| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Rusch, Kristine Kathryn |
Editorial |
1996 FEB |
ed |
TV's fall season of sf shows; Rusch's viewing habits, opinions of Nowhere Man(1995-96; 25 ep.), Space: Above and Beyond(1995-96), American Gothic(1995-96, 22 ep.), Strange Luck(1995-96, 17 ep.), last has episode writers Michael Cassutt & Melissa Snodgrass |
| |
Editorial |
1996 MAR |
ed |
the inspiration of H.G. Wells' short novel War of the Worlds(1898); three stories in this issue to be pub. in a tribute anth. commemorating its 100th anniversary, Kevin J. Anderson(ed): War of the Worlds: Global Dispatches(1996) |
| |
Editorial |
1996 APR |
ed |
introduction to the works(novels, stories, TV scripts) of Alan Brennert; experiment in this issue, a novella "The Refuge" by Brennert, which you can compare with his teleplay of this story on Showtime's Outer Limits series, in May 1996 |
| |
Editorial |
1996 MAY |
ed |
intro to new quarterly book review column by Michelle West, called Guilty Pleasures, for books we hide, that your parents forbid, "the books we enjoy"; Michelle West has pub. short stories & fantasy novels as M.W., Michelle Sagara & Michelle Sagara West |
| |
Editorial |
1996 JUN |
ed |
introduction to the new writer issue; the relationship between the editor & the new writer; how this issue came about; Rusch has novelizations Star Trek Deep Space Nine: The Long Night(1996), & The Mist(1998) with Dean Wesley Smith |
| |
Editorial |
1996 JUL |
ed |
1st editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; book publishing business & how it affects the readers; intro to ser., what questions she hopes to answer; will follow commercial pub. in general, sf/f/horror in particular; invites readers to respond |
| |
Editorial |
1996 AUG |
ed |
2nd editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; the way publishers do business; how trilogies & bestsellers are handled; why writers may use ps.; who pays for book failures & how; bottom line #1 consideration; how readers can help bestsellers |
| |
Editorial |
1996 SEP |
ed |
3rd editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing ser.; book industry's policy of returns & how it affects book prices; how bookstores abuse this policy & what the readers can do about it; see Rusch 1998 DEC interview at website www.sfsite.com/06b/kkr83.htm |
| |
Editorial |
1996 OCT/NOV |
ed |
4th editorial in A Reader's Guide to Publishing series; the industry's perception, the role of reviews, & how they affect what readers see at bookstores; F&SF's reviews - the literary essay, the consumer's guide; F&SF's book review policy or philosophy |
| |
Editorial |
1996 DEC |
ed |
5th & last editorial in Publishing series; excerpts of letters from readers on this series, incl. one from Chris Aylott, co-owner Space-Time Continuumbookstore in Northampton, MA; answers questions about book clubs, hardcovers vs. paperbacks, 1st novels |
| |
Editorial |
1997 JAN |
ed |
Stephen King & the success of his 6-part serial novel, The Green Mile(1st part pub. 1996 APR; 1999; made into 1999 movie); Rusch has novelizations Star Trek: The Ring of Tautee(1996), Day of Honor: Treaty's Law(1997) with Dean Wesley Smith |
| |
Editorial |
1997 FEB |
ed |
Wizard of Oz(1937), the film that made K.K.R.'s "love for fantasy take root," a forgotten treasure her husband took her to see on the big screen; intro to a new irregular column, Forgotten Treasues, "classics (that) exist in fiction," by Mike Resnick |
| |
Editorial |
1997 MAR |
ed |
some sf editors & publishers believe readers are "style deaf" when it is they who are publishing sf that adopt "stylistic prose at the expense of narrative ... publishing books that lack narrative drive — lack storytelling" |
| |
Editorial |
1997 APR |
ed |
introduction to this issue in which 3 authors write 3 stories inspired by this issue's cover art by Barclay Shaw; authors agreed amongst themselves to write in three genres - Mike Resnick, fantasy; Esther M. Friesner, sf; Nina Kiriki Hoffman, horror |
| |
Editorial |
1997 MAY |
ed |
