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| Issue Date |
Author |
Story Title |
Type |
Comments |
| 1982 JUL |
Ferman, Edward L. |
Notice to All Readers |
note |
price increase beginning with the 1982 OCT issue, single copy price to be $1.75, 1-year subscription to be $17.50(this notice was repeated in subsequent issues); F&SF W-1971-82, 1987, & N-1983-86, 1988-2001 LOC, for Best Magazine |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Flick Needs Bic |
mr/tvr |
Quest for Fire(1981 France-Canada), stars Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer el-Kadi, Rae Dawn Chong |
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Jennings, Gary |
Die and Follow Me |
ss |
title of story comes from a New England epitaph: "Tread softly here .../As you are now, so once was I;/As I am now, so you will be;/Prepare to die and follow me" |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
has written & illus. children's books The Dream Factory(1988), a bedtime story about Baa Baa who hates to go to sleep; Little Big Mouse(1991); & written a children's book, Ten Little Bunnies(1994), which was illus. by Hans Wilhelm |
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Foster, Alan Dean |
Last Run, The |
ss |
also in Flinx ser., Orphan Star(1977), For Love of Mother-Not(1983), Flinx in Flux(1988), Mid-Flinx('95); Humanx ?? ser., Blood hype('73), Midworld('75), The End of the Matter('77); trilogy Icerigger('74), Mission to Moulkin('79), The Deluge Drivers(1987) |
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Collins, Reid |
Buck, The |
ss |
broadcasts hourly newscasts Monday-Friday on the CBS radio network; has pub. fiction in Field & Stream, & in Gray's Sporting Journal |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Three Who Died Too Soon, The |
sces |
electromagnetic radiation, Part 3 of 4; radio astronomy & radar - radio waves, beyond infrared; James Clerk Maxwell(1813-1879), Karl Guthe Jansky(1905-1950), Heinrich Rudolf Hertz(1857-1894); Part 1 in 1982 MAY, Part 2 in 1982 JUN, Part 4 in 1982 AUG |
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Appel, Ross |
Man With the Little Red Wagon, The |
nv |
(1954?- ) a "carpenter/writer"; has short story "Song of Mutes" in Victoria Schochet & John W. Silbersack(ed): The Berkley Showcase, Volume 2(1980) |
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Niven, Larry |
Lion in His Attic, The |
ss |
5th & last story in F&SF in Mana ser.; w. Steven Barnes, Dream Park seq. Dream Park(1981), The Barsoom Project(1989), The Voodoo Game(1991); w. Barnes & Pournelle, Heorot seq. The Legacy of Heorot(1987), Beowulf's Children(1995) |
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Payes, Rachel Cosgrove |
Acrostic Puzzle |
pz |
answers in 1982 AUG, p.93; under her full name has romance novels Peace Corps Nurse(1967), Moment of Desire(1978), The Coach to Hell(1979), Bride of Fury(1980), Satan's Mistress(1981); as Joanne Kaye, has romance novel Playing for Keeps(1982) |
| 1982 AUG |
Sterling, Bruce |
Spider Rose |
ss |
N-1983 HUG, LOC; 2nd & last story in F&SF in Shapers/Mechanist series; other stories in series in Terry Carr(ed): Universe 13(1983), INZ 1984 SPR, Omni 1984 JUN, & novel Schisamatrix(1985; N-1985 NEB; 1987 BSF); coll. in omnibus Schisamatrix Plus(1996) |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
has written & illus. two children's book in the I Can Read Book series for pre-schoolers to 1st grade, The Fat Cat Sat on a Mat(1996), about Wilma the witch who has a crazy broom, a fat cat & a pet rat; & I See, You Saw(1997) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: inspiration & wit in SF; Robert Silverberg(ed): The Best of Randall Garrett; Frederik Pohl: Planets Three; Keith Laumer: Star Colony; Alan Dean Foster: The Thing; Greg Bear: Strength of Stones; mentions Budrys' Law: 10% of everything is not crap |
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Shiner, Lewis |
Brujo |
ss |
has 1st novel Frontera(1984; N-1984 DIC, NEB; 1985 LOC), in which a team is sent to Mars by a large corporation to investigate an abandoned colony(Clute); an early version of this novel can be seen in "Soldier, Sailor" in Author's Choice Monthly #4(1990) |
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Straley, Rosalind |
Capsule |
vi |
(1951?- ) ps. for Elizabeth Morton; a medical texts production editor; has stories pub. in TWZ & AMZ as Morton |
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Perry, Steve & George Florance-Guthridge |
Champion of the World |
ss |
(1947- ; 1948- ) wn. for Steven Carl Perry, 1st story pub. sf "With Clean Hands" in GAL 1977 DEC as by his ps. Jesse Peel; has 1st novel The Tularemia Gambit(1981), an sf hardboiled detective story(Clute); see info on co-author under George Guthridge |
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Shea, Michael |
Horror on the #33, The |
ss |
N-1983 LOC, short story; has novel The Color Out of Time(1984), a sequel to H.P. Lovecraft's novelette, "The Colour Out of Space," which was first pub. in AMZ 1927 SEP |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Phoenix Too Frequent, A |
