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Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
Newman, S. |
Vindolanda in Winter |
1990 DEC |
ss |
(1949- ) wn. for Sharan Newman; PhD in History from Univ. of California(Santa Barbara); member Medieval Academy; 1st novel ya The Dagda's Harp(1977); has Arthurian trilogy from Guinivere's point of view, Guinivere(1981), etc; has historical mys. ser. |
Neyroud, Gerard E. |
Terra-Venusian War of 1979, The |
1959 DEC |
ss |
retired English newspaperman |
Nichols, Jeannette |
Light and the Sadness, The |
1963 OCT |
pm |
(1931- ) in gratitude to Zenna Henderson for The People |
Niemand, O. |
Wooing of Slowboat Sadie, The |
1982 SEP |
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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Man Outside, The |
1983 APR |
ss |
N-1984 LOC, short story; 2nd story in Springfield series, this one using the voice of the deceased writer John Steinbeck |
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Afternoon Under Glass |
1983 NOV |
ss |
3rd story in Springfield series, this one in the style of Ernest Hemingway |
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Two Bits |
1984 JUN |
ss |
4th story in Springfield series, this one in the style of deceased American writer Ring Lardner |
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artist passes it by, the |
1984 AUG |
pm |
5th story in Springfield series, this one an sf pastiche of archy & mehitabel's Don Marquis & Krazy Kat's George Herriman |
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Wisdom of Having Money, The |
1986 JUL |
nv |
6th & last story in Springfield series, this one written in the style of Mark Twain |
Niven, Larry |
Becalmed in Hell |
1965 JUL |
ss |
(1938- ) N-1965 NEB, short story; 1st story in F&SF in his Tales of Known Space series & sequence; working name for Laurence van Cott Niven, born in CA; has BA in Mathematics, Washburn Univ.(Kansas); 1st story pub. "The Coldest Place" in IFS 1964 DEC |
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Bordered in Black |
1966 APR |
ss |
N-1966 NEB, short story; 2nd story in F&SF in his Tales of Known Space series & sequence(most of the short stories in this series were pub. in IFS & GAL); his 1st novel is of this seq., World of Ptavvs(1966); coll. Tales of Known Space(1975) |
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Long Night, The |
1967 MAR |
ss |
has Known Space novels At the Bottom of a Hole(1966), How the Heroes Die(1966), The Warriors(1966), Safe at Any Speed(1966), A Gift from Earth(1968); Known Space colls. Neutron Star(1968), The Shape of Space(1969), All the Myriad Ways(1971) |
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Safe at Any Speed |
1967 MAY |
vi |
3rd story in F&SF in his Tales of Known Space ser.; this ser. is a complex future history of man's expansion into space(Clute), complete with many races of aliens; other Known Space colls. The Long ARM of Gil Hamilton(1976), Convergent Series(1979) |
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Dry Run |
1968 MAY |
ss |
other Known Space novels, Death by Ecstasy(1969; vt The Organleggers), Protector(GAL 1973 JUN as "The Adults"; exp. 1973; N-1974 HUG, LOC), The Patchwork Girl(1980); has non-seq. colls. Inconstant Moon(1973), Crashlander(1994; N-1995 LOC) |
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Meddler, The |
1968 OCT |
nv |
has Ringworld seq., Ringworld(1970; W-1970 NEB; 1971 HUG, LOC), The Ringworld Engineers(1980; N-1981 HUG, LOC), The Ringworld Throne(1996; N-1997 LOC); has Draco's Tavern seq. Cruel and Unusual(1977), Grammar Lesson(1977) |
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Not Long Before the End |
1969 APR |
ss |
N-1969 NEB; 1970 HUG, short story; 1st story in his Mana ser.; all but one story in ser.(novella "The Magic Goes Away" in Odyssey 1976 SUM) appears in F&SF; also in Draco's Tavern seq. The Subject Is Closed(1977), The Schumann Computer(1979), Limits(1981) |
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Get a Horse! |
1969 OCT |
ss |
1st story in Institute for Temporal Research, or Hanville Svetz ser.; a ser. of time-paradox comedies(3 in F&SF), are coll. in The Flight of the Horse(1973; N-1974 LOC), the title story orig. titled "Get a Horse!"; Svetz ser. coll. A Hole in Space(1974) |
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Bird in the Hand |
1970 OCT |
ss |
2nd story in his Hanville Svetz series; has ser. novel with David Gerrold, The Flying Sorcerers(IFS 1970 MAY, JUL as "The Misspelled Magician"; exp. 1971), in which low-tech people think that high technology is magic(Clute) |
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Unfinished Story |
1970 DEC |
vi |
