| Author |
Story Title |
Issue Date |
Type |
Comments |
| Williamson, Chet |
Miss Tuck and the Gingerbread Boy |
1988 MAY |
ss |
has novel Reign(1990; N-1991 STO), which blends novel & stage play, as a theatre star portraying a character in a play finds himself & his troupe being visited by the murderous embodiment of that character(Clute) |
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Eternal Ties |
1989 FEB |
nv |
has time travel fantasy novel of dark suspense & bittersweet nostalgia, Second Chance(1994), in which a college reunion includes some who died in college & want revenge; game tie-in novels Ravenloft: Mordenheim(1994), & Hell: A Cyberpunk Thriller(1995) |
| |
Fayhorn and the Golden Nest |
1989 JUN |
ss |
has game novelization Forgotten Realms: Murder in Cormyr(1996); movie novelization The Crow: The City of Angels(1996), & a tie-in The Crow: Clash by Night(1998) |
| |
How Hamster Loved the Actroid With Garbo's Eyes |
1989 SEP |
ss |
has The Searchers novel series, City of Iron(1998), Empire of Dust(1998), & Siege of Stone(1999), paranormal thrillers about psychic CIA agents investigating mysterious cases, much like the TV series X-Files |
| |
Other Errors, Other Times |
1990 JAN |
ss |
has coll. Figures in the Rain: Weird and Ghostly Tales(2002); has pub. over 80 short stories since 1981 in sf/f & horror mags. & anth.; WRT 1990 FLL, a Special Chet Williamson Issue; see online interview at www.rambles.net/c_williamson.html |
| Williamson, Jack |
Beans |
1958 NOV |
vi |
(1908- ) working name for John Stewart Williamson, born in AZ, moved to NM in 1915; 1st story pub. "The Metal Man" in AMZ 1928 DEC; has 1st novels The Girl from Mars(1929 chap, w. Miles J. Breuer), The Alien Intelligence(SWS 1929 JUL-AUG; 1980) |
| |
Colleges Offering Courses in Fantasy or Science Fiction |
1972 MAY |
misc |
1st pub. in his nf book, Science Fiction in College(1971); discusses his youth in coll. The Early Williamson(1975); see also autobiography, Wonder's Child: My Life in Science Fiction(1984; W-1985 HUG; N-1985 LOC); used ps. Will Stewart for Seetee stories |
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Power of Blackness, The |
1973 DEC |
nv |
1st story in F&SF in Blacklantern ser.; ser. also in GAL 1975 JUN, & AMZ 1976 JAN; has Legion of Space ser. The Legion of Space(ASF 1934 APR-SEP; rev. 1947), The Cometeers(ASF 1936 MAY-AUG, & 1939 APR-JUN; 1950 coll.; 1967) |
| |
Counterkill |
1975 OCT |
nv |
2nd story in F&SF in Blacklantern ser.; has Legion of Space ser. novels One Against the Legion(ASF 1939 APR-JUN; coll. 1967), The Queen of the Legion(1983); has Legion of Time seq. The Legion of Time(ASF 1938 MAY-JUL; 1961 U.K.) |
| |
Machines That Ate Too Much, The |
1976 FEB |
nv |
3rd & last story in F&SF in Blacklantern ser.; has Legion of Time seq., After World's End(MVL 1939 FEB; 1961 UK); has Seetee ser. Seetee Ship(ASF 1942-43; 1951 fixup), Seetee Shock(ASF 1949 FEB-APR; 1950); Darker Than You Think(1948; 1976; 1989) |
| |
Birds' Turn, The |
1992 OCT/NOV |
ss |
has Humanoids ser., The Humanoids(ASF 1948 MAR-MAY; rev. 1949; w. ASF 1947 JUL, 1980 coll.), "Jamboree" in GAL 1969 DEC, & The Humanoid Touch(1980); Dragon's Island(1951; vt The Not-Men, 1969), The Dome Around America(1953) |
| |
Litlins, The |
1993 DEC |
ss |
this story was originally a novel idea that didn't quite have enough material to sustain a longer work; w. James E. Gunn, novel Star Bridge(1955); w. Frederik Pohl, Starchild ser., The Reefs of Space(1964), Starchild(1965), Rogue Star(1969) |
| |
Dark Star |
1995 FEB |
nv |
story is linked to the novel he is currently writing, The Black Sun(1997; N-1998 LOC), which have come about from his interest in dark matter theorized by astronomers; w. Pohl, Cuckoo ser., Farthest Star(1975), Wall Around a Star(1983; N-1984 LOC) |
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Infinite Career, The |
1997 AUG |
ar |
discusses his sf career, influences in his life, inspirations to his works, incl. The Humanoids(1949), The Starchild trilogy(w. Pohl, 1977 omni), Brother to Demons, Brother to Gods(1979), Lifeburst(1984), Mazeway(1990); W-1994 WFA, Lifetime Achievement |
| |
Hole in the World, The |
1997 OCT/NOV |
ss |
has novels Manseed(1983), Firechild(1986); Land's End(1988), & The Singers of Time(1991) w. Pohl; Beachhead(1992), Demon Moon(1994), The Silicon Dagger(1999); see interviews in TotU #16 1996, & LOC 1993 DEC(#395), 1996 OCT(#429) |
| Willis, Connie |
Mail Order Clone |
1982 AUG |
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) |
| |
Service for the Burial of the Dead |
1982 NOV |
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) |
| |
With Friends Like These |
1985 FEB |
nv |
3rd/last story in F&SF in Fred Saberhagen's Berserker ser., 1st pub. in Saberhagen(ed): Berserker Base(1984); has novels Doomsday Book(1992; W-1993 HUG, LOC; N-1993 BSF, MYT, SFC), sequel To Say Nothing of the Dog(1998; W-1999 HUG, LOC); Bellwether(1996) |
| Willy |
Cartoon |
1996 AUG |
ct |
E.G. Willy |
| Wilson, Baird |
Cartoon |
1973 JUN |
ct |
|
| Wilson, Carter |
Brief, Swinging Career of Dan and Judy Smythe, The |
1970 APR |
ss |