mr/tvr |
The Phoenix(1982), pilot movie for TV series(1982, 5 ep.), stars Judson Scott, Richard Lynch, E.G. Marshall; briefly, Destination Moon(1950) |
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Sullivan, Thomas |
Impotentate, The |
ss |
has also been pub. in anth. Grant(ed): Midnight(1985), Shadows #8(1985), & Shadows #10(1987), & Williamson(ed): Masques #2(1987), Lansdale(ed): Dark at Heart(1992), Maclay(ed): Voices from the Night(1994), Resnick etal(ed): Deals with the Devil(1994) |
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Cook, Glen |
Raker |
nv |
1st & only story in Black Company ser.; this story in slightly revised form makes up Chapter 3 in novel The Black Company(1984); others in ser., Shadows Linger(1984), The White Rose(1985), Shadow Games(1989), Dreams of Steel(1990), Black Seasons(1997) |
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Willis, Connie |
Mail Order Clone |
ss |
(1945- ) working name for Constance Elaine Trimmer Willis; teacher & writer; 1st story pub. sf "Santa Titicaca" in Worlds of Fantasy 1970 WIN; began writing fulltime in early 1980s; see interviews in LOC 1989 AUG(#343), 1992 JUL(#378), 1997 JAN(#432) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: X Stands for Unknown |
sces |
electromagnetic radiation, Part 4 of 4; cathode rays, X-rays, alpha, beta & gamma rays - the shorter wavelengths past the ultraviolet; Part 1 in 1982 MAY(#4794), Part 2 in 1982 JUN(#4809), Part 3 in 1982 JUL(#4825) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
Farris W-2002 STO, for Lifetime Achievement |
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Shaver, Edward F. |
Choice of Dreams, A |
nv |
has pub. short stort "Fear the Light" in AMZ 1987 MAY, & novelette "Closing Circle" in AMZ 1989 JUL |
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Martin, H. |
Cartoon |
ct |
has cartoons in colls. The New Yorker Album 1955-1965(1965), The Modern Beat(1965; cartoons from PST), Think Small(1967), Post Mortems(1969), Best Cartoons of the Year(1969), Absolutely No U.S. Personnel Permited Beyond This Point(1972) |
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F&SF staff |
Report on Competition 30 |
cmp |
1st prize: Todd Illig; 2nd prize: John Brunner; R-U: Jean MacKay Jackson; Al Sarrantonio; Elaine Hampton; Stewart Road; Steve Kindig; Clifton Anderson |
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F&SF staff |
Competition 31 |
cmp |
suggested by Philip M. Cohen - submit humorous "scholarly paper titles," format being "evocative title: descriptive title," e.g.: You Think You've Got Problems: Prophecy in Dystopian Fiction |
| 1982 SEP |
Sanders, Scott |
Land Where Songtrees Grow, The |
nv |
has sf coll. Fetching the Dead(1984); essay coll. The Paradise of Bombs(1988); ya novels Bad Man Ballad(1986), The Engineer of Beasts(1988), latter on genetic engineering; novel The Invisible Company(1989), on the cost of maintaining a colony of immortals |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
Samuel R. Delany: The Einstein Intersection; Clifford D. Simak: Special Deliverance; Allyn Thompson: The Azriel Uprising; Pamela Sargent: The Golden Space(fixup novel, which incl. "The Summer Dust" pub. in F&SF 1981 JUL) |
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Morressy, John |
Crystal of Caracodissa, The |
ss |
4th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has juvenile novels The Humans of Ziax II(1974 chap), & The Drought on Ziax II(1978), which are concerned with the ecology of a planet colonized by humans, the natives surviving in the jungles(Clute) |
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Owens, Barbara |
Happy Birthday, Little Elroy |
ss |
working name for Barbara Owens Weiman; born & raised in Illinois, lives in California; has BFA in theatre; has story "The Cloud Beneath the Eaves" W-1978 EDG, Best Short Story |
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Nurit |
Cartoon |
ct |
has illus. the book Grace Marmor Spruch: Squirrels at My Window: Life With a Remarkable Gang of Urban Squirrels(2000), which chronicles the lives of the squirrels Genius, Sweetie Longtail, The Lady, & others, around NYC's Washington Square Park |
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Kessel, John |
Another Orphan |
na |
W-1982 NEB; N-1983 HUG, LOC, SFC, novella; "story of Patrick Fallon, a young Chicago broker who finds himself deposited into a hammock on a 19th-century sailing ship"; pub. as a Tor Double with Barry B. Longyear's "Enemy Mine" in 1989 |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Evan William Phillips |
obit |
obituary of a good friend of Ferman's, a copy editor for F&SF since the early 1960s; born July 7, 1929 in Parkersburg, WV; died May 10, 1982 in Boston, MA; Ferman W-1979, 1982 & N-1981, 1984 WFA, Special Awards(F&SF); Ferman N-1989-92 LOC, for Best Editor |
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Tuttle, Lisa |
Memory of Wood, The |
ss |
