1st sale a cartoon to AMZ; 1st story pub. "Resilience" in STI 1941 FEB; has book on early fandom, The Futurians(1977) |
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You're Another |
1955 JUN |
nv |
his 1st impact in sf field was as book reviewer, incl. in F&SF & in INF(Clute); early reviews coll. in In Search of Wonder(1956; W-1956 HUG; rev. 1967); coll. incl. essay on Judith Merril's The Tomorrow People(1960), see F&SF 1960 SEP br |
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Country of the Kind, The |
1956 FEB |
ss |
has short story "To Serve Man" in GAL 1950 NOV, was made into a famous 1962 episode (#89) of TV series, The Twilight Zone; 1st novel Hell's Pavement(ASF 1952 JAN as "The Analogues"; exp. 1955 fixup; vt Analogue Men, 1962) |
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Stranger Station |
1956 DEC |
nv |
also in F&SF with author H. Ken Bulmer; Knight was asst. editor at Popular Pub. in 1943, editor of WBY(1950-1951), IFS(1958-1959); along with Robert Sheckley, Philip Latham & C.M. Kornbluth, Knight wrote scripts in early 1950s for TV series Captain Video |
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A for Anything |
1957 NOV |
nv |
has novels Masters of Evolution(GAL 1954 JAN as "Natural State"; exp. 1959 chap), The People Maker(1959; rev. vt A For Anything, 1961 UK), The Sun Saboteurs(IFS 1955 JAN as "The Earth Quarter"; exp. 1961) |
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Eripmav |
1958 JUN |
vi |
has colls. Far Out(1961), In Deep(1963), Off Center(1965), Turning On(1966); novels The Rithian Terror(STS 1953 JAN as "Double Meaning"; exp. 1965), Mind Switch(1965); edited Orbit ser. anth., Orbit 1-21(1966-1980), Best Stories from Orbit(1975) |
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Night of Lies, The |
1958 OCT |
ss |
co-founded, with James Blish & Judith Merril, the Milford Science Fiction Writers' Conference, in 1956, which he ran with his wife Kate Wilhelm for 20 years in their home in Milford, NJ; later helped found Clarion's SF Writers' Workshop, in 1968 |
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