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2011 in review

zadokofpavis — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 12:13:33 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

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A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 1,000 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 17 trips to carry that many people.

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Gambling Grand Slam

zadokofpavis — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 10:44:55 +0000

I play Bridge occasionally so I thought I’d put some interesting hands up here when they occur and I remember enough about them for it to be worthwhile. This one involves making a grand slamat a duplicate event which no-one else even bid.

I was sitting South and picked up:-

♠3
♥AKJ9
♦953
♣AKQ32

Quite a nice hand. Then my partner opened 3NT. This opening meant a long solid minor including the top four honours and an honour card in another suit. From my holding, his minor suit had to be diamonds. Given his likely holding, I could see 11 tricks straight off and my singleton spade meant we had to be in with a chance for a slam, so after East’s pass I bid 6D.

West passed and partner bid 7D which was passed round.

West led K♠ – from KQ it turned out.

Partner laid down:

♠A
♥xxx
♦AKQJxx
♣xxx

x represents a card the value of which I don’t remember. They’re not important anyway.

Partner explained that since I thought I could make a small slam without knowing about the A♠, I ought to be able to make a grand with it. At least I could now see 12 tricks. The heart finesse could generate the 13th but there was only a 50% chance the queen lay with East. A favourable club distribution might be a better bet.

I won the opening lead with the Ace, then drew trumps in three rounds. I then led a club to my Ace, East and West followed suit. I then played the King. West followed but East showed out, meaning West had started with Jxxx. I played the Queen then the three, drawing West’s Jack which I ruffed in dummy. I then played a heart to the Ace, then played 2♣ from my hand, discarding the losing heart from dummy. I then lay down the K♥ and claimed the contract. If the clubs had been divided 5 – 0 against me, I would have had to ruff the 2♣ and take the heart finesse. As it happened, it would have worked as East did in fact hold the Queen.

It turned out we were the only pair to bid the grand. A couple of pairs had bid the small slam and one pair had bid and made 6NT. One pair was in 3NT making 4 overtricks.

I don’t think there was anything West could have led that would have defeated the contract. He fully expected his king to be beheaded but that would establish his queen so if I had to play spades again the contract goes down. A club or diamond lead would have allowed me to proceed as above – with the A♠ as an extra entry in dummy should I need it. A heart lead would have been the worst. If East went up with the queen I take the trick with my king, establishing the jack. If he ducks I win the trick with the jack. Either way my heart loser problem is solved for me.

If it had not been for my partner’s opening bid, I’m not sure we could have found the grand slam. The natural opening bid (we played Acol) would have been 1D (he had neither the points nor the playing tricks to bid 2D). I would have responded 2C. His best rebid would have been 3D, which technically means 15+ HCP but his solid six card diamond suit would justify the stretch.

I would have taken this bid as 15 – 19 HCP (If partner had 20+ he would have opened 2D), giving us a combined total of 32 -36, definitely in slam territory so I would have bid 4NT (Blackwood). On completing the sequence, I would have realised that we were missing a king and given that we were missing as many as 8 points, the grand would have been too risky so I would have left it in 6D. I presume the 6NT bidder had taken out 6D on the basis that the NT slam would score more points. My partner was not averse to this kind of bid himself – fortunately he opted for the diamond grand instead as it was worth even more – giving us a top on the hand.

The Jovian System in Space 1889

zadokofpavis — Sat, 13 Aug 2011 19:18:19 +0000

The official Space 1889 universe consists of Mercury, Venus, Earth, the Moon and Mars. It is stated in the official rules that the solar boilers that power the ether ships do not work due to being too far from the Sun when the ships get much beyond Mars. However,it occurred to me that an exploratory vessel with a secondary power system with its own fuel supply might make through the Asteroid Belt to the Jovian System, particularly with the invention of the steam turbine in the 1890s. In our world Sir Charles Parsons built the SS Turbinia and disrupted the Spithead Review in 1894. In the Space 1889 Universe he could have followed that up with a trip to Jupiter.

In reality, the Jovian moons are frozen, airless uninhabitable worlds but Space 1889 is the universe of scientific romances where Mars, Venus and even Mercury are habitable. Could the Jovian satellites be habitable in this universe?

I remember years ago reading a late Victorian encyclopedia that asserted as fact that Jupiter was the temperature of red-hot iron. This would mean it was roughly 600 degrees Celcius or a little under 900K. If this was so a world 210,000 miles from Jupiter would receive the same amount of heat fromJupiter as Earth does from the Sun. Unfortunately, this is still well inside the orbit of Io, the innermost Galilean satellite. However, this calculation assumes that Jupiter is the only source of heat. My back of the envelope calculations tell me that factoring in the radiance from the Sun will result in Europa at 417,000 miles being at roughly Earth-like temperature.

Miles, by the way, are insisted upon; this is Queen Victoria’s Interplanetary Empire. We’ll be having none of your continental kilometres.

All of the Galileans are tidally locked. Atmospheres will allow the redistribution of heat somewhat but the farsides will be much cooler than the Jupitersides. They will still experience day and night as most visible light they receive will come from the Sun. The diurnal cycles will however be very long: 42 hours for Io, 85 hours for Europa, 171 hours for Ganymede and 400 hours for Callisto. Furthermore, because the Jovian system is over five times as far from the Sun as is Earth, even at high sunlit noon the light level will be roughly that of a heavily overcast day on Earth.

So what will our intrepid voyagers find?

1. The Asteroid Belt

Probably not much of interest unless your PCs have a liking for airless rocks. Spacesuits are available. They are adapted old-style diving suits – complete with air pumped from the ship via a hose.

It was a given of pulp and earlier SF that the Belt is crowded with rocks of all sizes. An encounter with a meteor swarm was an inevitable experience in traversing the asteroid belt.

2. The outer satellites

Prior to the twentieth century, human beings were completely unaware of the existence of these bodies. They are almost certainly captured asteroids and even if the explorers spot them, they will find little different to asteroids in the main belt.

3. Callisto

Callisto is a frozen snowball of a world. The only part above the freezing point of water is a region of tundra about five-hundred miles in diamiter where Jupiter is at zenith. There is no life more advance than insects and most of that lives in the ponds and marshes that dot the region. The top predator is an aquatic arthropod that looks like a cross between a shrimp and a praying mantis. It is three inches long.

There are rock formations that have too many straight lines to be entirely natural and there is fossil evidence of more advanced life-forms in Callisto’s past.

4. Ganymede

Most of Ganymede’s surface is dry land but there are two land-locked seas (one a little larger than the Mediterranean, the other perhaps three times that). There are fertile regions around the seas and the rivers that flow into them but much of Ganymede is desert with a climate not unlike Mars (Space 1889 version!).

There are humans on Ganymede. They are olive-skinned and somewhat Oriental in appearance. The largest political entity is the Bright Empire of Perushtar which rules approximately a fifth of the moon. The capital is on a large island in the Great Sea. Technologically they are roughly at a level of 11th century Western Europe.

Their only serious rival is the mountain kingdom of Donastar. The area directly under the control of the King of Donastar is roughly the size of Switzerland but much larger areas pay tribute. Donastar is able to enforce this as liftwood grows in the mountain valleys and so they consequently have an air force. The skyships are propelled by rear facing foot cranked propellors. Fighting vessels can manage an airspeed of over 15 miles per hour but freighters are much slower. Both states are on Jupiterside, though Perushtar does extend into Farside. There are numerous other tiny statelets scattered around the northern hemisphere, mainly Jupiterside. The staple crop is a variety of barley and the only domestic animals are goats, pigs, chickens and dogs. Rats are not exactly unknown. All other life-forms on Ganymede are plainly non-terrestrial.

The dry southern hemisphere and much of Farside is the domain of a second intelligent species. These look like insectile centaurs. Closer examination shows that they have four body segments not three. The upper thorax carries four arms (which end in gripping claws not hands and there are four legs on the lower thorax. Breath-holes are in the abdomen and the lungs are located just below the abdominal shell. Other than walking on all-eights all other animal life is based on this structure. The Insect People are largely nomadic and have legends of a time when the whole world was theirs and there were no humans.

5. Europa

This moon is over 90% ocean. The land is in the form of scattered low-lying islands. The highest point is about 700 feet above sea-level. There is an intelligent amphibious species at a stone-age level of technology – this incudes stone-built towns on the sae-bed and the shores of some of the islands. Think Deep ones from Call of Cthulhu and you won’t go far wrong. In fact, go the whole hog and have them be Deep Ones. Europa would be an excellent location for the tentacle-faced on’s place of exile too.

There are polar ice caps which extend much closer to the equater on Farside than they do on Jupiterside. In fact, ice-fields are common throughout the Farside ocean.

6. Io

The surface of Io is dotted with active volcanoes. In addition Jupiterside is a scorching desert though Farside is somewhat more clement with numerous lakes and grasslands. There is an intelligent lizard-like species which is nomadic but has developed the ability to work iron.

7. Amalthea and the ring system

The faint ring and its accompanying moonlets will be a new discovery. Should the explorers choose to investigate it they will of course be in Jupiter’s radiation belts. Erratic behaviour of any electrical items on board should provide a clue that something is not right.

Actually, the radiation belts extend well past Europa but [arm-waving] the moons’ atmospheres and the ether wake generated by the ship while travelling will protect the explorers.[/arm-waving].

8. Jupiter

Red-hot gases. No solid surface. Any attempts to visit will be one-way.