has novels Familiar Spirit(1983), a horror novel in which a woman sells her soul to get her husband back(B&C), & Gabriel(1987), a horror novel involving reincarnation(B&C) |
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Zahn, Timothy |
Peaceful Man, The |
ss |
has 1st novel, Blackcollar seq., The Blackcollar(1983; N-1984 CCR, LOC), Blackcollar: The Backlash Mission(1986); Cobra seq., Cobra(1985), Cobra Strike(1986), Cobra Bargain(1988); both seq. about military/commando heroes in a galactic venue(Clute) |
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Searles, Baird |
Films: Car Bash Down Under |
mr/tvr |
The Road Warrior(1981 Australia), sequel to Mad Max(1979 Australia), both dir. George Miller, both star Mel Gibson; A Midsummer Night's Dream(1981 BBC TV), producer Jonathan Miller; briefly, THX-1138(1971), George Lucas' 1st commercial film |
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Mueller, Richard |
Everybody Goes to Mosserman's |
ss |
has novelettes "Little Axes" in Fantasy Book 1983 DEC, & "The Dark at the End of the Tunnel" in Fantasy Book 1985 SEP; short stories "The Day We Really Lost the War" in ASI 1985 SEP, & "Meditation on the Death of Cortes" in ASI 1988 SEP |
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Yolen, Jane |
Undine, The |
vi |
has novel Cards of Grief(based on ss "In the Hall of Grief" & "Cards of Grief"; rev. & exp. 1984; W-1985 MYT; N-LOC), which is set on an alien world, & is a homage to the storytelling art & its place in the development of culture & civilization(Clute) |
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Farris, Joseph |
Cartoon |
ct |
Farris: "Three or four years ago (c. 1998) I started painting seriously again, although throughout the years I did paint but not as seriously as now. ... I paint in acrylic, which I prefer to the oils I used to use, since I like the rapid drying time." |
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Kress, Nancy |
Little Matter of Timing, A |
ss |
has 1st novel fantasy, The Prince of Morning Bells(1981; N-1982 LOC); The Golden Grove(1984), The White Pipes(1985), An Alien Light(1988; N-1989 LOC), Brain Rose(1990), Oaths and Miracles(1996); coll. Trinity and Other Stories(1985; N-1986 LOC) |
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Asimov, Isaac |
Science: Big Brother |
sces |
elements; carbon, & the chemistry of life, Part 1 of 4; carbon, silicon & oxygen; why is carbon the basis of life & not silicon?; Part 2 in 1982 OCT(#4876), Part 3 in 1982 NOV(#4891), Part 4 in 1982 DEC(#4904) |
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Niemand, O. |
Wooing of Slowboat Sadie, The |
ss |
(1947-2002) 1st story in Springfield ser.; ps. for George Alec Effinger; "ser. is based in the domed city of Springfield, each (story) using the tone & style of a deceased American short story writer"; this one a pastiche of O. Henry, if he had written sf |
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Ferman, Edward L. |
Letters |
lttr |
Sherry M. Gottlieb(comments on readers poll, 1982 JUN); Alan Brennert(Searles mr/tvr of Darkroom, 1982 MAY); Searles reply; David Tucker(Chesbro story, 1982 MAY); James P. Royce(response to Skier letter, 1982 MAY, about cover art) |
| 1982 OCT |
Tiptree, James Jr |
Boy Who Waterskied to Forever, The |
ss |
N-1983 HUG, LOC; 1st story in F&SF in Quintana Roo ser.; see following nf piece on this part of Mexico; 1 other story in ser., "Lirios: A Tale of the Q.R."(aka "What Came Ashore at Lirios") in ASI 1981 SEP 28; ser. coll. in Tales of the Quintana Roo(1986) |
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Tiptree, James Jr |
Note About the Mayas of the Quintana Roo, A |
misc |
non-fiction piece describing the land & the Mayan people of the "'wild' Easternmost shore of the Yucatan Peninsula," the region known as the Quintana Roo; rev., this nf piece becomes the preface in her coll. Tales of the Quintana Roo(1986; W-1987 WFA) |
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Budrys, Algis |
Books |
br |
essay: a comprehensive history & rise of sf needs to be done, & soon; Barry N. Malzberg: The Engines of the Night(coll. of essays explaining his disenchantment with the sf field - Clute) |
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Knight, Damon |
Tarcan of the Hoboes |
ss |
a pastiche; see article "All in a Knight's Work" by James Blish in Speculations 29 1971; see interviews in Paul Walker: Speaking of Science Fiction(1978), & in Charles Platt: Who Writes Science Fiction(1980), & Dream Makers(1980) |
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Davidson, Avram |
Dr. Bhumbo Singh |
ss |
N-1983 LOC, short story |
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Ballard, J.G. |
Myths of the Near Future |
nv |
N-1982 NEB; 1983 LOC, nv; 1983 BSF, shfi; has novels Crash(1973), Concrete Island(1974), High-Rise(1975), The Unlimited Dream Company(1979; W-1980 BSF; N-JWC, LOC), Hello America(1981; N-1982 BSF), Empire of the Sun(1984; N-1985 BSF; 1987 movie) |
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