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Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
1952 FEB |
Fyfe, H.B. |
Ransom |
ss |
has Bureau of Slick Tricks series in ASF(1948-52), & fixup novel D-99(1962) which is also in this series, which features wily humans outwitting dim-witted, often bureaucratic, aliens(LOC 1997 DEC, p.79); see his obit in LOC 1997 DEC |
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de Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt |
Rape of the Lock, The |
ss |
6th story Gavagan's Bar series; de Camp & Pratt also collab. on novel The Carnelian Cube(1948), which was published several years after it was originally written(Clute); Pratt's full name was Murray Fletcher Pratt |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Report From the Editors |
note |
readers' responses to Cornell Woolrich's novella, "Jane Brown's Body," #139, in 1951 OCT |
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Struther, Jan |
Ugly Sister |
ss |
(1901-1953) 1st pub. in The London Mercury 1935 DEC; ps. for Joyce Maxtone Graham; coll. of ar's from The London Times, Mrs. Miniver(1939; made into 1942 movie), movie made 2nd most money in 1940s after Gone With the Wind; poetry coll. Glass Blower(1940) |
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Poe, Edgar Allan |
Hunting of the Slan, The |
vi |
(1808-1849) an extract from Marginalia, 1st pub. in The Southern Literary Messenger, 1849 JUN; a 2-paragraph filler; edited 4 mags., Southern Literary Messenger(1835-37), The Gentleman's Mag.(1839-40), Graham's Mag.(1841-42), Broadway Journal(1845-46) |
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Reynolds, L. Major |
Flood |
ss |
ps. for Louise Leipiar, well known sf fan, member of the Los Angeles Science Fiction Society(LASFS); pub. 1 poem & 12 stories in the genre between 1948-1955 |
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Bretnor, R. |
Mrs. Poppledore's Id |
nv |
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Clingerman, Mildred |
Minister Without Portfolio |
ss |
(1918- ) her 1st pub. story; housewife from Arizona |
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Coupling, J.J. |
Good Life, The |
ss |
(1910-2002) ps. for John Robinson Pierce; writer, scientist at Bell Labs(1952-71), Prof. at California Institute of Technology since 1971; 1st story pub. sf "The Relics from the Earth" in SWS 1930 Mar under his own name |
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Sullivan, Edward S. |
8:29, The |
ss |
(1897-1985) ps. for Walter B. Gibson; magician, writer of true crime stories; ghosted books for Houdini; invented The Shadow under house ps. Maxwell Grant(wrote 283 of the 325 Shadow novels); see http://old-time.com/; wrote books on magic; used 80+ ps. |
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Wyndham, John |
Jizzle |
ss |
1st pub. in, and revised from, COL, 8 JAN 1949, as by John Beynon; has 1st novel The Secret People(1935, as by John Beynon), novel Planet Plane(1936 as Beynon; 1972 as Wyndham), coll. The Outward Urge(1959; rev. 1961) as Wyndham & Lucas Parkes |
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Ready, W.B. |
Giant Finn MacCool, The |
ss |
(1914-1981) 1st pub. in coll. The Great Disciple and Other Stories(1951); wn. name for William Bernard Ready, Cardiff, Wales-born Irishman; librarian at California before becoming the head librarian at McMaster Univ.(Hamilton, Ontario) |
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Bradbury, Ray |
Pedestrian, The |
ss |
1st pub. in The Reporter, 7 AUG 1951; much of his early work was space opera & was pub. in TWS & PLS; collab. with Leigh Brackett for "Lorelei of the Red Mist"(PLS 1946 SUM); pub. many stories in WRT, then in 1950s in the slicks (ESQ, COL, PST, McCall's) |
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Wanley, Nathaniel |
Two Magicians, The |
vi |
an extract from The Wonders of the Little World, 1st pub. in 1678; a 1-paragraph filler |
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Cassens, Kenneth H. |
Lonely Worm, The |
ss |
(1922-2001) a bombadier of a B-17G Flying Fortress, the "Screwball Express" during WWII; his diary of his combat missions pub. in Screwball Express(1992); see website users.erinet/29562/ScrewballExpress/; pub. 10 stories in Bluebook from 1948 DEC-1950 OCT |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Heinlein: The Day After Tomorrow, & The Green Hills of Earth, & The Puppet Masters; Sam Merwin Jr: The House of Many Worlds; Kenneth Fearing: Lonliest Girl in the World; Pratt(ed): Worlds of Wonder; W.B. Ready: The Great Disciple and Other Stories |
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Hale, Edward Everett |
Hands Off (Worlds of If: I.) |