The sky as seen from the Galileans

Although Jupiter is the primary heat source, the Sun is still the brightest object in the sky. In terms of size, however, Jupiter is paramount ranging from eight times the size of Luna as seen from Earth on Callisto to over 40 times in Io. From each Galilean, the other three will be visible as visible discs except when they are behind Jupiter. Actual size and phase will depend on relative orbital positions. The outer moons will only be visible as star-like points – and not very bright stars at that. Even from Io, Amalthea will only appear to be a bright star.

World of the White Dwarf

zadokofpavis — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:58:16 +0000

No, not the account of the life of a pale-skinned person of restricted growth but thoughts on the possibilities raised by the concept of life on the planet of a white dwarf star as discussed in Ken Croswell’s article in the 2 July 2011 issue of New Scientist.

An argument in favour of this idea is that white dwarves are very stable. No nuclear reactions are taking place; they are just slowly cooling lumps of degenerate matter. They will spend billions of years at a temperature approximately that of our Sun, so a planet at the right distance will be at a stable temperature long enough for life to evolve.

How likely is it that such a star will have planets at all? The innermost planets will have been swallowed up when the star left the main sequence, becoming a red giant. Outer planets would have been vapourised in the giant’s death throes. So it seemed reasonable to assume that white dwarves are planetless.

Then, twenty years ago, planets were discovered orbitting a pulsar. Since pulsars are the remnants of supernova explosions, all planets of the star should have been obliterated. It seems likely that these planets were formed from the disc of dust and gas that surrounded the pulsar after the supernova.

Could the same thing happen around a white dwarf?

Giant stars which end in supernova explosions produce large quantities of elements up to iron in fusion reactions during their lifetime – and elements beyond iron in the supernova explosion so the resultant gas cloud will contain plenty of heavy elements that could condense into rocky planets. Stars like the sun do not get beyond fusing helium into carbon – and most of that will remain in the core to form the white dwarf when its outer layers are shed so the gas cloud will be largely hydrogen and helium plus whatever trace lements had existed in the gas cloud that formed the original star plus material from the original, swallowed up, planets.

The next potential problem is that any planet that forms at a distance that will be suitable for life when the stellar temperature is Sunlike will be superheated in its formative years – at this stage the white dwarf will have a surface temperature of ~20,000K (and in fact will be glowing blue) so such a world will wind up like Venus or perhaps lose its volatiles altogether.

However, it is now believed that planets can migrate inwards from their formation orbit – this accounts for the existance of ‘hot Jupiters’ so perhaps our world could do the same – the remnants of the gas cloud in the early stages of planetary formation might cause the orbit to decay by friction.

So, possibly against the odds, we have an Earth-like world orbitting 0.01 AU from a ‘yellow’ white dwarf (white dwarves are typically one tenthousandth the brightness of the Sun). What will this world be like?

At only 1.5 million kilometers from its star, the planet will be tidally locked, so life is most likely to be found in its twilight zone, where the star is close to the horizon. It would then seem permanently reddenned, just as our Sun seems redder at sunrise and sunset. This permanently red light may have some effect on plant evolution – but that may be to life’s long term advantage as we shall see later.

Furthermore, the planet would whizz round a solar mass white dwarf in a shade under 9 hours. Unless there were particularly bright stars in the vicinity of the planet, this motion would be undetectable to intelligent observers on the planetary surface.

Croswell points out the the closeness of the star would mean that it’s gravity would ensure that the planet had no axial tilt and a perfectly circular orbit – which would mean no libration and the sun would remain perfectly static. Hence places in shadow (in a mountain range say) would be permanently so. There would thus be a fascinating range of microclimates in quite small areas.

The planet would not be able to retain a moon but if the dwarf has more than one planet, the others would be visible as discs. A planet only a little larger than our own Moon orbitting at about 0.007 A.U. would be large enough to generate solar eclipses and if they orbitted in the same plane, would do so every conjunction – every 13 hours or so. If the inner world were as large as Mercury the eclipses woild last several minutes – long enough for observers to become aware of the stars. This 13 hour period between eclipses would give intelligent observers a measure of the passage of time and I am going to refer to it as a ‘xenoday’. Post-eclipse, the planet would wax – but show a decreasing angular diamiter until when it disappears behind the sun it will be close to full but only about a quarter the diamiter of the Moon as seen from Earth.

A planet the size of our Moon but orbitting at 0.015 A.U. would also appear as a disc – about half the apparant diamiter of the Moon seen from Earth at opposition, shrinking to about a tenth the size as it dissapears behind the sun. It will be eclipsed by our posited habitable planet every opposition if it orbits in the same plane. I think, as well as giving intelligent observers a measure of the passage of time, it will be clear that their world is the second of three orbitting their sun.

Measuring the distances of these other planets will not be possible unless observatories are established in the nightlands so that stars provide a background for the measurement of parallexes. When this has been done, if the astronomers have determined the relationship between distance from the primary and orbital period, they will be able to calculate their own distance from their sun.

Here on Earth, stellar distances were first measured using the diamiter of Earth’s orbit as a basis for parallex measurements. By this means, stellar distances as far as 150 terrestrial lightyears can be directly measured. Because of their world’s much smaller orbit, our alien astronomers will only be able to measure parallexes of stars within 1.5 terrestrial light years. Unless they are in a particularly densely populated region of the galaxy, they will not be able to measure the distances of any stars at all. It will not be until they establish telescopes in space that they will be able to measure stellar distances at all. Knowing that stars are at least 9 million times as far away as their own sun, yet are visible to the unaided eye, will tell them that all the stars they can see without telescopes are thousands of times brighter than their own sun. It will not be until they discover other white dwarves that they will find ‘sunlike’ stars. They will likely not search main sequence stars for planets at all – they are very difficult to find. An Earth-szed planet eclipsing a Sun-like star will reduced its apparant bightness by 0.01% once every 700 xenodays or so whereas such a planet orbitting a white dwarf will reduce it’s brightness by 100% once per xenoday or so if they are directly in line. Furthermore, such astronomers might well conclude that main sequence stars, with their variable ouput and flares, cannot possibly support life-bearing planets.

As a final thought – how long will life last on such a world? As the white dwarf cools and reddens, the twilight zone will become too cold for life. However this will be a very slow process and the life zone will move into the daylands. Over tens if not hundres of billions of years, the life zone will be a slowly contracting circle centred on the equatorial noonday point. The last and hardiest organisms will freeze here beneath a dully-glowing, barely red ember.

Argos Index

alternatiescorporation — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 12:36:00 +0000

The final issue

Argos was a short lived (3 issues) magazine that appeared in 1988. It ought to have been successful: it featured some big-name writers – Larry Niven, Keith Laumer, John Brunner, Janet Morris and Mike Resnick (who had a story in every issue). It is always difficult for a new magazine to gain prominence on news-stands and this may have been part of the problem.

The rather amateurish cover for issue 1 probably did the magazine no favours either. Later covers were better and in my view the best was Deborah Skilton’s illustration for Jack Lovejoy’s “The Gatekeeper” that graced the final issue.

Issues 2 & 3 featured a non-fiction column by Keith Laumer and Issue 3 added a multi-author book review column.

FICTION INDEX

John Brunner
The Mark And The Card_______________Spring 1988

Greg Cox
Fortress Memory_____________________Summer 1988

Thomas A. Easton
The Tree___________________________Summer 1988

Ru Emerson
A Golden Net For Silver Fishes__________Winter 1988

Bruce Fergusson
A Beast In The Ruins__________________Winter 1988

Dean R. Lambe
Notice To Leave______________________Spring 1988

Keith Laumer
A Report on the Q Effect_______________Summer 1988

Jack Lovejoy
The King of Kings_____________________Winter 1988
The Gate Keeper_____________________Summer 1988

Diane Mapes
The Huntress________________________Winter 1988
Control Pi___________________________Summer 1988

Chris Morris
Battle For The Plain Of Just Desserts
(/Janet Morris)___________________Spring 1988

Janet Morris
The Best Of The Achaeans______________Winter 1988
Battle For The Plain of Just Desserts
(/Chris Morris)__________________Spring 1988

Larry Niven
The Tale Of The Jinni and the Sisters______Winter 1988

Mike Resnick
Death Is An Acquired Trait______________Winter 1988
The Crack In The Cosmic Egg___________Spring 1988
The Inn of the Hairy Toad_______________Summer 1988

Michael Scanlon
Treed_____________________________Winter 1988

Elizabeth Scarborough
An Invitation to the Great White North_____Spring 1988

David R. Silas
Dragon Time_______________________Winter 1988

Nancy Springer
Crib Death_________________________Spring 1988

Jay Sullivan
The Skullys_________________________Summer 1988

Keith Taylor
The Harvest Of Malice_________________Spring 1988

Holly Wade
Fabulous Monster_____________________Winter 1988

COVER ARTISTS

David Plummer
Spring 1988 for “The Harvest of Malice”

Marjett Schille
Winter 1988

Deborah Skilton
Summer 1988 for “The Gatekeeper”

Analog 1970s Non-Fiction Index

alternatiescorporation — Thu, 09 Jun 2011 20:59:27 +0000

Non-Fiction sometimes made the cover

Here as promised is the 1970s non-fiction index for Analog.

The articles were a varied bunch, from popular science through speculation to what is now frequently termed woo. I have also included the editorials, which were articles in their own right. Ben Bova introduced a policy of publishing some guest editorials, which are so marked under the authors’ listings.

Also included are the book review columns which appeared in almost every issue.

