| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Maio, Kathi |
Films: Good, the Bad, and the Schmaltzy, The |
1997 JAN |
mr |
Independence Day(1996), stars Will Smith, Bill Pullman, Jeff Goldblum, Vivica Fox; Phenomenon(1996), stars John Travolta, Kyra Sedgewick; Matilda(1996), based on Roald Dahl's 1988 children's book, dir. Danny DeVito, stars Mara Wilson |
| |
Films: Trek ... And a Journey Really Worth Taking, A |
1997 JUN |
mr |
essay: Star Trek & its empire "franchise"; how it has grown over the years; Star Trek: First Contact(1996), the 1st Next Generation film, stars Patrick Stewart, Alice Krige, Brent Spiner, James Cromwell; Microcosmos(1996 France), nature documentary |
| |
Films: Portrait of the Artist As a Mama's Boy |
1997 AUG |
mr |
essay: depiction of writers in films, & how mothers are treated in films; Mother(1996), stars Albert Brooks, Debbie Reynolds; The Whole Wide World(1996), based on memoir Novalyne Price Ellis: One Who Walked Alone('98), on Robert E. Howard's life |
| |
Films: Touched by an ... Alien |
1998 JAN |
mr |
Contact(1997), orig. written in '80 by Carl Sagan & his wife Ann Druyan as a screenplay, then in '85 by Sagan as a novel, dir. Robert Zemeckis, stars Jodie Foster, Tom Skerritt; see Sagan book, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark('95) |
| |
Films: Ken and Barbie in the House of Buggin' |
1998 APR |
mr |
essay: the fascist/neo-Nazi depiction by dir. Paul Verhoeven of Robert A. Heinlein's novel Starship Troopers(F&SF 1959 OCT-NOV as Starship Soldiers; exp. version 1959; movie Starship Troopers, 1997), stars Casper Van Dien, Denise Richards, Dina Meyer |
| |
Eight SF/Fantasy Films That Have Really Stayed With Me |
1998 JUL |
misc |
The Day the Earth Stood Still(1951); Invasion of the Body Snatchers(1956); A Clockwork Orange(1971); Close Encounters of the Third Kind(1977); Alien(1979); Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai(1984); Edward Scissorhands(1990); Truly Madly Deeply(1991) |
| |
Films: Deep Space, Right Here at Home |
1998 JUL |
mr |
essay: how the hostile ocean depths have been treated by the film industry; 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea(1907); Deep Rising(1998), stars Treat Williams, Famke Janssen; Sphere(1998), based on Crichton's 1987 novel, stars Dustin Hoffman, Sharon Stone |
| |
Films: Hollywood's Leftover Recipe: Just Add Angst, and a Touch of FX |
1998 SEP |
mr |
essay: "that whole nostalgia thing ... ripoff remakes"; Lost in Space(1998), based on the 1965-68 TV series, stars William Hurt, Mimi Rogers, Heather Graham, Matt LeBlanc; briefly, The Butcher Boy(1997 Ireland), based on Patrick McCabe's 1992 novel |
| |
Films: Learning to Embrace the Chaos |
1999 JAN |
mr |
essay: disaster films given a boost by upcoming millennium; Pi(1998), "no-budget" movie in B&W, dir. Darren Aronofsky, stars Sean Gullette, Kristyn Mae-Anne Lao, Samia Shoaib, Mark Margolis, Pamela Hart, Ben Shenkman |
| |
Films: Way It Never Was, The |
1999 MAR |
mr |
essay: the movies & sit-coms of the 1950s & early 1960s depicted an America that never existed; Pleasantville(1998), stars Tobey Maguire, Reese Witherspoon, William H. Macy, Jeff Daniels; compares it to Woody Allen's The Purple Rose of Cairo(1985) |
| |
Films: Soul (or Lack Thereof) of the New Monster, The |
1999 JUN |
mr |
essay: monster movies of the past & present; Godzilla(1998); Frankenstein(1931), & Bride of Frankenstein(1935), both dir. by James Whale; Gods and Monsters(1998), focuses on Whale's last days in 1957, stars Ian McKellen, Brendan Fraser, Lolita Davidovich |
| |
Films: Beyond the Magpie Impulse |
1999 SEP |
mr |
essay: magpie behavior of writers, film-makers; The Matrix(1999), writers Andy & Larry Wachowski, stars Keanu Reeves, Carnie-Anne Moss, Laurence Fishburne, Hugh Weaving; briefly, Dark City(1998), stars Kiefer Sutherland, Rufus Sewell |
| |
Films: Getting Back to Basics |
1999 DEC |
mr |
two movies based on Shirley Jackson's 1959 novel The Haunting of Hill House; The Haunting(1963), dir. Robert Wise, stars Julie Harris; The Haunting(1999), dir. Jan DeBont, stars Lili Taylor; also, The Blair Witch Project(1999) |
| Malaval, Suzanne |
Devil's God-Daughter, The |
