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             | Issue Date | Author | Story Title | Type | Comments |  
            | 1982 OCT | Harris, S. | Cartoon | ct | Harris says, "I try to write ideas every day, generally for a couple of hours at night, going through newspapers (mainly the NYT) & magazines, looking for subject matter. I don't write ideas for others, but some in the past were purchased by NYM & PBY" |  
            |  | Bryant, Edward | In the Shade | ss | 1st story ever & 1st in F&SF in witch Angie Black series; see interview in Charles Platt: Who Writes Science Fiction?(1980) |  
            |  | Searles, Baird | Films: Hyperboring | mr/tvr | Conan, the Barbarian(1982), dir. John Milius, screenplay by Milius & Oliver Stone, stars Arnold Schwarzenegger, James Earl Jones, Max von Sydow, Sandahl Bergman |  
            |  | Lafferty, R.A. | Square and Above Board | ss | has Green Tree seq. novels My Heart Leaps Up, Chapters 1 & 2(1986), My Heart Leaps Up(1989), My Heart Leaps Up, Chapter 9 & 10(1990); Sinbad: The 13th Voyage(1989), The Elliptical Grave(1989), Dotty(1990), Argo(1992), Alaric: The Day the World Ended(1993) |  
            |  | Keller, B.L. | Cold Debt | ss | has pre-teen Desdemona Blank ser., No Beasts! No Children!(1983), Desdemona: Twelve Going on Desperate(1986), Fowl Play, Desdemona(1989), Desdemona Moves On(1992); children's books The Bee Sneeze(1982), My Awful Cousin Norbert(1982) |  
            |  | Arno, Ed | Cartoon | ct | has a coll. of his 'criminal at large' series, 1st pub. in the NYT & NYM between 1966-1968, Ed Arno's Most Wanted(1998), which was given the highest praise by the famous art critic, Brendan Gill |  
            |  | Aldiss, Brian W. | Door Slams in Fourth World | ss | has Year by Year the Evil Gains seq., Killing Off the Big Animals(1975), What Are You Doing? Why Are You Doing It?(1975), Within the Black Circle(1975); colls. Last Orders and Other Stories(1977), New Arrivals, Old Encounters(1979), Foreign Bodies(1981) |  
            |  | Asimov, Isaac | Science: Bread and Stone | sces | elements; carbon, & silicon, & the chemistry of life, Part 2 of 4; Part 1 in 1982 SEP(#4860), Part 3 in 1982 NOV(#4891), Part 4 in 1982 DEC(#4904) |  
            |  | Ellison, Harlan | Hour That Stretches, The | ss | story written in front window of newly opened Dangerous Visions Bookstore in Sherman Oaks, CA; story completed December 19, 1981; see story intro for more info on how story was written; uses personal ps. Jay Charby, Wallace Edmondson, Ellis Hart, Jay Solo |  
            | 1982 NOV | Robinson, Kim Stanley | To Leave a Mark | na | (1952-  ) N-1983 HUG, LOC; exp. into fixup novel Icehenge(1984), w. story "On the North Pole of Pluto" in Knight(ed): Orbit 21(1980); a woman who is an expert in biological living systems becomes a key figure in a space mutiny; Robinson lives Maryland |  
            |  | Budrys, Algis | Books | br | Robert A. Heinlein: Friday; Frederik Pohl: Starburst(developed from his novella "The Gold at Starbow's End" in ANA 1972 MAR, which W-1973 LOC & N-1972 NEB, 1973 HUG); Annette McComas: The Eureka Years(excerpted in F&SF 1982 JUN) |  
            |  | Blish, James | Art of the Sneeze, The | misc | never before pub.; his Star Trek novels(he did the first 12 of them), were pub. betw. 1967 & 1977, the last w. J.A. Lawrence; most famous of them, Spock Must Die!(1970); has posthumous colls. With All of Love: Selected Poems(1995), & A Dusk of Idols(1996) |  
            |  | Pronzini, Bill & Barry N. Malzberg | Shakespeare MCMLXXXV | ss | Pronzini W-1987 Shamus Award for Lifetime Achievement; has western murder mystery The Hangings(1989); mysteries With an Extreme Burning(1994), Blue Lonesome(1995), Nothing But the Night(1999); co-edited anth. American Pulp(1997), Pure Pulp(1999) |  
            |  | Asimov, Isaac | Smile That Loses, The | ss | 2nd & last story in F&SF in Azazel ser.; has anth. The New Hugo Winners(1989), II(1991); novels w. Robert Silverberg, Child of Time(1991), The Positronic Man(1992), The Ugly Little Boy(1992), exp. of Asimov stories; coll. The Complete Stories(1990) |  
            |  | Farris, Joseph | Cartoon: Salad Bar | ct | "I'm now working on a new series of paintings & am in the process of finding a good gallery ... I've gone thru many styles ... (& am now doing) quite an original approach. A friend described them as mystical so perhaps mystical expressionism might do." |  
            |  | McLaughlin, Cooper | Shannon Merrow, The | ss | served 5 years as an Airborne Infrantryman; Prof. of Psychology in the California State Univ. system |  
            |  | Dawes | Cartoon | ct | (  -1990) working name for Joseph Dawes |  