NON-FICTION INDEX

Russell E. Adams, Jr
The Bootstrap Effect……………………..April 1978

James S. Albus
The Economics Of The Robot Revolution………April 1975

Joe Allred
Frankenstein Phobia (Guest Editorial)………..May 1974

Poul Anderson
The Asking of Questions (Guest Editorial)…January 1972

Roger Arnold
The Spaceport
(/Donald Kingsbury)…November – December 1979

Isaac Asimov
CP……………………………………October 1974

William Sims Bainbridge
American Rnthusiasm For Spaceflight…………July 1979

Paul A. Ballonof
Culture Laggards? (/Sue Ellen Jacobs)
(/Guest Editorial)…….November 1975

Nils Aall Barricelli
The Imbrium Impact………………………August 1971

James Benjamin Beal
Paraphysics and Parapsychology…………….April 1973

Alfred Bester
Mastering The Art of Space Cooking…………March 1977

Lloyd Biggle, Jr
Quantum Physics And Reality
(/Michael Talbot)………December 1976
The Morasses of Academe Revisited………September 1978

Ben Bova
What Supports Apollo? (/J. Russell Seitz)…January 1970
Galactic Geopolitics……………………January 1972
The Popular Wisdom (Editorial)………….February 1972
When The Sky Falls…………………….February 1972
Born To Lose (Editorial)………………….March 1972
“What Good Is It?” (Editorial)…………….April 1972
Life Cycles (Editorial)…………………….May 1972
The Mystic West (Editorial)………………..June 1972
Three Can Play !!! (Editorial)……………..July 1972
The Disasters That Weren’t (Editorial)…….August 1972
The Revolutionaries (Editorial)………….October 1972
Legalise Pot? (Editorial)………………November 1972
Man In Space (Editorial)……………….December 1972
“With Friends Like These …”(Editorial)….January 1973
Law & Order (Editorial)…………………..March 1973
Welfare Farewell (Editorial)………………April 1973
Who’s In Charge Here? (Editorial)……………May 1973
The R&D Budget (Editorial)…………………July 1973
Giant Step Backward (Editorial)…………..August 1973
The H2indenburg Society (Editorial)…….September 1973
Quis Custodiet …? (Editorial)…………November 1973
Those Improbable Quasars (Editorial)…….December 1973
Crazy Ideas (Editorial)………………..February 1974
The Experts (Editorial)…………………..March 1974
Mental Rnergy Crisis (Editorial)…………..April 1974
Teaching Science Fiction (Editorial)………..June 1974
The Idea Factory (Editorial)……………….July 1974
Citizens of the World (Editorial)…………August 1974
Where Do We Go From? (Editorial)…September 1974
The Whole Truth (Editorial)……………..October 1974
Destination Mars (Editorial)……………December 1974
1974 The Year That Was (Editorial)……….January 1975
Culture Lag (Editorial)………………..February 1975
The Wrath of the People (Editorial)………..March 1975
By Their Fruits (Editorial)…………………May 1975
None So Blind (Editorial)………………….June 1975
Energy Marketplace (Editorial)……………..July 1975
Kelvin Throop Strikes Back (Editorial)…….August 1975
The SF Game (Editorial)…………………October 1975
The Broken Promise (Editorial)………….December 1975
Teaching The Teachers (Editorial)………..January 1976
The Equalizer (Editorial)………………February 1976
The Conspiracy Theory (Editorial)………….April 1976
New Worlds For Old (Editorial)………………May 1976
Crucial Experiment II (Editorial)…………..June 1976
Genetic Politics (Editorial)……………..August 1976
Not Supersonic Enough (Editorial)………September 1976
Ideas Or Ideologies (Editorial)………….October 1976
Proxmired (Editorial)………………….December 1976
Christmas Plus 20 (Editorial)……………January 1977
Good News, Bad News (Editorial)…………February 1977
Democracy InAction (Editorial)………April 1977
Diversification (Editorial)…………………May 1977
An Open Letter (Editorial)…………………July 1977
Pay As You Go (Editorial)………………..August 1977
Problem Grokking (Editorial)…………..September 1977
Remember Sputnik? (Editorial)……………October 1977
Remember Vanguard? (Editorial)………….November 1977
Courage (Editorial)…………………….January 1978
Analog Books (Editorial)………………….March 1978
Political Science Revisited (Editorial)…….April 1978
The AnLab Vote (Editorial)………………….May 1978
Trust The Force (Editorial)………………..June 1978
Dark Age (Editorial)………………………July 1978
The Reality Test (Editorial)…………..September 1978
Hope And Fear (Editorial)……………….October 1978
Aloha (Editorial)……………………..November 1978

Herbie Brennan
The Synchronistic Barometer………………August 1973

Martin Buchanan
Home Computers Now!……………………November 1977

Bob Buckley
Why We Will Find Life On Mars……October 1975

Eric Burgess
Geothermal Resources……………………….May 1974

Rowland E. Burns
Celestial Mechanics………………………..May 1972

John W. Campbell
“Racial” Tensions (Editorial)……………January 1970
Mr. Edison’s Magic Lamp (Editorial)……..February 1970
Good-Bye Barsoom (Editorial)………………March 1970
Filtered News (Editorial)…………………April 1970
Rat Race (Editorial)……………………….May 1970
Red Tide (Editorial)………………………June 1970
The Pot of Message (Editorial)……………..July 1970
Cliff-Hanger (Editorial)…………………August 1970
The New Stone Age (Editorial)………….September 1970
The Drug Scene (Editorial)………………October 1970
The Now Generation (Editorial)………….November 1970
The Modern Black Arts (Editorial)……….December 1970
The Baby In The Bath Water (Editorial)……January 1971
Traditional Values (Editorial)………….February 1971
The Stay-Home Bodies (Editorial)…………..March 1971
Ecological Collapse (Editorial)……………April 1971
Pollution Paranoia (Editorial)………………May 1971
“Bargain Spacement” (Editorial)…………….June 1971
Balance And Ecology (Editorial)…………….July 1971
Final Blackout (Editorial)……………….August 1971
Ecological Notes (Editorial)…………..September 1971
Antipollution Device (Editorial)…………October 1971
The Gored Ox (Editorial)……………….November 1971
“Those Impossible Quasars” (Editorial)…..December 1971
How To Get Away With Murder (Editorial)…September 1975

Richard A. Carrigan
The Discovery of the Gypsy……………..February 1976

John W. Clark
Inside A neutron Star…………………September 1974

Arthur C. Clarke
Man, Space, and Destiny (Guest Editorial)……July 1976

R.G. Cleveland
The Future of Automotive Power Plants……….July 1972
Beyond The Citizen (Guest Editorial)…….February 1973

Rick Cook
Life As We Don’t Know It……………….November 1970

John G. Cramer
Antimatter In The Universe……………….August 1979

L. Sprague de Camp
The Iron Pillar of Delhi………………September 1972
The Breeds of Man………………………..April 1976

Samuel R. Delany
Science Fiction And ‘Literature’ Or The
Conscience Of The King…………………May 1979

Gordon R. Dickson
A Matter of Perspective (/Kelly Freas)…..December 1971

Vincent di Fate
Cover Artist………………………….November 1975

Charles Duelfer
War And Space……………………………..May 1979

Arthur M. Dula
Frontier Law 1977……………………….August 1977

Art Dula
Getting Involved In The Future
(Guest Editorial)……………..July 1979

F.C. Durant, III
Soviet Space Art………………………..August 1975

Thomas Easton
Robots – Rams From Cams…………………October 1972
Let There Be Light!……………………….June 1974
Life Is In The Stars…………………..November 1974
The Biopump Solution…………………..December 1974
Turning Point……………………………..May 1975
Altruism, Evolution, And Society…………October 1976
Twenty Years To Space………………………May 1979
Is The Universe A Yo-Yo?…………………August 1979

William J.D. Escher
The Case For The Hydrogen-Oxygen Car……September 1973

R.C.W.Ettinger
A Matterof Life And Death………………….June 1979

Dr. Robert L. Forward
Far Out Physics…………………………August 1975
Exploring Infrastellar Space…………..September 1977

Kelly Freas
A Matter of Perspective
(/Gordon R. Dickson)…………..December 1971
Skylab Patchwork………………………….June 1973

Robert A. Freitas, Jr
The Legal Rights Of Extraterrestrials………April 1977

Mike Gilbert
On Mars With Mike Gilbert………………December 1974

Joseph F. Goodavage
Magic: Science of the Future……………December 1972
An Interview With Carl Sagan……………..August 1976
An Interview With T. Galen Hieronymus…….January 1977
Skyquakes, Earthlights, And E.M. Fields…September 1978

Joseph Green
Manufacturing In Space…………………December 1970
Skylab…………………………..March – April 1972

Dr. John Gribbin
Publish Or Perish? (Guest Editorial)……….March 1976
Is The Sun A Normal Star?………………February 1977
The Seeds Of Life……………………..February 1978
Science Fiction Is Too Gloomy…………..December 1978

James Gunn
Teaching Science Fiction Revisited
(Guest Editorial)………..November 1974

Joe Haldeman
This Space For Rent……………………November 1978

Ralph Hamil
Terraforming The Earth…………………….July 1978

George W. Harper
Styx And Stones; And Maybe Charon Too……November 1973
Kohoutek: A Failure That Wasn’t…………….July 1974
Build Your Own A-Bomb
And Wake Up The Neighborhood………April 1979