1962 SEP |
vi |
trans. by Damon Knight; writes for Fiction, F&SF's French sister-magazine, lives in Lorraine |
| Malko, George |
Flower Kid Cashes In, The |
1969 MAY |
ss |
this story was originally written as a one-act play for TV; writes TV documentaries & semi-documentary film featurettes; has books Scientology: The Now Religion(1970), & The One and Only Yo-Yo Book(1978) |
| Mallette, Moses |
Seven Wonders of the Universe, The |
1966 AUG |
ss |
(1940?- ) age 26, lives in Atlanta, attended M.I.T., the Univ. of Chattanooga, & Georgia State College |
| |
Stars Know, The |
1968 FEB |
vi |
|
| Malzberg, Barry |
Triptych, A |
1969 JUL |
ss |
(1939- ) also in F&SF as Barry N. Malzberg, under his ps. K.M. O'Donnell, & with co-authors Pronzini, Harrison, Neville, Scholz; 1st story pub. sf "We're Coming Through the Window" in GAL 1967 AUG, as K.M. O'Donnell; most of his early sf under this ps. |
| |
Falcon and the Falconeer, The |
1969 DEC |
ss |
his novelette "Final War" in F&SF 1968 APR(under ps. K.M. O'Donnell) was N-1968 NEB, & was the title story in his coll. Final War and Other Fantasies(1969, as K.M. O'Donnell); has coll. In the Pocket and Other Science Fiction Stories(1971, as O'Donnell) |
| |
Watching Apollo |
1970 FEB |
pm |
as K.M. O'Donnell has novels Screen(1968), The Empty People(1969), Universe Day(1971 fixup); has used ps. Francine Di Natale, for The Circle(1969), & Claudine Dumas, for Diary of a Parisian Chambermaid(1969), both adult novels |
| Malzberg, Barry N. |
Books |
1970 MAY |
br |
Michael Moorcock: The Black Corridor; Roger Zelazny: Damnation Alley; Damon Knight(ed): Orbit 5; Poul Anderson(ed): Nebula Award Stories Four; Malzberg also in F&SF as Barry Malzberg, under ps. K.M. O'Donnell, with co-authors Pronzini, Neville, Harrison |
| |
Making Titan |
1970 JUL |
ss |
story part of fixup novel as by K.M. O'Donnell, Universe Day(1971); has used ps. Robin Schaefer(in FAN 1969 APR), & William Coyne(in GAL 1976 MAY); ps. Gerrold Watkins for adult novels A Bed of Money(1969), & Art of the Fugue(1970) |
| |
Notes Just Prior to the Fall |
1970 OCT |
ss |
as K. M. O'Donnell has novels Dwellers of the Deep(1970), & Gather in the Hall of the Planets(1971), both recursive farcical satires featuring sf fans & writers in confrontation with aliens(Clute) |
| |
Yearbook (To Carol Asch Reals) |
1971 MAY |
vi |
has novel Confessions of Westchester County(1971); has used ps. Mike Barry for mystery novels Bay Prowler(1973), Havana Hit(1974), & at least 12 more; used ps. Lee W. Mason, M.L. Johnson, & Mel Johnson for mystery or sf stories |
| |
To the Editor |
1971 AUG |
lttr |
letter in response to Joanna Russ book review in 1971 APR, says she has gone beyond criticism to "mischief-making" |
| |
Causation |
1971 DEC |
vi |
has first sf novels under his own name, The Falling Astronauts(1971), Revelations(1972), & Beyond Apollo(1972; W-1973 JWC; N-1973 LOC), all three novels being skeptical commentaries of NASA's Apollo program(Clute) |
| |
Short Religious Novel, A |
1972 SEP |
vi |
has novel Overlay(1972); non-sf novel Underlay(1974; 1986), a humorous novel concerning a racetrack punter which some consider funniest book |
| |
Outside |
1973 JAN |
vi |
has used collab. ps. John Barry Williams, with co-authors John Lutz & Bill Pronzini, for story "Cheeseburger" in AHMM 1978 OCT |
| |
Second Short Shortest Fantasy Ever Ever Published, The |
1973 MAY |
vi |
has novels In the Closure(1973), The Men Inside(1973), Phase IV(1973 UK, film tie-in) |
| |
Helmet, The |
1973 SEP |
vi |
has novel Herovit's World(1973; N-1974 JUP, LOC), in which an sf writer struggles to cope with real life & the pressures of the market, a scathing critique of the market forces shaping contemporary sf(Clute) |
| |
Closed Sicilian |
1973 NOV |
ss |
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| |
Delightful Comedic Premise, A |
1974 FEB |
ss |
has anth. Final Stage(1974; N-1975 & 1976 LOC; rev. 1975), with Edward L. Ferman |
| |
Robert Silverberg |
1974 APR |
bio |
R.S. "graduated from Columbia Univ. in 1956, having thruout his senior year sold to almost all of the sf mags ... made $200.00 a week out of sf before he was 21 ... over next 10 years pub. ~ 450 books & 3X as many mag. pieces ... sf 15% of his output" |