good-bye editorial, her last issue as editor; resigning "in order to pursue my writing career ... somewhere along the way I lost my desire to write short fiction ... I was putting my creative short story energy into (F&SF)"; next editor Gordon Van Gelder |
| |
Questing Mind, The (In memory of Kathryn Rusch) |
1998 MAY |
nv |
has novelizations with Dean Wesley Smith, Quantum Leap: Loch Ness Leap(1997, as Sandy Schofield), Star Trek Next Generation: Double Helix 2: Vectors(1999), & trilogy based on a computer game, The Tenth Planet(1999), Oblivion(2000), Final Assault(2001) |
| |
Women of Whale Rock, The |
1999 MAR |
nv |
N-1999 HOM, STO; has mystery Hitler's Angel(1998); Black Throne series set in the Fey world, The Black Queen(1999), The Black King(2000); sf novelization with Dean Wesley Smith, X-Men(2000); romance Utterly Charming(2000) as Kristine Grayson |
| |
Curiosities: "The Seeing I" and Other Gems |
1999 OCT/NOV |
br |
"the back issues of F&SF provide a wealth of wonderful material"; like Charles Beaumont's reviews, her favorite being his TV review column, The Seeing I, of F&SF 1959 DEC, in which Beaumont hopes a new series will be successful, The Twilight Zone |
| Russ, Joanna |
Nor Custom Stale |
1959 SEP |
ss |
(1937- ) her 1st pub. story; born & raised in the Bronx, has a BA in English from Cornell Univ., presently a 2nd-year student at the Yale Univ. School of Drama(where she received an MFA degree) |
| |
My Dear Emily |
1962 JUL |
nv |
assistant to the Director of the American Institute of Physics; former Westinghouse Science Scholar, Phi Beta Kappa, & winner of both the Browning & Shakespeare Essay Prizes(at Cornell Univ.) |
| |
There Is Another Shore, You Know, Upon the Other Side |
1963 SEP |
ss |
has 1st novel Picnic on Paradise(N-1968 NEB), makes up the biggest part of her coll. Alyx(1976; N-1977 LOC; vt The Adventures of Alyx, 1985 UK), a ser. of tales about a time traveling female mercenary, has changed way women are portrayed in sf(Clute) |
| |
"I Had Vacantly Crumpled It Into My Pocket ... But by God, Eliot, It Was a Photograph From Life!" |
1964 AUG |
ss |
title is from the end of H.P. Lovecraft's story "Pickman's Model" |
| |
Wilderness Year |
1964 DEC |
vi |
has novelette "The Second Inquisition" in Knight(ed): Orbit 6(1970) was N-1970 NEB; novelette "Poor Man, Beggar Man" in Carr(ed): Universe 1(1971) was N-1971 NEB; short story "Nobody's Home," in Silverberg(ed): New Dimensions II(1972), was N-1973 LOC |
| |
New Men, The |
1966 FEB |
ss |
has short story "When It Changed" in Ellison(ed): Again, Dangerous Visions(1972) was N-1972 NEB; 1973 HUG, LOC; 1995 TIP; novelette "The Mystery of the Young Gentleman," in Asimov & Laurance(ed): Speculations(1982), was N-1982 NEB |
| |
Mr. Wilde's Second Chance |
1966 SEP |
vi |
has novelette "The Dirty Little Girl," in Windling & Arnold(ed): Elsewhere, v.2(1982), was N-1983 LOC; has short story "Invasion," in ASI 1996 JAN, was N-1997 LOC |
| |
Books |
1966 DEC |
br |
Roger Elwood & Sam Moskowitz(ed): Strange Signposts, An Anthology of the Fantastic |
| |
Books |
1967 OCT |
br |
James Blish: The Warriors of Day; Michael Moorcock: Stealer of Souls, & Stormbringer |
| |
Books |
1968 JAN |
br |
Roger Zelazny: Lord of Light; Colin Wilson: The Mind Parasites |
| |
Books |
1968 JUL |
br |
Judith Merril(ed): The Best of the Best; René Barjavel: Ashes, Ashes; James Blish & Norman L. Knight: A Torrent of Faces |
| |
Books |
1968 DEC |
br |
James Blish: Black Easter; Michael Moorcock: The Final Programme; Lloyd Biggle: The Still Small Voice of Trumpets; Kenneth Bulmer: The Doomsday Men; Philip José Farmer: Flesh |
| |
Books |
1969 APR |
br |
Keith Roberts: Pavane; Frederik Pohl: The Age of the Pussyfoot; Frank Herbert: The Santaroga Barrier; Margaret Jones: Transplant; Wilfred Blunt: Omar |
| |
Short and Happy Life, A |
1969 JUN |
vi |
concerning the Skinner-Waxman multiple-choice test used to measure creativity; teaches at Cornell Univ. |
| |
Books |
1969 AUG |
br |