ss |
(1822-1909) Worlds of If: Early Alternate Histories; 1st pub. anon. in HPM 1881 MAR; editor, clergyman, abolitionist; has colls. The Man Without a Country and Other Tales(1868), Sybaris and Other Homes(1869), The Brick Moon and Other Stories(1899) |
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Thurber, James |
If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox (Worlds of If: II.) |
vi |
(1894-1961) Worlds of If: Early Alternate Histories; 1st pub. in NYM, in 1930; writer & cartoonist; author of "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty"(1939; & in coll. My World—And Welcome To It), made into 1947 movie; has novel White Deer(1945) |
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Seabright, Idris |
Hole in the Moon, The |
ss |
Margaret St. Clair also pub. three stories to men's magazine Gent, in its 1958 SEP, 1959 FEB, & 1960 OCT issues |
1952 APR |
Nourse, Alan E. |
Love Thy Vimp |
ss |
(1928-1992) 5th story BoIZ ser.(vimp); physician, editor, publisher of Chamberlain Press; 1st story pub. sf "High Threshold" in ASF 1951 MAR; has juvenile novels Trouble on Titan(1954), Junior Intern(1955), Rocket to Limbo(SAT 1957 OCT; 1957) |
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Matheson, Richard |
SRL Ad |
ss |
SRL, short for The Saturday Review of Literature; has novel/screenplay The Shrinking Man(1956; 1957 movie The Incredible Shrinking Man; W-1958 HUG), is about a man exposed to a toxic cloud who begins to shrink irreversibly(Clute) |
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Linklater, Eric |
Sealskin Trousers |
ss |
(1899-1974) 1st pub. in coll. Sealskin Trousers(1947); Scottish writer, has novels The Impregnable Women(1938), A Spell for Old Bones(1950), Mr. Byculla(1951), A Terrible Freedom(1966); colls. God Likes Them Plain(1935), A Sociable Plover(1957) |
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Coppel, Alfred |
Dreamer, The |
ss |
(1921- ) working name for Alfredo José de Marini y Coppel Jr; fighter pilot during WWII; 1st story pub. sf "Age of Unreason" in ASF 1947 DEC; has auto-racing action novel Hero Driver(1954) |
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Boucher, Anthony |
Anomaly of the Empty Man, The |
ss |
(1911-1968) 1st story of his Dr. Verner series(more stories in ser. was promised by Boucher); ps. for William Anthony Parker White; Boucher & J. Francis McComas were co-founders & co-editors of F&SF, & met while attending the Univ. of California(1930-32) |
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Bowen, Elizabeth |
Cheery Soul, The |
ss |
(1899-1973) 1st pub. in The Listener, 24 DEC 1942 & in coll. The Demon Lover and Other Stories(1945); born in Britain; 1st book coll. Encounters(1923); has novels The Last September(1929; 1999 movie), Death of the Heart(1939; 1985 movie), Eva Trout(1968) |
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Barnett, C.A. |
Tale to Tell, A |
ss |
his 1st pub. story |
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Rogers, Kay |
Bitterness of Ghoril, The |
ss |
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Graves, Robert |
Shout, The |
ss |
(1895-1985) 1st pub. in London in The Woburn Books #16(a chapbook), in 1929; basis of movie The Shout(1978); Robert Von Ranke Graves; U.K. poet, novelist & critic |
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Jakes, John W. |
Machine |
vi |
(1932- ) also in F&SF as John Jakes(1954 SEP, etc); 1st story pub. "The Dreaming Trees" in FAD 1950 NOV; used many ps. incl. house ps. Alexander Blade & S.M. Tenneshaw, active in many genres, has several historical books pub. as by Jay Scotland |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
best f/sf of 1951 include, Kem Bennett: The Fabulous Wink; John Collier: Fancies and Goodnights(W-1952 IFA, coll.); Gerald Heard: The Black Fox; Malcolm Jameson: Bullard of the Space Patrol |
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Crawford, F. Marion |
Doll's Ghost, The |
ss |
(1854-1909) 1st pub. in his coll. Uncanny Tales(London), or, Wandering Ghosts(US), in 1911; Francis Marion Crawford, born & lived mostly in Italy; has coll. The Upper Berth(1894), novels Man Overboard(1903), The Witch of Prague(1891), Khaled(1891) |
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Nearing, H. Jr |
Actinic Actor, The |
nv |
5th story in Profs. Ransom & MacTate series |
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Goulart, Ron |
Letters to the Editor |
spf |
(1933- ) reprint of his 1st pub. story, pub. in Univ. of California's(Berkeley) Pelican, 1950 OCT(humor mag.); letter column of fictitious 'Fantastic Space Tales'; Ronald Joseph Goulart |
1952 JUN |
Wilson, Richard |
Love |
ss |
