| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Seabright, Idris |
Wines of Earth, The |
1957 SEP |
ss |
|
| |
Death of Each Day, The |
1958 APR |
ss |
story title is from Macbeth |
| |
Graveyard Shift |
1959 FEB |
ss |
|
| Seabury, Paul |
Histronaut, The |
1963 APR |
ss |
(1923-1990) 1st pub. in 1961; Associate Professor of Political Science at the Univ. of California(Berkeley); has book The Wilhelmstrasse(1954), a study of Nazi diplomacy |
| Searle, Ronald |
Cartoon |
1955 JUL |
ct |
(1920- ) born in Cambridge, England; has lived in France since 1961; studied at Cambridge School of Art; 1st carton sale for the Cambridge Daily News in 1935; freelance illus. since 1935, an illustrator for Lilliput Magazine since its inception in 1937 |
| |
Cartoon |
1956 FEB |
ct |
1st pub. in his coll. The Female Approach(1954); served in WWII in Royal Engineers painting camouflage, & was interned in a Japanese POW camp for over 3 years; pub. book of sketches made in Changi Camp, To the Kwai and Back: War Drawings 1939-1945(1986) |
| |
Cartoon |
1956 MAR |
ct |
1st pub. in coll. The Female Approach(1954); W-1959, 1965, 1986-1987 Plaque Award, Advertising; W-1980 Plaque Award, Magazine/Book Illustration; designed animated films Dick Deadeye(1975), sequences in Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines(1965) |
| |
Cartoon |
1956 NOV |
ct |
1st pub. in his coll. The Female Approach(1954); he worked in London as a humorous illustrator & caricaturist for Punch, London Opinion, & Punch; his work has "an ebullient humor offset by a ... macabre elongation & distortion of the human form" |
| |
Cartoon |
1957 JUL |
ct |
1st pub. in his coll. The Female Approach(1954); wrote & illustrated many humorous books, incl. the popular St. Trinian series(also made into movie features); W-1960 Reuben Award, for Outstanding Cartoonist of the Year; in 1961 moved & settled in Frane |
| |
Cartoon |
1957 OCT |
ct |
1st pub. in his The Female Approach(1954); illustrated James Thurber's The 13 Clocks and the Wonderful O (1962)- (info from Clute); see biography, Russell Davies: Ronald Searle: A Biography(1990); has coll. Marquis de Sade Meets Goody Two-Shoes(1994), etc |
| Searles, Baird |
Wilis, The |
1968 MAY |
ss |
(1934-1993) drama & literature director for NYC's radio station, WBAI-FM; co-proprietor with Martin Last of The Science Fiction Shop in Greenwich Village, 1973-86; assoc. editor of The S. F. Review Monthly; also in F&SF as movie & TV reviewer(mr/tvr) |
| |
Films |
1970 SEP |
mr/tvr |
1st of his column of reviews of movies on the big screen & on TV, & of TV series; Beneath the Planet of the Apes(1970), dir. Ted Post, stars Charlton Heston & James Franciscus |
| |
Films |
1970 NOV |
mr/tvr |
On a Clear Day You Can See Forever(1970), stars Barbara Streisand; Searles was a dancer on Broadway in the 1950s; he produced sf/f for radio in the 1960s on Pacifica Radio; he had a regular book review program on radio for a time, as well |
| |
Films |
1970 DEC |
mr/tvr |
Time of Roses(1969), 1st Finnish feature film to be released in U.S., gold medal winner at 1969 Trieste Science Fiction Film Festival; Searles pub. book reviews in The New York Times, The Village Voice, & Publishers Weekly |
| |
Films |
1971 JAN |
mr/tvr |
No Blade of Grass(1970), based on John Christopher novel; Taste the Blood of Dracula(1970 UK), stars Christopher Lee; Cry of the Banshee(1970 UK), stars Vincent Price; Trog(1970 UK), stars Joan Crawford |
| |
Films |
1971 FEB |
mr/tvr |
Je T'Aime, Je T'Aime(1968), the only entry at the New York Film Festival that can be classified as sf; Searles has 1st nf book Stranger in a Strange Land & Other Works(1975 chap); with Martin Last, The Science Fiction Quizbook(1976) |
| |
Films |
1971 MAR |
mr/tvr |