Jeff Hecht
Enriching Isotopes With Lasers…………September 1976
Laser Weapons – A Status Report………….October 1977

Robert A. Heinlein
Channel Markers (Guest Editorial)………..January 1974

David L. Heiserman
The Artist And The Computer…………….February 1974

Walter B. Hendrickson, Jr
Rover Does Tricks in Space………………..March 1970
Backpack Spacecraft……………………..August 1970
Men to Mars……………………………….May 1971
Beyond The Blue……………………….December 1973
To Jupiter And Beyond…………………..October 1979

Richard C. Hoagland
Why We Won’t Find Life On Mars……December 1974
Rendezvous in 1985……………………September 1975
Return To Mars: A Mission For The Enterprise….May 1977

J. Eric Holmes, MD
The Split Brain…………………………August 1974

Rich Isaacman
Special And General Creativity…………..January 1976

Laurence M. Janifer
Into The Furniture………………………..June 1973

Frederic B. Jueneman
The Search For Truth……………………October 1974

Stephen A. Kallis, Jr
Minicomputers……………………………..May 1973
Defining The Limits (Guest Editorial)………March 1979

K.C. Keefe
Alpha-Wave Conditioning……………………June 1971

William L. Kilmer
Mr. Robot (/Louis L. Sutro)…………………May 1970

Diana King
Where Are You Socrates, Now That We Really Need You?
(Guest Editorial)…………….March 1977

Donald Kingsbury
Atomic Rockets………………………..December 1975
The First Space War (Guest Editorial)……December 1978
The Spaceport (/Roger Arnold)…November – December 1979

Albert W. Kuhfeld
Spacewar…………………………………July 1971

Dr. Dean R. Lambe
Biological Ignorance (Guest Editorial)……August 1978

Carl A. Larson
Bioelectric Phenomena……………………..June 1970
Strong Poison 1………………………September 1971
Strong Poison 2…………………………..June 1972

Louis Lenhard
Extraterrestrial Organic Matter……………April 1974

Jon Lomberg
The Voyager Record……………………..January 1979

Duncan Lunan
Space Probe From Epsilon Bootis?…………January 1974

R.I. MacDonald
The Eyes Have It…………………………March 1973

Michael McCollum
The Disposal of Nuclear Waste In Space:
Will It Ever Be Feasible?…………March 1978

George R.R. Martin
The Computer Was A Fish………………….August 1972

Larry Matthews*
To Keep And Bear Arms…………………….March 1978

Dr. Irving Michelson
Velikovsky’s Catastrophism: A Scientific View..June 1975

Joyce Milton
Redesigning Man…………………………August 1978

Hans Moravec
Today’s Computers, Intelligent Machines
And Our Future………………..February 1979

Loren E. Morey
Cyrano de Bergerac:
The First Aerospace Engineer……November 1972

Hazel Mosely
A Case of Overprotection………………….April 1970

Gary E. Myers
Rarefied Atmospheres………………………July 1973

P.J. Nahin
The Laser BMD………………………….October 1977
A Computer That Writes Science Fiction…..February 1979

Larry Niven
Bigger Than Worlds……………………….March 1974

Alan E. Nourse
Debate: National Health Insurance (Guest Editorial)
(/F. Paul Wilson)……………….April 1975

James E. Oberg
The Next Man On The Moon……………….February 1975
The Legacy of Apollo-Soyuz……………….August 1975
Space Rescue………………………….November 1975
Unidentified Fraudulent Objects…………November 1976
Salute To Salyut………………………December 1978

John R. Pierce
Real Science For Real Problems…………….April 1971

Rinehart S. Potts
Economic Scofflaws (Guest Editorial)…….November 1976

Jerry Pournelle
The Failure Of Nerve (TAV)…………………June 1979
The Energy Disaster (TAV)………………..August 1979
Shall We Save The World (TAV)……………October 1979

Al Ragsdale
Flying The Space Shuttle……………….December 1977

Terri Rapoport
Tunnel Visionaries (Guest Editorial)………..June 1977

Robert S. Richardson
Ptolemey’s Red Sirius………………….February 1971
Are There “Bears” On Mars?………………October 1975

David Ritchie
Future Food………………………….September 1979

Richard J. Rosa
How To Design A Flying Saucer………….September 1972
Experimentalism (Guest Editorial)……….December 1977

Kenneth Jon Rose
Making Sense Of Extraterrestrial Senses…..January 1979

Milton A. Rothman
Twenty Years of Fusion……………………..May 1978

Jeff Rovin
Analogish……………………………September 1976
Political Science……………………..February 1977

Neil P. Ruzic
An Idea For Energy……………………..October 1978

Wain Saeger
Don’t Trek On Me (Guest Editorial)………….June 1979

Carl Sagan
Experiment in Utopias (Guest Editorial)…..October 1973

Henry Sauter
Solar Heating And Wind Power
Available Today!……….January 1976

Stanley Schmidt
How To Move The Earth………………………May 1976
Changing The Guard
But Not Too Much (Editorial)………January 1979
Extrapolation (Editorial)………………February 1979
Liberal Education (Editorial)……………..April 1979
Servant’s Pay (Editorial)…………………..May 1979
Equal Rights for Dumb Blondes (Editorial)….August 1979
Irreproducable (Editorial)…………….September 1979
Safety First (Editorial)………………..October 1979
Team Sport (Editorial)…………………December 1979

J. Russell Seitz
What Supports Apollo? (/Ben Bova)………..January 1970

Margaret L. Silbar
The Wind From a Star…………………..February 1970
Celestial X Rays…………………………March 1971
In Quest of a Humanlike Robot…………..November 1971
Every Now And Then A Gamma Pulse…………..March 1976
The Magnetic Monopole………………….November 1976
Is Something Wrong With The Sun?………..February 1977
The Island Of Stability…………………January 1978

Norman Spinrad
Buckminster Fuller:The Synergetic Man…..September 1972
B.F. Skinner: The Man In The Maze…………..June 1973
Psychesomics: The Emerging Science of Consciousness
………………………………………..September 1974
Energy And Survival: The Fork In The Road……July 1975
Space Colonization Now: Vision And Reality…..July 1976

Rick Sternbach
Cover Artist: Rick Sternbach………………April 1975

Ian Stewart
What Shape Is A Catastrophe?……………….June 1978

G. Harry Stine
Some Strange Things Happened at Baykonyr….October 1970
Topological Electronics…………………………………..August 1971
Pollution Probe…………………………………………..November 1972
The Third Industrial Revolution………….January – February 1973
A Program For Star Flight…………………………..October 1973
Detesters, Phasers And Dean Drives………………June 1976
Biocybernetics (TAV)…………………………………………..May 1979
Biocybernetics II (TAV)……………………………………..July 1979
Neglected Technology (TAV)…………………….September 1979
Beyond Relativity (Guest Editorial)………………November 1979
Sensory Deprivation (TAV)……………………..November 1979

M. David Stone
Funding The Future……………………….March 1979

Louis L. Sutro
Mr. Robot (/William L. Kilmer)………………May 1970

Michael Talbot
Quantum Physics And Reality
(/Lloyd Biggle, Jr)………….December 1976

James Vandiver
The Scientific Gap in Law Enforcement…….January 1971

Edward C. Walterscheid
Nuclear Power………………………..September 1970
Supernova……………………………..October 1971

Walter C. Walterscheid
Zero Resistance…………………………..July 1970

Jack Williamson
The Next Century Of Science Fiction……..February 1978

F. Paul Wilson
Debate: National Health Insurance (Guest Editorial)
(/ Alan E. Nourse)………….April 1975

Edward Wood
The Nuclear Contoversy…………………….July 1977

*Listed as a short story on contents page. Name given as
“Jeff Matthews” pn article first page

TAV = article in The Alternate View department

The Reference Library (Book Column)

P. Schuyler Miller……………………..January 1970
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….February 1970
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….March 1970
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….April 1970
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..June 1970
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..July 1970
P. Schuyler Miller………………………August 1970
P. Schuyler Miller……………………September 1970
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..October 1970
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….November 1970
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….December 1970
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..January 1971
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….February 1971
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….March 1971
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….April 1971
P. Schuyler Miller…………………………May 1971
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..June 1971
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..July 1971
P. Schuyler Miller………………………August 1971
P. Schuyler Miller……………………September 1971
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..October 1971
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….November 1971
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….December 1971
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..January 1972
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….February 1972
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….March 1972
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P. Schuyler Miller……………………September 1972
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..October 1972
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….November 1972
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….December 1972
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..January 1973
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….February 1973
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….March 1973
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….April 1973
P. Schuyler Miller…………………………May 1973
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..June 1973
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..July 1973
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P. Schuyler Miller……………………September 1973
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..October 1973
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….November 1973
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….December 1973
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..January 1974
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….February 1974
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….March 1974
P. Schuyler Miller……………………….April 1974
Barry N. Malzburg………………………….May 1974
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..June 1974
P. Schuyler Miller………………………..July 1974
P. Schuyler Miller………………………August 1974
P. Schuyler Miller……………………September 1974
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..October 1974
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….November 1974
P. Schuyler Miller…………………….December 1974
P. Schuyler Miller……………………..January 1975
Sam Moskowitz…………………………February 1975
Lester del Rey…………………………..March 1975
Lester del Rey…………………………..April 1975
Lester del Rey…………………………….May 1975
Lester del Rey……………………………June 1975
Algis Budrys……………………………..July 1975
Lester del Rey………………………….August 1975
Lester del Rey……………………….September 1975
Lester del Rey…………………………October 1975
Lester del Rey………………………..November 1975
Lester del Rey………………………..December 1975
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Lester del Rey……………………………July 1976
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Sonya Dorman……………………………..June 1977
Lester del Rey……………………………July 1977
Lester del Rey………………………….August 1977
Lester del Rey……………………….September 1977
Barry Malzberg…………………………October 1977
Lester del Rey………………………..November 1977
Lester del Rey………………………..December 1977
Lester del Rey…………………………January 1978
Spider Robinson……………………….February 1978
Lester del Rey…………………………..March 1978
Lester del Rey…………………………..April 1978
Lester del Rey…………………………….May 1978
Spider Robinson…………………………..June 1978
Lester del Rey……………………………July 1978
Lester del Rey………………………….August 1978
Spider Robinson………………………September 1978
Thomas A. Easton……………………….October 1978
Lester del Rey………………………..November 1978
Spider Robinson……………………….December 1978
Lester del Rey…………………………January 1979
Lester del Rey………………………..February 1979
Edward Wood……………………………..March 1979
Lawrence M. Janifer………………………April 1979
Spider Robinson……………………………May 1979
Spider Robinson…………………………..June 1979
Thomas A. Easton………………………….July 1979
Edward Wood…………………………….August 1979
Thomas A. Easton……………………..September 1979
Anthony R. Lewis……………………….October 1979
Spider Robinson……………………….November 1979
Thomas A. Easton………………………December 1979