(1941- ) lives in Cambridge, has novels, Crazy February(1966), I Have Fought the Good Fight(1967), Treasures on Earth(1981); has one book for children, On Firm Ice(1969), & book Hidden in the Blood: A Personal Investigation of AIDS in the Yucatan(1990) |
| Wilson, F. Paul |
Muscles |
1988 JUN |
ss |
(1946- ) wn. for Francis Paul Wilson; 1st story pub. sf "The Cleaning Machine" in Startling Mystery Stories 1971 MAR; has 1st novel, LaNague Federation trilogy, Healer("Pard" in ANA 1972 DEC; exp. 1976; W-1990 PRO), Wheels Within Wheels(1978; W-1979 PRO) |
| |
Bugs |
1992 MAY |
nv |
story background from novel Nightworld(1992); last novel LaNague Federation trilogy, An Enemy of the State(1980; W-1991 PRO); Black Wind(1988; N-1989 STO); w. Matthew J. Costello, Mirage(1996), Masque(1998); coll. Soft and Others(1989); www.dragoncon.org |
| Wilson, Gahan |
Beware of the Dog |
1964 APR |
vi |
(1930- ) 1st story in Moral vignettes series; "Moral: Beware the mighty dog"; cartoonist, illustrator & writer; born in Evanston, IL, his 1st artwork appearing in AMZ, in 1954 |
| |
Thing From Outer Space and the Prairie Dogs, The |
1964 JUN |
vi |
2nd story in Moral vignettes series; "Moral: Watch out which fly you swat"; attended The Art Institute of Chicago, for four years; served in the U.S.A.F. |
| |
Scientist and the Monster, The |
1964 JUL |
vi |
3rd story in Moral vignettes series; "Moral: Many people you feel sorry for would seriously wonder why"; in 1965 APR, he begins to have a cartoon published every month in F&SF |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 APR |
ct |
1st cartoon by Wilson in F&SF, and the beginning of his monthly cartoons in F&SF - string ends with 1981 MAR issue, with 198 cartoons in all, but returns with the 1981 MAY issue; also pub. in a hardcover facsimile of this 1965 APR issue (Anth. #27) |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 MAY |
ct |
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| |
Cartoon |
1965 JUN |
ct |
"influences include Chester Gould's villains in Dick Tracy, W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers, Boris Karloff, Bela Lugosi, H.P. Lovecraft, Weird Tales, The Shadow" |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 JUL |
ct |
other influences - "M.R, James, The New Yorker, radio serials, Goya, George Gross, Oz, Daumier, & Betty Boop" - from Weinberg |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 AUG |
ct |
1st pro sale to AMZ in 1954, for $7.50; soon sold to Colliers, Look, & PBY in 1954(where he became a cult favorite); Wilson - "A lot of the Playboy cartoons are an hommage to Lovecraft ... I did a whole spread on Poe (&) Sherlock Holmes"(LOC 1999 MAR) |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 SEP |
ct |
also had sales to The New Yorker, The Saturday Evening Post, and then to F&SF, where he also contributed short stories and book & movie reviews |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 OCT |
ct |
Wilson - "I started out basing my cartoons rather heavily on classic fantasy, the Gothics new and old, but found life about me as reported ..." |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 NOV |
ct |
Wilson - "... in the news and viewed from day to day was ... more bizarre than anybody admitted & ... weirder than made up monstrosities." |
| |
Cartoon |
1965 DEC |
ct |
Wilson - "...So my stuff had become ... without my really intending it, more political ... a social commentary than I'd set out to make it." |
| |
Cartoon |
1966 JAN |
ct |
Wilson - "My usual tactic in making up a cartoon idea is to select a specific theme or ... object & stick with it until I have produced an idea on it." |
| |
Cartoon |
1966 FEB |
ct |
Wilson - "I work with pen (crow quill) & ink and use traditional watercolors ..." - quotes from Weinberg: A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists(1988) |
| |
Cartoon |
1966 MAR |
ct |
has had cartoons pub. in Weird Tales, Paris Match, & on the cover of Newsweek |
| |
Cartoon |
1966 APR |
ct |
has 1st coll. of cartoons, Gahan Wilson's Graveside Manner(1965) |
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Cartoon |
1966 MAY |
ct |
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Cartoon |
1966 JUN |
ct |
"GW draws in a distinctively sprawling lines which encourage distortions & grotesques, a good visual match for his ... black humor."(Clute) |
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Cartoon |
1966 JUL |
ct |
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Cartoon |
1966 AUG |
ct |
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Cartoon |
1966 SEP |
ct |
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Cartoon |
1966 OCT |
ct |
Special Isaac Asimov Issue, the cartoon made especially for it, is about Mr. Asimov and his robots |
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Cartoon |
1966 NOV |
ct |
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Cartoon |
1966 DEC |
ct |
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Cartoon |
1967 JAN |
ct |
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Knight-Errant, the Dragon, and the Maiden, The |
1967 JAN |
vi |
4th story in Moral vignettes series; "Moral: Free willing prisoners at your own risk" |
| |
Cartoon |
1967 FEB |
ct |
has cartoon coll. The Man in the Cannibal Pot(1967) |