Ron Goulart: The Sword Swallower; Avram Davidson: The Phoenix and the Mirror; Hal Clement: Small Changes; Michael Moorcock(ed): The Best SF Stories from New Worlds #2; Poul Anderson: 7 Conquests |
| |
Books |
1969 SEP |
br |
Gerald Feinberg: The Prometheus Project: Mankind's Search for Long-Range Goals; Kate Wilhelm: Let the Fire Fall; Wollheim & Carr(ed): World's Bset Science Fiction: 1969; John Boyd: The Last Starship from Earth; Earl Conrad: The Da Vinci Machine |
| |
Books |
1970 JAN |
br |
Robert Merle: The Day of the Dolphin; Norman Spinrad: Bug Jack Barron; Jack Vance:Emphyrio; Harry Harrison & Brian W. Aldiss(ed): Best SF: 1968; K.M. O'Donnell: The Empty People |
| |
Initiation |
1970 FEB |
nv |
excerpt from her upcoming novel And Chaos Died(1970; N-1970 NEB; 1971 LOC; rvw. F&SF 1970 DEC), in which a man who crash-landed on a planet is forced by its psychically transformed human inhabitants to become like them & acquire psi powers(Clute) |
| |
Books |
1970 JUL |
br |
Anne McCaffrey: The Ship Who Sang; Poul Anderson: Satan's World; Brian W. Aldiss: Report on Probability A; Ray Bradbury: I Sing the Body Electric |
| |
Books |
1971 FEB |
br |
Ira Levin: This Perfect Day; Ralph Blum: The Simultaneous Man; Dean R. Koontz: The Dark Symphony; Edmund Cooper: Sea Horse in the Sky |
| |
Books |
1971 APR |
br |
reviews the movie The Bed Sitting Room(1969 UK); & books Harry Harrison(ed): SF: Author's Choice 2, & coll. One Step from Earth; Robert Silverberg: The Cube Root of Uncertainty; Leo P. Kelley: Time Rogue; Gene Wolfe: Operation Ares |
| |
Books |
1971 NOV |
br |
Shulamith Firestone: The Dialectic of Sex; Kate Wilhelm: Abyss; Harry Harrison(ed): The Light Fantastic; Harlan Ellison: Partners in Wonder; James Blish: The Day After Judgment |
| |
Books |
1972 DEC |
br |
Bunch: Moderan; Malzberg: The Falling Astronauts; O'Donnell: In the Pocket and Other SF Stories, & Gather in the Hall of the Planet; McAllister: Humanity Prime; M. John Harrison: The Committed Men; Runyon: Pig World; Sheckley: Can You Feel Anything ... |
| |
Books |
1973 FEB |
br |
Christopher Anvil: Pandora's Planet; Lloyd Biggle: The Light that Never Was; James Blish: Midsummer Century; Barry Malzberg: Beyond Apollo; George Alec Effinger: What Entropy Means to Me |
| |
Books |
1973 JUL |
br |
Joseph Elder(ed): Eros in Orbit; Thomas M. Scortia(ed): Strange Bedfellows; Norman Spinrad: The Iron Dream; James Gunn: The Listeners; Robert Silverberg: Dying Inside; correction of her 1971 FEB book review, mention of J. Herndon: The Way It Spozed to Be |
| |
Books |
1974 FEB |
br |
Thomas Disch(ed): Bad Moon Rising; Fredric Brown: Paradox Lost; Gordon Dickson: The Star Road; Marie Farca: Complex Man |
| |
Game of Vlet, A |
1974 FEB |
ss |
has 3rd novel, The Female Man(1975; N-1975 NEB; 1976 LOC; W-1995 TIP), which presents a series of four alternate worlds, in each of which a version of the central protagonist enacts a different life, all dovetailing as the plot progresses(Clute) |
| |
Books |
1975 JAN |
br |
essay: defining the reviewer's standards, what does their 'good' mean; Silverberg: Born with the Dead; Gunn: Some Dreams Are Nightmares; Brunner: Total Eclipse; Dick: Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said; Waldrop & Jake Saunders: The Texas-Israeli War, 1999 |
| |
Innocence |
1975 FEB |
vi |
has novel We Who Are About to ...(1977), about a dying woman on a lifeless planet(Clute) |
| |
Books |
1975 MAR |
br |
Brian Aldiss: Frankenstein Unbound; Ursula K. Le Guin: The Dispossessed; Carol Emshwiller: Joy in Our Cause; Judy-Lynn del Rey(ed): Stellar 1 |
| |
Books |
1975 APR |
br |
Allen: Cliffs Notes; Greenberg & Warrick(ed): Political S. F.; Sullivan III(ed): As Tomorrow Becomes Today; Sanders(ed): Speculations; Spinrad(ed): Modern S. F.; Friend: S. F.: The Classroom in Orbit; Moorcock: The English Assassin; note: on 1975 JAN br |
| |
Risk |
1975 JUN |
vi |
has novel The Two of Them(1978; W-1995 TIP), the story of the oppression & escape of a young woman brought up on a planet whose religion is like Islam, & deconstructing this genetic material into the embittered dreams of woman trapped on Earth(Clute) |