Abandoned Life Boat At World’s-End

zadokofpavis — Mon, 16 May 2011 10:06:16 +0000

Another short scene for GMs. Why was a life-boat and some equipment found abandoned on the most isolated island on Earth?

Bouvet Island is a cold, storm and fog shrouded speck of land lost in the immensity of the Southern Ocean. The nearest land is the Antarctic mainland 1750 kilometres away. The nearest inhabited land is somewhat further. The nearest shipping lane is over 1600 kilometers away. Nevertheless, in 1964 a South African expedition discovered an abandoned ship’s boat in an inland lagoon. On nearby rocks were found a pair of oars, pieces of wood, a 44 gallon drum and a copper buoyancy tank which had been opened out flat. More information can be found here.

There were no signs of castaways yet the boat, which was still sea-worthy, would have had to be man-hauled across beach and scree to get it to the lagoon.

Given that this was the height of the Cold War, to my mind the most likely explanation is that a clandestine Soviet expedition had recently visited the island – which was and is Norwegian territory – and had to leave quickly due to worsening conditions. The weather of climate of Bouvet Island starts out at horrible and goes downhill from there.

For gaming purposes, more outre explanations can be considered. Over on the Bad Science forums it was suggested that Bouvet Island would be the ideal place for a supervillain’s secret island base. Personally I would find the weather a little inclement and there would be a distinct lack of dusky maidens to cater to one’s every whim. On the plus side, James Bond or similar nosy types would not be able to drop in unannounced or unnoticed.

Perhaps the boat crew had been beamed up by a starship. Perhaps they were time travellers. Perhaps this island is the site of R’lyeh and the crew had fallen victim to Great Cthulhu.

Finally, in the Divine Comedy, Dante placed Purgatory on an island in the southern hemisphere. Maybe this volcanic speck hides a gateway to Hell.

Analog 1970s Fiction Index

alternatiescorporation — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 15:32:24 +0000

Vincent diFate's cover art for Roger Zelazny's "Home Is The Hangman"

Analog maintained a regular monthy schedule throughout the 1970s (as indeed it had from 1935 and would continue to do so until 1996) so an index for this decade is extremely long. What follows is the fiction index and a list of cover art credits.

Long-serving editor John W. Campbell died in 1971 and was replaced by Ben Bova, who was first listed as Editor in the January 1972 issue. Some of Bova’s fiction choices did not suit some of the older readers, whose main objections boiled down to the occasional sexual content and their belief that Campbell would not have selected those particular stories as they were not like the stuff Campbell did select.

Quite possibly so but one thing we can be sure of is that had Campbell lived longer, the 70s Analog would have been different from the 60s Analog in the same way as the latter differed from the 50s Astounding Science Fiction. Campbell was never afraid of upsetting people so in that sense Bova had continued his approach.

Some readers threatened to cancel their subscriptions. However, Analog’s circulation rose steadily through this period so such threats, even if followed through with action, would have had little effect on the publishers.

Bova left the magazine in 1978 to become Fiction Editor at Omni. He was replaced by Stanley Schmidt who, at the time of writing, is still in post.

FICTION INDEX

Joe Allred
When I Was In Your Mind………………..December 1972

Poul Anderson
Birthright……………………………February 1970
A Little Knowledge………………………August 1971
Wings of Victory…………………………April 1972
The People of the Wind………….February – April 1973
The Bitter Bread………………………December 1975
Hunter’s Moon…………………………November 1978

George J. Annas
Dolphin Mission…………………………..July 1979

Anonymous
Clicheland……………………………November 1977
Clicheland…………………………….October 1978

M.R. Anver
The Enemy

Christopher Anvil
Apron Chains………………………….December 1970
The Claw and the Cock………………….February 1971
The Operator…………………………….March 1971
“Riddle Me This…”…………………….January 1972
Ideological Defeat……………………September 1972
Brains Isn’t Everything……………………June 1976
The Golden Years…………………………March 1977

Ilil Arbel
Harem (/Trudy E. Bell)……………………March 1979

Isaac Asimov
The Greatest Asset……………………..January 1972
Mirror Image………………………………May 1972
The Winnowing…………………………February 1976

Robert Lynn Asprin
Cold Cash War…………………………..August 1977

Alecs Baird
To Be Or Not To Be……………………….April 1975

John Charles Baker
The Trees…………………………….November 1977

Steve Barnes
The Locusts (/Larry Niven)…………………June 1979

Topi H. Barr
Antithiotimoline………………………December 1977

Barbara Bartholomew
Wheel Of Fire…………………………….June 1975

Wayne Barton
Some Are Born To Sweet Delight…………….March 1974

Greg Bear
A Martian Ricorso……………………..February 1976
The Wind From A Burning Woman……………October 1978

R(oger).A. Beaumont
Trade-Off…………………………….February 1973
Skinnerian Box………………………..December 1973

Trudy E. Bell
“And Then There Were Nine …”……………..June 1977
Harem (/Ilil Arbel)………………………March 1979

Gregory Benford
Doing Lennon…………………………….April 1975
Beyond Greyworld……………………..September 1975
Starswarmer*……………………………..June 1978
Starswarmer………………………….September 1978
Redeemer………………………………..April 1979

*first half only due to printer error.
Full story printed September

Ruth Berman
Stretch of Time………………………..October 1972

Alfred Bester
The Four-Hour Fugue……………………….June 1974
The Indian Giver………..November 1974 – December 1975
MS Found in a Coconut……………………..June 1979

Glen (M.) Bever
And Silently Vanish Away……………….November 1971
Snowball At Perihelion…………………….June 1975

Lloyd Biggle, Jr
The World Menders………………February – April 1971
No Biz Like Show Biz……………………….May 1974

Michael Bishop
A Few Last Words For The Late Immortals……..July 1979

Robert Borski
Down On Banderlog Farm…………………….July 1975

S. Kye Boult
The Habitat Manager……………………….June 1971
A Little Edge…………………………….July 1971
Solo Kill…………………………………May 1972
Collision Course………………………….July 1972

Ben Bova
Brillo (/Harlan Ellison)…………………August 1970
Priorities……………………………December 1971

Herbie Brennan
Death of God…………………………….March 1973
Fourth Reich…………………………….March 1974
The Gods’ Decision…………………………May 1974
Angel…………………………………January 1976
Blessing In Disguise……………………..March 1976

Alan Brennert
Touchplate…………………………..September 1974
All The Charms Of Sycorax………………….July 1975
Crown Of Thorns……………………….February 1977

John Brunner
Who Steals My Purse………………………March 1973

Edward Bryant
Particle Theory……………………….February 1977
giANTS…………………………………August 1979

Bob Buckley
A Matter of Orientation……………………June 1970
The Star Hole………………………….October 1972
Forced Change…………………………….July 1974
Encounter Below Tharsis………………..December 1974
The Hunters of Tharsis…………………February 1975
Transfigurement………………………….April 1976
Chimera………………………………December 1976
The Runners……………………………..April 1978
Time’s Window…………………………….July 1979

Algis Budrys
A Scraping At The Bones…………………….May 1975
The Nuptial Flight of Warbirds………………May 1978

Kirill Bulychev
Share It With Me…………………………April 1979

Cynthia Bunn
And Keep Us From Our Castles……………..August 1974
Sanctuary…………………………….December 1976

Rowland E. Burns
Exclusive Either/Or

Jackson Burrows
Ark IV…………………………………..July 1970
The Busted Troubadour………………….November 1970

F.M. Busby
Come To The Party (/Frank Herbert)………December 1978

Chris Butler
The Incompetent……………………….December 1971

Edward A. Byers
Pathway…………………………………April 1979
A Far And Foreign Shore……………….September 1979