| |
Twenty Sixty-one |
1974 JUL |
ss |
has novels The Destruction of the Temple(1974; N-1975 LOC), On a Planet Alien(1974), The Sodom and Gomorrah Business(1974), Conversations(1974); colls. Out from Ganymede(1974), The Many Worlds of Barry Malzberg(1975) |
| |
Sedan Deville |
1974 DEC |
ss |
has novels The Day of the Burning(1974), Tactics of Conquest(1974), both in which aliens threaten the Earth(Clute) |
| |
Galaxy Called Rome, A (In Memory of John W. Campbell) |
1975 JUL |
nv |
N-1975 NEB; 1976 LOC, novelette; to be pub. in a somewhat different & expanded version, as novel Galaxies(1975), about a spaceship endangered by a black hole, an sf anti-novel, the author interweaves many sour comments on sf as a genre(Clute) |
| |
Rage, Pain, Alienation and Other Aspects of the Writing of Science Fiction |
1976 APR |
ar |
a bitter essay to say why the following story, "Seeking Assistance"(#3798), will be his last sf story; mentions book Richard Kostelanetz: The End of Intelligent Waiting: Literary Politics in America(1974); see Ellison letter this issue |
| |
Afterword |
1976 APR |
aw |
mentions his just pub. coll. The Best of Barry N. Malzberg(1975); "I owe my career ... (such as it has been) ... & large pieces of my personal life ... to science fiction" |
| |
Seeking Assistance |
1976 APR |
ss |
also in F&SF with co-author Jeffrey W. Carpenter |
| |
Books |
1976 SEP |
br |
essay: "Style is the topic of the month"; Samuel R. Delany: Triton; J.G. Ballard: Love and Napalm: Export U.S.A.; Kit Pedler & Gerry Davis: The Dynostar Menace; Avram Davidson: The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy |
| |
Books |
1977 MAY |
br |
F.M. Busby: Rissa Kerguellen; Robert Silverberg: Shadrach in the Furnace; Neil Barron(ed): Bibliographic Guides for Contemporary Collectors: Anatomy of Wonder: Science Fiction |
| |
Big Ernie, the Royal Russian and the Big Trapdoor |
1978 MAY |
ss |
1st story in his Writers' Heaven series, about the actions around its bar; has novels The Gamesman(1975), Guernica Night(1975; N-1975 NEB), Scop(1976), the latter about a time traveler desperate to change the history of his intolerable world(Clute) |
| |
Books |
1978 AUG |
br |
Alexei & Cory Panshin: Science Fiction in Dimension; Peter Nicholls: Science Fiction at Large: A Collection of Essays About the Interface Between Science Fiction and Reality; The Best of Philip K. Dick; Christopher Priest: The Perfect Lover |
| |
Ring, the Brass Ring, the Russian and I |
1978 AUG |
ss |
2nd story in his Writers' Heaven series; has anth. Arena: Sports SF(1976), Graven Images: Three Original Novellas of Science Fiction(1977), both with Edward L. Ferman; anth. Dark Sins, Dark Dreams: Crime in Science Fiction(1977), with Bill Pronzini |
| |
Annual Bash and Circumstance Party, The |
1979 MAR |
ss |
3rd & last story in his Writers' Heaven series; has coll. Down Here in the Dream Quarter(1976); novels The Last Transaction(1977), Chorale(1978), the latter a black comedy with Beethoven as the protagonist(Clute) |
| |
Demystification of Circumstance |
1979 NOV |
ss |
see article "Barry N. Malzberg: An Annotated Bibliography" by Andrew Tidmarsh in INZ 1992 JUL; interviews in Charles Platt: Dream Makers(1980), & in Pirate Writings #15 1997 |
| |
Books |
1980 NOV |
br |
essay: his introduction to sf by GAL; Frederik Pohl, Martin H. Greenberg & Joseph D. Olander(ed): Galaxy: Thirty Years of Innovative Science Fiction; Robert Sheckley: Crompton Divided; George R.R. Martin(ed): New Voices III: The Campbell Award Nominees |
| |
Twentieth Century Murder Case, The |
1980 DEC |
ss |
has anth. The End of Summer: Science Fiction of the Fifties(1979; vt The Fifties: The End of Summer), & Shared Tomorrows: Science Fiction in Collaboration(1979), both with Bill Pronzini |
| |
Books |
1981 SEP |
br |
Charles L. Platt: Dream Makers; Martin H. Greenberg(ed): Fantastic Lives: Autobiographical Essays by Notable Science Fiction Writers; Richard A. Lupoff(ed): What If? Volumes I & II; Jack M. Dann: Junction |
| |
There the Lovelies Bleeding |
1981 SEP |
vi |
has colls. Malzberg at Large(1979), The Man Who Loved the Midnight Lady(1980; N-1981 LOC) |