(1920-1987) has 1st story pub. sf "Retribution" in Science Adventure Stories 1938 OCT; also has stories "Murder from Mars" & "Stepsons of Mars" in AST 1940 APR, the latter story co-authored with C.M. Kornbluth, as by Ivar Towers |
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Seabright, Idris |
Causes, The |
ss |
under the ps. Wilton Hazzard, Margaret St. Clair wrote the article "Geronimo - Red Scourge of the Southwest" in Indian Stories 1950 SUM |
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Wellman, Manly Wade |
Desrick on Yandro, The |
ss |
2nd story Silver John ser.; see article on this story in NCLR #11 2002; S.J. 1st introduced in stories "Sin's Doorway"(WRT 1946 JAN), "Frogfather"(WRT 1946 NOV); has 1st book The Invading Asteroid(1932 chap), novel Giants from Eternity(STS 1939 JUL; 1959) |
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Coons, Hannibal |
Moon Maiden, The |
ss |
1st pub. in COL, 10 NOV 1951; has pub. 6 short stories in COL from 1950 JUL 15-1956 OCT 26, as well as 2 stories in PST; has article "The Idiot Sheet" in Argosy 1955 JUL, about TV's Bobby Bowman |
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Dance, Clifton |
Brothers, The |
ss |
Clifton L. Dance Jr; his 1st pub. story; a physician; he also has a short story, "A Matter of Ethics," published in F&SF 1954 NOV, under the pseudonym J.R. Shango |
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Bretnor, R. |
Finale |
ss |
1st pub. in Pacific Spectator, in 1949 |
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Robin, Ralph |
Beach Thing, The |
ss |
has pub. 11 stories in F&SF, GAL, FAN & OWS between 1951-53; only other story pub. was short story "The Pygmies of Phobos" in AMZ 1936 APR |
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Roessner, Elmer |
Dragon on Somerset Street |
ss |
(1900-1972) 1st pub. in ESQ 1951 NOV; born in Oakland, CA; moved to NYC, working for news agencies, the N.Y. World Telegraph; prolific war pulp writer; wrote under ps. Dennis Murray for Women's News Service; grandfather of sf/f writer Michaela Roesnner |
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Neville, Kris |
Underground Movement |
ss |
has stories "Hunt the Hunter" in GAL 1951 JUN, & "The Toy" in IMG 1952 DEC |
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Boucher, Anthony & J. Francis McComas |
Recommended Reading |
br |
Lewis Padgett: Tomorrow and Tomorrow, & The Fairy Chessmen; Peter Lum: Fabulous Beasts; John W. Campbell Jr: The Astounding Science Fiction Anthology; Martin Greenberg(ed): Travelers of Space |
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Lynch, Harold Jr |
Artists at Work |
ss |
1st pub. story; Harold 'Hal' Lynch was the initiator of the Hugo Award |
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Christie, Agatha |
Call of Wings, The |
ss |
1st pub. in her coll. The Hound of Death & Other Stories(1933); has 1st novel The Mysterious Affair at Styles(1920), & said to mark start of golden age of mystery(DeAndrea), & which introduced Detective Hercules Poirot; creator of Miss Jane Marple series |
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Reynolds, Mack |
Business, As Usual, The |
vi |
(1917-1983) wn. for Dallas McCord Reynolds; 1st story pub. sf "Isolationist" in FAD 1950 APR; member American Socialist Labor Party; has used ps. Clark Collins, Guy McCord, Mark Mallory, Dallas Ross, 2 Gothics as Maxine Reynolds, 1 nf as Todd Harding |
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Hale, Robert Beverly |
Big Nasturtiums, The |
pm |
(1901-1985) 1st pub. in NYM, 3 FEB 1951; artist, grandson of Edward Everett Hale; born in Boston; went to, taught at Arts Student League; curator at Met. Museum of Art; has children's book Snowland(1971); several books on anatomy artistry, great masters |
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Merwin, Sam Jr |
Lambikin |
ss |
(1910-1996) wn. for W. Samuel Merwin Jr; writer & editor(of TWS, STS, FUN, etc.); 1st story pub. sf "The Scourge Below" in TWS 1939 OCT; has sf novels The House of Many Worlds(1951), Three Faces of Time(1955); see his obit in LOC 1996 APR(#423) |
1952 AUG |
Bester, Alfred |
Hobson's Choice |
ss |
worked on Captain Marvel comic books, then moved to scripting radio serials Charlie Chan, & The Shadow, and the TV series Tom Corbett: Space Cadet |
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de Camp, L. Sprague & Fletcher Pratt |
Ancestral Amethyst, The |
ss |
7th story Gavagan's Bar ser.; Pratt & de Camp had routine for writing most except their later short stories: they both would outline a story, de Camp would do the 1st draft, Pratt the final draft, de Camp would then put on the finishing touches(Clute) |
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