Ronald Cain
Weed Killers………………………….December 1973

Grant D. Callin
Analog…………………………………August 1971

Orson Scott Card
Ender’s Game……………………………August 1977
Malpractice…………………………..November 1977
Follower……………………………..February 1978
Happy Head………………………………April 1978
Mikal’s Songbird…………………………..May 1978
I Put My Blue Genes On…………………..August 1978
Lifeloop………………………………October 1978
Killing Children………………………November 1978
In The Doghouse (/Jay A. Parry)…………December 1978
Breaking The Game………………………January 1979
The Monkeys Though ‘Twas All In Fun………….May 1979
Songhouse……………………………September 1979

Jaygee Carr
Alienation…………………………….October 1976
The Ax…………………………………..June 1977
Right Of Passage………………………..August 1978
In Adam’s Fall…………………………October 1979

Nancy Carrigan
The Siren Stars (/Richard Carrigan)…..March – May 1970
Minotaur in a Mushroom Maze
(/Richard Carrigan)………May – July 1976

Richard Carrigan
The Siren Stars (/Nancy Carrigan)…….March – May 1970
Minotaur In A Mushroom Maze
(/Nancy Carrigan)………May – July 1976

John A. Carroll
What’s In Store? (poem)…………………….May 1977

Jack L. Chalker
In The Wilderness…………………………July 1978

A. Bertram Chandler
The Proper Gander………………………January 1970
The Wandering Buoy……………………September 1970
The Far Traveller……………………….August 1976

Perry A. Chapdelaine
Culture Shock……………………………..May 1971

Robert Chilson
The Wild Blue Yonder……………………January 1970
The Fifth Ace…………………………February 1970
Per Strategem…………………………….July 1970
Excelsior!……………………………..August 1970
In the Wabe…………………………..November 1970
Ecological Niche………………………December 1970
Compulsion Worse Confounded…………….November 1971
Truck Driver…………………………..January 1972
Forty Days And Nights……………………August 1973

Hal Clement
Star Light…………………….June – September 1970

Brian C. Coad
A Bonus For Dr. Hardwick……………….February 1974

William E. Cochrane
Earthquake………………………………April 1973
Whalekiller Grey……………………….October 1973
The Horus Errand……………………….January 1974
Weather War………………………….September 1976
Nuclear Run…………………………..February 1977
Class Six Climb…………………..June – August 1979

Everett B. Cole
Here Be Witches………………………….April 1970

Rick Conley
The War Of The Words………………….September 1972

W.W. Cooper
20 July 1969……………………………..July 1979

Lee Corey
Remodeling of Eve…………………………July 1979

Dennis Latham Cox
University Medical versus
Diplococcus Pneumoniae……………..May 1978

Frederick William Croft
A Bit of High Finance…………………September 1979
Life Among The Brain Stealers…………..December 1979

Wade Curtis
Ecology Now!………………………….December 1971
A Matter of Sovereignty…………………January 1972
Power To The People……………………..August 1972

Robert Czerwony
Prodigy………………………………….July 1977

Alfred D’Attore
An Earnest Of Intent……………………October 1973

John Dalmas
But Mainly By Cunning………………………May 1970
Exodus – Genesis……………………….October 1970

Bruce Daniels
Curfew………………………………..January 1970

Arsen Darnay
Aspic’s Mystery………………………September 1976
The Mildews of Mars…………………….January 1977
The Tank And Its Wife…………………..January 1978
The Man Who Drove To Work………………….July 1978

Richard DeBaun
The Parties of the First Part…………..November 1972
The Astounding Dr. Amizov……………….January 1974

Miriam Allen deFord
P.R.D. And The Antareans……………….December 1972

Pat de Graw
Polimander’s Man-Thing……………………April 1973

Bernard Deitchman
Chester………………………………….June 1973
All Which It Inherit………………….September 1974
Man With A Past………………………….April 1977
Cousins………………………………..August 1978

Hank Dempsey
One Step From Earth………………………March 1970
The Life Preservers………………………April 1970
Heavy Duty………………………………..May 1970
A Tale of the Ending………………………June 1970

Daniel P. Dern
Love For All And All For Love…………..December 1975
The Sapiphage………………………….October 1976

Gordon R. Dickson
The Tactics of Mistake…….October 1970 – January 1971
The Outposter……………………….May – July 1971
The Pritcher Mass………………August – October 1972
The Far Call…………………..August – October 1973
Enter A Pilgrim…………………………August 1974
The Present State of Igneos Research……..January 1975
Lifeboat (/Harry Harrison)………February – April 1975
Pro…………………………………September 1975

Sonya Dorman
The Sons Of Bingaloo…………………..November 1973
Building Block…………………………..March 1975

Gary D. Douglass
Too Much At Steak………………………..March 1978

Melissa Leach Dowd
Mermaid………………………………November 1976

Gardner Dozois
The Visible Man……………………….December 1975

David Drake
Contact!………………………………October 1974
Nation Without Walls………………………July 1977
The Last Battalion……………………September 1977

Jim Durham
F.O.D………………………………..November 1972

Thomas A. Easton
Movers And Shakers…………………….November 1979

Ewing Edgar
Jill The Giant Killer (/ William Tuning)……March 1975

G.C. Edmondson
One Plus One Equals Eleven………………January 1973

George Alec Effinger
Naked To The Invisible Eye………………….May 1973

Alex Eisenstein
The Weather on Mars (/Phyllis Eisenstein)..December 1974

Phyllis Eisenstein
The Weather On Mars (/Alex Eisenstein)…..December 1974
Lost And Found…………………………October 1978

Gordon Eklund
The Restoration………………………September 1975
The Prince In Metropolis……………………May 1976
Embryonoc Dharma………………………December 1976

Harlan Ellison
Brillo (/Ben Bova)………………………August 1970
Sleeping Dogs………………………….October 1974
The Man Who Was Heavily Into Revenge………August 1978

George M. Ewing
Black Fly……………………………September 1974
Letter Rip………………………………April 1977

James (O.) Farlow
The Demythologized Lycanthrope………………May 1977
The Paradigmatic Dragon Slayers…………….July 1978

Gene Fisher
Stimulus-Reward Situation………………..August 1973

Walter L. Fisher
Ageism…………………………………..July 1975

John M. Ford
This, Too, We Reconcile…………………….May 1976

Alan Dean Foster
With Friend Like These…………………….June 1971

William J. Frogge
Fido…………………………………February 1972

Douglas Fulthorpe
Dummyblind……………………………..August 1971

Raymond Z. Gallun
Then And Now………………………….December 1977

Randall Garrett
A Matter Of Gravity…………………….October 1974
The Ipswich Phial……………………..November 1976
Lauralyn………………………………..April 1977
Backstage Lensman…………………………June 1978

Glenn L. Gillette
Monster In The Waterhole…………………..July 1972
Violence On TV………………………..February 1974

Vernon Glasser
BCL 362…………………………………March 1972

C.N. Gloeckner
Miscount……………………………..November 1972

Ron Goulart
Regarding Patient 724………………….November 1973
The Hellhound Project………………….December 1973
Amnesty……………………………..September 1977

C.L. Grant
Seven Is A Birdsong…………………….January 1976
The Shape Of Plowshares…………………..March 1977

Joseph Green
Wrong Attitude………………………..February 1971
The Crier of Crystal……………………October 1971
One Man Game………………………….February 1972
Three-Tour Man………………………….August 1972
Walk Barefoot On The Glass………………..March 1974
Star Probe…………………..October – December 1975

James Gunn
Fault……………………………………June 1975
Child Of The Sun…………………………March 1977

George Guthridge
Doll’s Demise…………………………….July 1976

Jack C. Haldeman
Vector Analysis……………………………May 1977

Joe (W.) Haldeman
Hero…………………………………….June 1972
We Are Very Happy Here…………………November 1973
A Mind Of His Own……………………..February 1974
The Mazel Tov Revolution………………September 1974
Truth To Tell………………………….October 1974
This Best Of All Possible Worlds………..November 1974
End Game………………………………January 1975
Anniversary Project…………………….October 1975
Tricentennial…………………………….July 1976
A Time To Live…………………………….May 1977

Tak Hallus
Homage………………………………..January 1971
Mr. Winthrop Projects…………………..October 1971
Force Over Distance……………………February 1973
Laws And Orders……………………………May 1974
Stargate…………………………June – August 1974

Ralph E. Hamil
The Vietnam War Centennial Celebration……October 1972

Edmundo Hamiltowne
Pelotas……………………………..September 1977
The Water Doctor………………………..August 1978
Letter To Ed………………………….February 1979

Karl Hansen
The Killers………………………….September 1975

George W. Harper
A Twice-Toed Tale………………………….May 1979

Harry Harrison
In Our Hands, The Stars….December 1969 – February 1970
A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah………April – June 1972
Lifeboat (/Gordon R. Dickson)……February – April 1975

Robert A. Heinlein
Notebooks of Lazarus Long………………….June 1973

Dan Henderson
Carruthers’ Last Stand…………………….June 1978

John Paul Henry
The Golden Halls of Hell………………..October 1971

Frank Herbert
Seed Stock………………………………April 1970
Children of Dune………………..January – April 1976
Come To The Party (/F.M.Busby)………….December 1978
Songs Of A Sentient Flute………………February 1979

Hayden Howard
The Biggest Oil Disaster……………….February 1970

Karl Hudgins
The Jungle

D.A.L. Hughes
Rare Events………………………………July 1970

Dean Ing
Portions Of This Program……………….February 1977
Devil You Don’t Know……………………January 1978
Banzai………………………………September 1978

Daniel B. James
Integration Module……………………..January 1973

Laurence M. Janifer
Count Down……………………………….July 1972
An Agent In Place………………………….May 1973
The Believer…………………………….March 1979