            |  | Searles, Baird | Films: Khan-Founded | mr/tvr | Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan(1982), a direct sequel to the TV series episode "Space Seed," stars regular Star Trek crew & Ricardo Montalban, Kirstie Alley |  
            |  | Willis, Connie | Service for the Burial of the Dead | ss | has colls. Fire Watch(1985; N-1986 LOC), Impossible Things(1993; W-1994 LOC), Futures Imperfect(1996), Miracle and Other Christmas Stories(1999); has 1st novel Water Witch(1982), w. Cynthia Felice; Lincoln's Dreams(1987; W-1988 JWC; N-1988 LOC, MYT) |  
            |  | Nurit | Cartoon | ct |  |  
            |  | Morressy, John | Hoppy Prince, The | ss | 5th story in F&SF in his Kedrigern the wizard series; has novel The Extraterritotial(1977 Canada) |  
            |  | Weiner, Andrew | Letter, The | ss | an sf critic, his non-fiction has been pub. in Books in Canada Magazine, Quantum, SF Guide, Short Form, and the NYRSF |  
            |  | Asimov, Isaac | Science: Difference of an "E", A | sces | elements; carbon, & silicon, & the chemistry of life, Part 3 of 4; three essays demonstrate that silicon atoms do not serve as a basis for life, as carbon does; Part 1 in 1982 SEP(#4860), Part 2 in 1982 OCT(#4876), Part 4 in 1982 DEC(#4904) |  
            |  | Russ, Joanna | Elf Hill | ss | has colls. feminist essays Magic Mommas, Trembling Sisters, Puritans & Perverts(1989), To Write Like a Woman: Essays in Feminism and Science Fiction(1995; N-1996 HUG, LOC) |  
            | 1982 DEC | Wightman, Wayne | Condemned, a Kiss, and Sleep | nv | (1946-  ) teaches creative writing at Modesto(CA) Junior College; 1st story pub. sf "Do Unto Others" in AMZ 1980 FEB; "spends lots of time listening to Haydn while I'm in the kitchen teaching myself to cook ..." |  
            |  | Shiner, Lewis | Promises | vi | has novel Deserted Cities of the Heart(short stories "Deserted Cities of the Heart" & "Rebels" in Omni 1984 FEB & 1987 NOV; exp. 1988; N-1988 NEB; 1989 LOC), a fantasy novel of near-future politics & old gods in Central America(B&C) |  
            |  | Rucker, Rudy | Man Who Ate Himself, The | ss | (1946-  ) working name for Rudolf von Bitter Rucker; has PhD from Rutgers Univ.; associate professor of Mathematics at Randolph-Macon Woman's College(Lynchburg, VA); 1st story pub. "The Miracle" in the amateur mag. The Pegasus, in 1962 |  
            |  | Clute, John | Books | br | J. Michael Reaves: Darkworld Detective; Charles Sheffield: My Brother's Keeper; Robert F. Young: The Last Yggdrasill; Russell M. Griffin: The Blind Men and the Elephant; Donald Kingsbury: Courtship Rite |  
            |  | Conner, Mike | Corsican Box, The | nv | has sf novel, Groupmind(1984), as Michael Conner |  
            |  | Arno, Ed | Cartoon | ct | Arno still does cartoons & other artwork, & in 2002 had a showing of his work in Vienna, Austria; he is listed as among the most famous Austrians in the last 300 years |  
            |  | Broderick, Damien | Coming Back | ss | (1944-  ) 1st story of 3 in Time Loop ser., other 2 by Eklund(1983 FEB) & by Effinger(1983 JUL); born in Melbourne, Australia; editor & journalist; has 1st novel Sorcerer's World(1970), Dreaming Dragons(1980); coll. The Dark Between the Stars(1991) |  
            |  | Farris, Joseph | Cartoon | ct |  |  
            |  | Searles, Baird | Films: Kevin in Computerland | mr/tvr | Tron(1982), dir. Steven Lisberger, screenplay by Lisberger & Bonnie MacBird, stars Jeff Bridges, Bruce Boxleitner, David Warner, Cindy Morgan; Dragonslayer(1981 UK), dir. Matthew Robbins, stars Peter MacNicol, Ralph Richardson |  
            |  | Cowper, Richard | What Did the Deazies Do? | nv | has two autobiographical books, as by Colin Middleton Murry, One Hand Clapping(1975; vt I at the Keyhole, 1975 US), which deals mainly with his relationship with his father; & Shadows on the Grass(1977), which deals with his wife & family |  
            |  | Cadigan, Pat | Day the Martels Got the Cable, The | ss | has colls. Patterns(1989; W-1990 LOC; N-STO), Home By the Sea(1992; N-1993 LOC), Dirty Work(1993; N-1994 LOC); has joint coll. with Pat Murphy & Karen Joy Fowler, Letters From Home(1991), each contributing six stories |  
            |  | Asimov, Isaac | Science: Silicon Life After All | sces | elements; carbon, & silicon, & the chemistry of life, Part 4 of 4; properties of silicon that make it useful in the making of computer chips; robots - the silicon life-form; Part 1 in 1982 SEP(#4860), Part 2 in 1982 OCT(#4876), Part 3 in 1982 NOV(#4891) |  
            |  | Powers, Tim | Way Down the Hill, The | nv | (1952-  ) story pub. 1986 chap; wn. for Timothy Powers, lives in Santa Ana, CA; 1st story pub. sf, novel The Skies Discrowned(1976; rev. vt Forsake the Sky, 1986); novels The Anubis Gates(1983; W-1984 DIC), The Stress of Her Regard(1989), Last Call(1992) |  
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