2nd story in his Mana ser., this one concerns Maxwell's demon - see Asimov's science essay "The Modern Demonology" in 1962 JAN(#1638); also in Draco's Tavern seq. Assimilating Our Culture, That's What They're Doing!(1978) |
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There's a Wolf in My Time Machine |
1971 JUN |
ss |
3rd story in his Hanville Svetz series; has State ser. Rammer(1971), Night on Mispec Moor(1974), A World Out of Time(GAL 1971, 1976; 1976 fixup; N-1977 LOC); has novel w. Jerry Pournelle, Inferno(GAL 1975 AUG-SEP; 1975; N-1976 NEB; 1977 HUG, LOC) |
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For a Foggy Night |
1971 JUL |
ss |
1st pub. in Decal 1968 JUL; has Integral Trees seq. The Integral Trees(ANA 1983-84 OCT-JAN; 1984; W-1985 LOC; N-1984 NEB; 1985 HUG, SCF), The Smoke Ring(ANA 1987 JAN-APR; 1987; N-1988 LOC); has Man-Kzin Wars anth. ser.(#I-VIII; 1988-98) |
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What Good Is a Glass Dagger? |
1972 SEP |
nv |
N-1973 LOC, na; 3rd story in F&SF in his Mana series; the 1st story in this series, "Not Long Before the End" in F&SF 1969 APR, forms sort of a prologue for this story; see iv's in INZ #39 1990, Expanse #2 1994, LOC 1985AUG(#295), & LOC 1997 FEB(#433) |
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Nonesuch, The |
1974 DEC |
ss |
has CoDominion ser. w. Jerry Pournelle, The Mote in God's Eye(1974; N-1975 HUG, LOC, NEB), The Gripping Hand(1993; N-1994 LOC); also w. Pournelle, Lucifer's Hammer(1977; N-1978 HUG, LOC), Oath of Fealty(1981; N-1982 LOC; 1983 & 1997 PRO) |
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Lion in His Attic, The |
1982 JUL |
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) |
Niven, Larry & Dian Girard |
Talisman |
1981 NOV |
nv |
(1938- ; ? - ?) 4th story in F&SF in Mana ser., set in the same Warlock's universe as "What Good Is a Glass Dagger?" in F&SF 1972 SEP; Girard a fulltime computer programmer, has Cheryl Harbottle ser. of stories in GAL 1978 FEB, & ASI 1979 JUL, 1980 FEB |
Nolan, William & Charles Fritch |
Ship, The |
1956 JUN |
spf |
(1928- ; 1927- ) a parody of Ray Bradbury; William F. Nolan, Charles E. Fritch, & both in F&SF by themselves |
Nolan, William F. |
One of Those Days |
1962 MAY |
ss |
(1928- ) sf fan turned writer, edited fanzine Rhodomagnetic Digest, pub. The Ray Bradbury Review, & edited issues #1-3 of Gamma(1963-64); 1st story pub. sf "The Joy of Living" in IFS 1954 AUG; became a full-time writer in 1956 |
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Bradbury: Prose Poet in the Age Of Space |
1963 MAY |
bio |
Bradbury lives in Chestnut Hills, CA; hates cars, planes, TV & phones; attended L.A. High School, joined SF League in 1937 & pub. 1st story "Hollerbochen's Dilemma" in its mimeo-mag. Imagination; married UCLA grad. Marguerite McClure in 1947 |
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Index to the Works of Ray Bradbury, An |
1963 MAY |
bib |
a chronological listing of his collections(& their contents), stories, TV & movie work, and non-fiction work; Nolan acknowledges to be the world's "Number One Bradbury Fan" & pub. The Ray Bradbury Review |
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Charles Beaumont: Magic Man, A Personal Appreciation, The |
1967 JUN |
bio |
Beaumont spent his early years on Chicago's north side, & in Everett, Washington; pub. his own fanzine, Utopia, & wrote many letters to the editors of sf/f magazines; worked as a part-time cartoon illustrator; married Helen Broun & had 4 children |
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Charles Beaumont Index, A: 1951-1965 |
1967 JUN |
bib |
a basic sf/f bibliography, does not include his TV credits, novels, nf essays, & work in the automotive field, or non-fantasy fiction |
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He Kilt It With a Stone |
1968 FEB |
ss |
Nolan was raised in Kansas City; wrote some stories under ps. Frank Anmar & F.E. Edwards; has coll. Impact 20(1963); has novel sequence Logan's Run(1967 with George Clayton Johnson; 1976 movie), Logan's World(1977), Logan's Search(1980) |
Norbert, W. |
Miracle of the Broom Closet, The |
1954 FEB |
ss |
(1894-1964) 1st pub. in MIT's Tech Engineering News, in 1952 APR; ps. for Norbert Wiener, mathematician; has nf books Cybernetics(1948), The Human Use of Human Beings(1950), Ex-Prodigy(1953, on intellectual supermen), God and Golem, Inc.(1964) |
Norden, Eric |
Final Quarry, The |
1970 MAY |
nv |
his 1st pub. story; has 2 nf books; regular contributor to PBY, incl. award-winning article "The Paramilitary Right"(1969 JUN); has article "The Death of a President" on JFK's assasination & the conspiracy theories pub. in 1964 JAN can be found online |