Bill Johns
Renewal…………………………………..May 1978

Colin Kapp
Letter From An Unknown Genius…………….August 1971

Leigh Kennedy
Salamander……………………………….June 1977

Lee Killough
Caveat Emptor……………………………..May 1970

Donald Kingsbury
Shipwright………………………………April 1978
To Bring In The Steel……………………..July 1978
The Moon Goddess And The Sun……………December 1979

Michael C. Kohn
The Plague……………………………November 1978

Dean R. Lambe
Damn Shame…………………………..September 1979

Ronald R. Lambert
The Last Alchemist……………………..January 1979
More Than Life……………………………June 1979
Sturmkrieg…………………………..September 1979

J.T. Lamberty, Jr
Young Beaker……………………………..July 1973

Keith Laumer
Message To An Alien……………………….June 1970
The Plague……………………………November 1970
The Negotiators……………………….February 1975
Field Test………………………………March 1976
The Wonderful Secret…………September – October 1977

Stephen Leigh
Answer in Cold Stone…………………..December 1976
A Rain Of Pebbles………………………..April 1977

David Lewis
Common Denominator……………………..October 1972
The Epoxy Goat………………………….August 1973

Anthony R. Lewis
Request For Proposal…………………..November 1972

Duncan Lunan
Proud Guns To The Sea…………………..January 1973

Richard K. Lyon
The City of Ul Chalan……………………..July 1973

L*z*r*s L*ng
Notes From Magdalen More………………..October 1973

Charles Eric Maine
Scholarly Correspondence………………….April 1974

Kennedy P. Maize
Update: The Lord’s Prayer………………February 1978

Barry (N.) Malzberg
Closing The Deal…………………………March 1974
January 1975…………………………..January 1975
Experience…………………………….October 1978

W. Macfarlane
Ravenshaw of WBY, INC…………………….March 1970
Meet A Crazy Lady Week…………………..August 1970
Heart’s Desire And Other Simple Wants………April 1971
To Make A New Neanderthal……………..September 1971
The Nothing Venireman One………………November 1971
Biological Peacefare…………………..February 1973
Country Of The Mind………………………..May 1975
The 63rd Of August………………………August 1977

Terrenct MacKann
The Old Man of Ondine………………….November 1971

Katherine Maclean
Rescue Squad for Ahmed………………….October 1970
The Missing Man………………………….March 1971
The Gambling Hell And The Sinful Girl…….January 1975

Anne McCaffrey
A Bridle For Pegasus………………………July 1973

Michael McCollum
Duty, Honor, Planet………………………April 1979
Beer Run…………………………………July 1979

David McDaniel
Quiet Village……………………………April 1970

Steven E. McDonald
Empty Barrels…………………………….June 1978

Mark J. McGarry
The Phoenix…………………………..November 1979

Vonda N. McIntyre
Of Mist, And Grass, And Sand,……………October 1973
The End’s Beginning…………………..September 1976
The Serpent’s Death……………………February 1978
The Broken Dome………………………….March 1978

Dean McLaughlin
Beachhead…………………………….November 1977
Long Shot…………………………….December 1979

Robert B. Marcus, Jr
The Darkness to Come………………………June 1972
The Ninth Circle………………………..August 1974

George R.R. Martin
The Second Kind of Loneliness…………..December 1972
With Morning Comes Mistfall…………………May 1973
Override…………………………….September 1973
FTA………………………………………May 1974
A Song For Lya……………………………June 1974
The Storms of Windhaven (/Lisa Tuttle)……….May 1975
And Seven Times Never Kill Man……………..June 1975
After The Festival…………………April – July 1977
Call Him Moses………………………..February 1978

Marcia Martin
Swiss Movement (/Eric Vinicoff)…………….June 1975
To Live In Alloy Continuity
(/Eric Vinicoff)…………November 1975
Render Unto Caesar (Eric Vinicoff)………..August 1976
The Ultimate Arbiter (/Eric Vinicoff)…….October 1977
Last Hunt (/Eric Vinicoff)……………..February 1979
Ghostwritten Man (/Eric Vinicoff)……………May 1979

Joseph P. Martino
Zero Sum…………………………………July 1971

M. Max Maxwell
Prisoner 794…………………………September 1973

Terry Melen
Whale Song…………………………..September 1974

Henry Melton
Three Coffins……………………………March 1977

Jesse Miller
Pigeon City…………………………..November 1972
Catalyst Run………………………………May 1974

Charles Mobbs
Art Thou Mathematics……………………October 1978

L.E. Modesitt, Jr
The Great American Economy………………….May 1973
A House By Any Other Name………………November 1974
Reaction Time………………………….January 1978
Viewpoint Critical………………………..July 1978

H.H. Morris
The Perfect Cop………………………..January 1976

G.I. Morrison
Moon Spore…………………………….October 1971

Howard L. Myers
The Pyrophilic Saurian………………….January 1970
Heavy Thinker…………………………..August 1970
Forever Enemy…………………………December 1970
Polywater Doodle………………………February 1971
War In Our Time………………………….March 1972
Misinformation…………………………..April 1972
Out, Wit!………………………………..June 1972
Man Off A White Horse……………………..July 1972
Health Hazard………………………….January 1973

Paul (J.) Nahin
Publish And Perish……………………….April 1978
What Really Caused The Energy Crisis………..July 1978
Reunion…………………………………April 1979
Old Friends Across Time…………………….May 1979
A Quiet, Rainy Afternoon…………………..July 1979
Qualification Test…………………….December 1979

Stephen Nemeth
Earth, Air, Fire And Water(/William Walling)
………………….February 1974

Sam Nicholson
Get The Lead Out………………………November 1976
A Rat of Any Psize……………………….March 1977
The Fourth-Stage Polygraph……………….August 1977
Griggs And The Einstein Fallacy………..September 1977
Now You See Her……………………….December 1977
Actions Speak Louder……………………January 1978
Starships In Whose Future?……………….August 1978
Triad…………………………………January 1979
Minding The Business……………………..March 1979
The Landed Interests…………………….August 1979

Larry Niven
Cloak of Anarchy…………………………March 1972
The Hole Man…………………………..January 1974
A Kind of Murder…………………………April 1974
The Borderland of Sol…………………..January 1975
Rotating Cylinders And The Possibility Of
Global Causality Violation……….August 1977
The Locusts (/Steve Barnes)………………..June 1979

Donald Noakes
The Long Silence…………………………March 1972

Clancy O’Brien
Generation Gaps………………………September 1972

Kevin O’Donnell, Jr
The Hand Is Quicker…………………….October 1973
The Tripper……………………………October 1975
A Matter Of Pride……………………..February 1976
The Gift Of Prometheus………………….January 1978
Quinera 3…………………………….February 1978
Stalking The Timelines………………..September 1978
Temple Guardian…………………………..June 1979
Old Friends…………………………..November 1979

Andrew J. Offutt
Gone With The Gods……………………..October 1974

Richard Olin
To Be A Champion, Merciful And Brave……..October 1972

George W. Olney
Moontrack……………………………….March 1978

Robert Olsen
Paleotology: An Experimental Science………August 1974

Charles Ott
The Astrological Engine……………….September 1977

Jay A. Parry
In The Doghouse (/Orson Scott Card)……..December 1978

Joe Patrouch
The Man Who Murdered Television………….October 1976
Legal Rights For Germs?………………..November 1977

Barbara Paul
Answer “Affirmative” or “Negative”…………April 1972

Rachel C. Payes
Have You Been Converted?………………September 1977

Brenda Pearce
Hot Spot………………………………..April 1974
Crazy Oil……………………………….April 1975

Hayford Peirce
Unlimited Warfare……………………..November 1974
Mail Supremacy…………………………..March 1975
None So Blind…………………………….July 1975
Doing Well While Doing Good………………August 1975
The Better Mousetrap…………………..February 1976
Rebounder……………………………….April 1976
Side Effect………………………………June 1976
The Missionaries’ Position………………January 1977
Children Of Invention…………………….March 1977

Lawrence A. Perkins
Come You Nigh: Kay Shuns………………….April 1970
Messything…………………………….October 1970
The Sweet Smell Of The Past………………August 1973
Soldiers’ Home………………………..December 1973

John T. Phillifent
The Fine Print……………………….September 1971
Hierarchies………………….October – November 1971
Owe Me……………………………………May 1974

J.R.Pierce
The Whimper Effect………………………..June 1973

P.J. Plauger
Epicycle……………………………..November 1973
Wet Blanket…………………………..February 1974
Dark Lantern……………………………..July 1974
Child Of All Ages………………………..March 1975
The Con Artist………………………..November 1976

Frederik Pohl
The Gold At The Starbow’s End……………..March 1972
Swanilda’s Song………………………..October 1978

Jerry Pournelle
Peace With Honour………………………….May 1971
A Spaceship For The King…December 1971 – February 1972
The Mercenary…………………………….July 1972
He Fell Into A Dark Hole………………….March 1973
Sword And Sceptre……………………May – June 1973
High Justice…………………………….March 1974
Extreme Prejudice…………………………July 1974
Consort………………………………..August 1975

D.C. Poyer
Endgame………………………………November 1978

James R. Preston
Law Of The Instrument………………………May 1977

Roy L. Prosterman
Peace Probe………………………………July 1973
A Short History Of World War LXXVIII……….April 1977