Brewster McCloud(1970), dir. Robert Altman, stars Bud Cort, Sally Kellerman; Searles has nf books A Reader's Guide to Science Fiction(1979), with Martin Last, Michael Franklin & Beth Meacham; A Reader's Guide to Fantasy(1982), with Franklin & Meacham |
| |
Films |
1971 MAY |
mr/tvr |
The Phantom Tollbooth(1969), stars David Monahan; Zachariah(1971), stars John Rubinstein, & Country Joe and the Fish; When Dinosaurs Ruled the Earth(1970); Searles has nf book Films of Science Fiction and Fantasy(1988) |
| |
Films |
1971 JUN |
mr/tvr |
The Andromeda Strain(1971), based on Michael Crichton novel, stars Arthur Hill; Carnival of Souls(1962), stars Candace Hilligoss; Searles has nf book Epic! History on the Big Screen(1990), which presents the history of the world as seen thru the movies |
| |
Films |
1971 JUL |
mr/tvr |
THX 1138(1971), dir. George Lucas(his directorial debut, it is an expanded version of a prize-winning featurette he made at the Univ. of Southern California), stars Robert Duvall & Donald Pleasence |
| |
Films |
1971 SEP |
mr/tvr |
The House that Dripped Blood(1971); Creation of the Humanoids(1962), based on the novel by Jack Williamson; Searles has anth. Halflings, Hobbits, Warrows, & Weefolk(1991), with Brian M. Thomsen |
| |
Books |
1971 OCT |
br |
Anna Kavan: Ice; Kit Reed: Armed Camps; Ron Goulart: Gadget Man; Keith Laumer: The Star Treasures; Searles has "On Books" column in ASI 1979 MAY-1993 OCT; after his death, ASI established the Searles Award, associated w. the Asimov Award contest |
| |
Films |
1971 NOV |
mr/tvr |
Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory(1971); Peter Rabbit and Tales of Beatrix Potter(1971 UK); see Searles' obits & appreciations in LOC 1993 MAY(#388), & in ASI 1993 OCT |
| |
Films |
1971 DEC |
mr/tvr |
The Omega Man(1971), based on Richard Matheson's novel I Am Legend(as was 1964 movie The Last Man on Earth, stars Vincent Price), stars Charlton Heston |
| |
Films |
1972 JAN |
mr/tvr |
Glen and Randa(1971); Let's Scare Jessica to Death(1971); Fearless Vampire Killers(1967), dir. Roman Polanski; short reviews - Privilege(1967); Forbidden Planet(1956) |
| |
Films |
1972 FEB |
mr/tvr |
The Gladiators(1969 Sweden), dir. Peter Watkins, movie known in England as The Peace Game; The Trojan Women(1972 Greece-US), stars Katharine Hepburn; Helen of Troy(1955), stars Brigitte Bardot, Rosanna Podesta |
| |
Films: Mixed Media |
1972 MAR |
mr/tvr |
Medea(1970 Italy), stars Maria Callas; Black Noon(1971 TV), stars Roy Thinnes, Yvette Mimieux, Ray Milland, Gloria Grahame |
| |
Films: Kubrick's Earth Odyssey |
1972 APR |
mr/tvr |
A Clockwork Orange(1971), dir. Stanley Kubrick, stars Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee |
| |
Films: People on the Tube, The |
1972 MAY |
mr/tvr |
The People(1972 TV), based on Zenna Henderson's The People ser. in F&SF, stars Kim Darby & William Shatner; briefly - The Night Stalker(1971 TV); Earth II(1971 TV); Something Evil(1972 TV); book Walt Lee: Reference Guide to Fantastic Films(1972) |
| |
Films: "They're Coming to Get You, Barbara" |
1972 JUN |
mr/tvr |
Night of the Living Dead(1968); The Orchid(?), a short directed by Samuel R. Delany |
| |
Films: Z.P.G.–P.U. |
1972 JUL |
mr/tvr |
Z.P.G.(1972), stars Oliver Reed, Geraldine Chapman; short reviews - Monster Zero(1970 Japan); Curse of the Crying Woman(1964 Mexico) |
| |
Films: Candy Coated Robots |
1972 AUG |
mr/tvr |
Silent Running(1971), stars Bruce Dern |
| |
Films: Sex and the S-F Film |
1972 SEP |
mr/tvr |
I Love You, I Kill You(1971 Germany); Dr. Jekyll and Sister Hyde(1972 UK), stars Ralph Bates |
| |
Films |
1972 OCT |
mr/tvr |
"a short essay ... on what I look for in the fantastic film"; movies mentioned - Jason and the Argonauts(1963); Stairway to Heaven(1946); The Cat People(1942); The Innocents(1961); The Incredible Shrinking Man(1957); 2001: A Space Odyssey(1968); 1 more |