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Primal Solution, The |
1977 JUL |
nv |
1st pub. in Cavalier, in 1968; mentions Bridey Murphy on p.142; wrote scrnply for western Ride a Violent Mile(1957); booklet The Hidden War: South Vietnam(1963; 1964), repub. in Australia by 'Peace Action' to dissuade Australians from joining the conflict |
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One Fine Day |
1977 SEP |
ss |
has novel The Ultimate Solution(1973), which depicts a Nazi-dominated New York, in which FDR was assassinated, due to the U.S. remaining a non-combatant for too long in WWII |
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Gathering of the Clan, The |
1979 FEB |
nv |
1st pub. in his coll. Starsongs and Unicorns(1978); wrote plays Scream Streets(1966), False Witness(1967); has article "American Atrocities in Viet-Nam" in George C. Herring(ed): America's Longest War: The United States in Vietnam, 1950-1975(1979) |
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Curse of the Mhondoro Nkabele, The |
1980 SEP |
nv |
N-1981 LOC, nv; 1st pub. in Starsongs and Unicorns(1978); did PBY iv's w. former Nazi minister Albert Speer, Jim Garrison(1967 OCT), Marshall McLuhan(1969 MAR), Saul Alinsky(1972 MAR), Bernadette Devlin(1972 SEP), Gordon Liddy, Stephen King(1983 JUN) |
Nordley, G. David |
Barriers |
1992 OCT/NOV |
ss |
wn. for Gerald David Nordley; born in Minneapolis, MN; has BA in Physics (Macalester College), MS in Systems Management(USCLA), 2 PhD's; retired USAF Major; 1st sale was "The Snows of Venus" in ANA 1991 MAY; see Biolog in ANA 1994 FEB |
Norris, Hoke |
Patient, The |
1969 SEP |
nv |
(1913-1977) newspaperman in N. Carolina & Chicago since 1955; member of the editorial board of the Chicago Daily News; has had stories pub. in PBY, Redbook, & Cavalier; edited book We Dissent(1962; 1973); book It's Not Far But I Don't Know the Way(1969) |
Norton, Andre |
Mousetrap |
1954 JUN |
ss |
(1912- ) ps. for Alice Mary Norton, legally changed to Andre Norton; born in Cleveland, librarian, editor at Gnome Press 1950-58; 1st novel pub. children's The Prince Commands(1934), 1st fantasy story pub. "The People of the Crater," Fantasy Book 1947 |
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London Bridge |
1973 OCT |
ss |
has colls. High Sorcery(1970), Garan the Eternal(1972), The Many Worlds of ...(1974), Perilous Dreams(1976); Witch World seq., 1st Witch World(1963); iv's in FAN 1980 OCT, MZBFM 1991 SPR, PWr #16 1998; W-1984 NEB, Grandmaster; W-1998 WFA, Lifetime Achiev. |
Nourse, Alan E. |
Love Thy Vimp |
1952 APR |
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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Canvas Bag, The |
1955 APR |
ss |
has juvenile novels Gold in the Sky(AMZ 1958 SEP),Scavengers in Space(1959), Star Surgeon(novella in AMZ 1959 DEC; exp. 1960; 1986), Raiders from the Rings(1962); adult novel The Invaders Are Coming!(1959) with Joseph A. Meyer |
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Expert Touch, The |
1955 NOV |
ss |
1st story in F&SF, Hoffman Center & Medical Mercenaries series; H.C. is also the background for his novel A Man Obsessed(1955; rev. vt The Mercy Men, 1984)); has novel The Universe Between(ASF 1951 MAR, SEP; 1965 fixup), The Bladerunner(1974) |
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Compleat Consumators, The |
1964 APR |
ss |
has colls. Tiger By the Tail(1961), The Counterfeit Man and Others(1963), Rx for Tomorrow(1971), & Psi High and Others(1967); nf books Nine Planets(1960), Intern(1965 as by Doctor X), the latter being a great success |
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What a Place the World Would Be |
1990 JUL |
ss |
lives in central Washington, writes science & health books, & a column for Good Housekeeping; has sf novel, The Fourth Horseman(1983), about a plague in the near future; see obit in LOC 1992 SEP(#380), & bib in INZ 1993 JUL; appreciation in LOC 1992 OCT |
Novitski, Paul |
Acrostic Puzzle |
1976 FEB |
pz |
answers in 1976 MAR, p.160; Paul David Novitski; used ps. Alpajpuri for short stories "The Wind She Does Fly Wild" in AMZ 1973 AUG, & "Asylum in the Concrete" in FAN 1975 FEB |
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Acrostic Puzzle |
1976 JUN |
pz |
answers in 1976 JUL, p.38; Novitski has short story "The Loser at Solitaire" in FAN 1979 JAN, & novelettes "Illusions" in ASI 1979 JUN(with Tony Sarowitz), & "Nuclear Fission" in Terry Carr(ed): Universe 9(1979) |
Novotny, John |
Angry Peter Brindle, The |
1954 OCT |
ss |
his stories have appeared chiefly in Esquire; betw. 1958-1963, he has pub. stories in the men's mags. Dude, & Escapade |
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