| |
Films: Dinner at 8 for the Mud People |
1972 NOV |
mr/tvr |
Savages(1972); Eye of the Devil(1967 UK), stars Deborah Kerr, David Niven |
| |
Films: Minority Vampire, The |
1972 DEC |
mr/tvr |
Blacula(1972), has sequel - Scream, Blacula, Scream(1973); Die, Monster, Die(1965), based on H.P. Lovecraft's "Colour Out of Space," stars Boris Karloff; The Extraordinary Seaman(1969), stars David Niven, Faye Dunaway |
| |
Films: UFO's, Werewolves and Other Familiarities |
1973 JAN |
mr/tvr |
U.F.O.(1970 UK TV series, 26 ep.), stars Ed Bishop; Moon of the Wolf(1972 TV), stars David Jansen; Haunts of the Very Rich(1972), stars Ed Asner; Portrait of Jennie(1948), based on Robert Nathan novel(1940; 1998), about love & time travel |
| |
Films: Horrors! |
1973 FEB |
mr/tvr |
Vampire Circus(1971 UK); Countess Dracula(1970 UK); Dracula A.D. 1972(1972 UK); House of Usher(1960), based on Edgar Allan Poe story; The Haunted Palace(1963), based on Poe story; The Thing(1951), loosely based on John W. Campbell's Who Goes There? |
| |
Films: Return to Cobra Island |
1973 MAR |
mr/tvr |
Cobra Woman(1944), stars Maria Montez; has sequel/remake Night of the Cobra Woman(1972); The Undead(1957) |
| |
Films: Transcendence on the Tube |
1973 APR |
mr/tvr |
essay: on realizing the fantastic elements in films; Salome( ? , France); briefly mentions - Asylum(1972), screen play by Robert Bloch; Gargoyles(1972 TV); Via Galactica(Broadway's 1st sf musical) |
| |
Films: Strange Bedfellows |
1973 MAY |
mr/tvr |
Moonwalk One(?); In Search of Ancient Astronauts(1973 TV), a visualization of Erich von Daniken's book Chariots of the Gods(1969) |
| |
Films: Very Good Dr. Phibes, The |
1973 JUN |
mr/tvr |
Dr. Phibes Rises Again(1972 UK), stars Vincent Price, the sequel to The Abomminable Dr. Phibes(1971 UK) |
| |
Films: Dr. Frankenstein, Mr. Hyde, Ms. Satan Et Al |
1973 JUL |
mr/tvr |
The Devil's Daughter(1972 TV), w. Shelley Winters; Frankenstein(1973 TV), w. Bo Svenson; A Cold Night's Death(1972 TV); The Horror at 37,000 Feet(1972 TV), w. Chuck Connors; Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde(1973 TV), w. Kirk Douglas; Moon Zero Two(1969) |
| |
Films: Green Grows the Soylent |
1973 AUG |
mr/tvr |
Soylent Green(1973), stars Charlton Heston, based on Harry Harrison novel; Genesis II(1973 TV), written by Gene Roddenberry |
| |
Films: Blood Up to Here |
1973 SEP |
mr/tvr |
Theatre of Blood(1973 UK), stars Vincent Price, Diana Rigg; Picture of Dorian Grey(1973 TV), stars Shane Briant |
| |
Films: Revivals, Repeats and Reflections |
1973 OCT |
mr/tvr |
2001: A Space Odyssey(1968), based loosely on Arthur C. Clarke's short story "The Sentinel" in TEN 1951 SPR; Mary Poppins(1964); The Borgia Stick(1966 TV); The Thief of Bagdad(1940 UK), won Oscar Award for photography |
| |
Films: Some Garlic for Jonathan |
1973 NOV |
mr/tvr |
Jonathan(1970 Germany); The Legend of Hell House(1973), scripted by Richard Matheson & based on his own novel |
| |
Films: See the Giant Clams Eat the Friendly Natives |
1973 DEC |
mr/tvr |
The Neptune Factor(1973 Canada), stars Ben Gazzara, Yvette Mimieux, Walter Pidgeon; some thoughts on Disney productions; The Mouse Factory(1971-73, TV series, 40 ep.), from Disney |
| |
Films: Jesus With Jets |
1974 JAN |
mr/tvr |
Jesus Christ Superstar(1973), has same Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber score as the Broadway play, stars Ted Neeley, Yvonne Elliman; Brother Sun, Sister Moon(1973 Italy-UK), dir. Franco Zeffirelli, has songs by Donovan |
| |
Films: Damn You, Harlan Ellison |
1974 FEB |
mr/tvr |
essay: "Why aren't there more good sf movies?"; The Starlost(1973-74, TV series, 16 ep.), initial script by Harlan Ellison, he rejects whole thing, which is why the credits say "created by Cordwainer Bird," stars Keir Dullea, Gay Rowan, Robin Ward |