Tom Purdom
Moon Rocks………………………………April 1973

Ken W. Purdy
In The Matter of The Assassin Merefirs…..November 1972

W.T. Quick
Instructions Enclosed…………………..October 1979

Edward Rager
Crying Willow………………………..September 1973

Mack Reynolds
Of Future Fears………………October – December 1977
The Case of the Disposable Jalopy………..October 1979

Ted Reynolds
Can These Bones Live?…………………….March 1979

Leigh Richmond
Antalogia (/Walt Richmond)………………October 1973

Walt Richmond
Antalogia (/Leigh Richmond)……………..October 1973

Mark K. Roberts
Hard Workers Only………………………..March 1973

Stephen Robinett
The Tax Man…………………………..February 1975
A Penny’s Worth………………………….March 1976
Projections……………………………….May 1976
The Man Responsible…………………….January 1977
The Satyr…………………………………May 1978

Jeanne Robinson
Stardance (/Spider Robinson)………………March 1977
Stardance II (/Spider Robinson)..September-November 1978

Lee Robinson
One Way From New York……………………..July 1979

Spider Robinson
The Guy With The Eyes………………….February 1973
The Time Traveller……………………….April 1974
When No Man Pursueth…………………..November 1974
Two Heads Are Better Than One……………….May 1975
Unnatural Causes……………………….October 1975
A Voice Is Heard In Ramah………………November 1975
By Any Other Name……………………..November 1976
Stardance (/Jeanne Robinson)………………March 1977
Dog Day Evening………………………..October 1977
Mirror,rorroM Off The Wall……………..November 1977
Stardance II (/Jeanne Robinson)..September-November 1978

Michael Rogers
Klysterman’s Silent Violin…………………June 1972

William Rotsler
The Raven And The Hawk………………..September 1974

F.H. Rounsley
Succor………………………………….April 1972

Gary Alan Ruse
Nanda………………………………….August 1972
The Odds Man………………………….February 1979

William Rupp
Just Peace (/Vernor Vinge)……………..December 1971

Fred Saberhagen
Inhuman Error………………………….October 1974

Jim St. Clair
Selling The Promised Land…………………..May 1977

Lord St. Davids
In The High Court of Justice…………….October 1975
Pure Gold………………………………..July 1977
Accord……………………………….November 1978

St. Marie
Final Solution…………………………January 1979

George Sassoon
The Asimov Effect……………………..November 1976

Henry Sauter
The Sword of Cain……………………..February 1972

Mary H. Schaub
Quarry………………………………….April 1976

Stanley Schmidt
Lost Newton………………………….September 1970
May The Best Man Win……………………..March 1971
The Unreachable Stars…………………….April 1971
The Prophet……………………………..April 1972
The Sins Of The Fathers…..November 1973 – January 1974
A Thrust of Greatness……………………..June 1976
His Loyal Opposition………………………July 1976
Caesar Clark……………………………..July 1977
Pinocchio……………………………September 1977
Dark Age……………………………..December 1977
The Promised Land………………………January 1978

James H. Schmitz
Resident Witch…………………………….May 1970
Compusion………………………………..June 1970
The Telzey Toy…………………………January 1971
Company Planet…………………………….May 1971
Glory Day………………………………..June 1971
Poltergeist………………………………July 1971
The Lion Game………………..August – September 1971
Child of the Gods………………………..March 1972
The Symbiotes………………………..September 1972

Ben Schumacher
The Great Gray Dolphin…………………….June 1978

Scott W. Schumack
Peresphone And Hades………………….September 1973
Longevity………………………………..June 1976

J.W. Schutz
The Santa Claus Problem…………………January 1979

G.H. Scithers
Not Stupid Enough………………………….May 1971
Not Polluted Enough………………………April 1973

Bob Shaw
The Happiest Day of Your Life……………October 1970
Unfaithful Recording…………………..December 1975

Steven Shaw
Protection………………………………March 1970

Charles Sheffield
Fixed Price War……………………………May 1978
Bounded In A Nutshell……………………..July 1978

Raccoonna Sheldon
The Screwfly Solution……………………..June 1977

William T. Silent
Death Sentence……………………………June 1974

Robert Silverberg
Shadrach In The Furnace…………August – October 1976

Clifford D. Simak
The Observer………………………………May 1972
Cemetry World……………November 1972 – January 1973
The Visitors…………………October – December 1979

Alan Skinner
Christmas Eve………………………….January 1977

George O. Smith
Speculation……………………………….May 1976

Saul Snatsky
Time Cycle……………………………….June 1973

Bud Sparhawk
The Tomkind Battery Case…………………August 1976
Alba Krystal…………………………..January 1977

Norman Spinrad
A Thing Of Beauty………………………January 1973
Sierra Maestra…………………………October 1975

Ian Stewart
…And Master of One………………………June 1979
The Malodorous Plutocrats……………..September 1979

M. David Stone
Quantum Jump………………………………May 1979

John Strausbaugh
The Hated Dreams……………………..September 1972

Somtow Sucharitkul
The Thirteenth Utopia…………………….April 1979

Stephen L. Suffet
The Element……………………………..March 1979

Thomas/Tom Sullivan
The Sixth Face…………………………..April 1975
Maximum Security………………………November 1978
Mayfair…………………………………April 1979

Michael Sutch
Nascent…………………………………..May 1975

Stephen Tall
Talk With The Animals…………………September 1970
Home Is The Hunter………………………August 1979

Allison (J.) Tellure
Yes, Virginia………………………….January 1977
Lord Of All It Surveys…………………….June 1977
Skysinger………………………………August 1977

Ted Thomas
The Swan Song of Dame Horse………………..June 1971
Motion Day at the Courthouse…………….October 1971

James E. Thompson
The Amphibious Cavalry Gap……………..February 1974

Robert Thurston
The Wanda Lake Number…………………..January 1979

Wilson Tucker
The Near-Zero Crime Rate on JJ Avenue………April 1978

Don Tuite
The Cerebrated Jumping Frog…………….November 1975

William Tuning
Survivability……………………………..May 1973
Jill The Giant Killer (/Ewing Edgar)……….March 1975

Lisa Tuttle
The Storms of Windhaven (/George R.R. Martin)…May 1975

Pat Underhill
The Money Machine

John Varley
Titan………………………….January – April 1979

Sydney J. Van Scyoc
Aberrant…………………………………June 1974

Joan (D.) Vinge
The Peddler’s Apprentice (/Vernor Vinge)…..August 1975
Media Man……………………………..October 1976
Eyes Of Amber…………………………….June 1977
The Outcasts of Heaven Belt……..February – April 1978
View From A Height………………………..June 1978
Fireship……………………………..December 1978

Vernor Vinge
Bomb Scare……………………………November 1970
Just Peace (/William Rupp)……………..December 1971
Long Shot………………………………August 1972
Original Sin………………………….December 1972
The Peddler’s Apprentice (/Joan Vinge)…….August 1975

Eric Vinicoff
Swiss Movement (/Marcia Martin)…………….June 1975
To Live In Alloy Continuity
(/Marcia Martin)…………November 1975
Render Unto Caesar (/Marcia Martin)……….August 1976
E-Dep………………………………..February 1977
The Ultimate Arbiter (/Marcia Martin)…….October 1977
Last Hunt (/Marcia Martin)……………..February 1979
Ghostwritten Man (/Marcia Martin)……………May 1979

Patrick Welch
Unfair Trade……………………………..July 1972

Howard Waldrop
Lunchbox………………………………….May 1972

William Walling
Modus Vivendi…………………………February 1973
Earth, Air, Fire And Water(/Stephen Nemeth)February 1974
Nix Olympica………………………….December 1974
Triage……………………………….November 1976

Mal Warwick
Fly……………………………………..July 1976

Edward Wellen
Godsend………………………………….July 1973

James White
Nuisance Value…………………………October 1975

Jack Williamson
Stepson To Creation…………………….January 1977
Kinsman To Lizards………………………..July 1978
Brother To Demons……………………….August 1978
Brother To Gods……………………….December 1978

Bob Chuck Wilson
Equinocturne………………………….February 1975

F. Paul Wilson
Higher Centers…………………………..April 1971
The Man With The Anteater………………….July 1971
Ratman…………………………………August 1971
Wheels Within Wheels………………….September 1971
Pard…………………………………December 1972

Joel S. Witkin
Year 3 Of The Shark…………………….January 1973

Jack Wodhams
Dali, For Instance…………………….February 1970
Wrong Rabbit…………………………….March 1970
Beau Farcson Regrets………………………July 1970
Top Billing………………………….September 1970
Big Time Operator……………………..December 1970
Sprog…………………………………January 1971
The Pickle Barrel……………………..February 1971
Knight Arrant………………………..September 1971
Foundlings Father……………………..December 1971
Stormy Bellweather……………………..January 1972
Budnip…………………………………August 1972

Gene Wolfe
How I Lost The Second World War And Helped
Turn Back The German Invasion………………May 1973

Murray Yaco
The Man Who Knew How To Make History…….November 1976

Robert F. Young
Genesis 500…………………………..February 1972

Timothy Zahn
Ernie……………………………….September 1979

Roger Zelazny
The Engine At Heartspring’s Center………….July 1974
Doorways In The Sand………………June – August 1975
Home Is The Hangman……………………November 1975

COVER ARTISTS

Richard Anderson
November 1979 for “The Phoenix”

Vincent di Fate
November 1975 for “Home Is The Hangman”
March 1976 for “Field Test”
October 1976 for “Media Man”
January 1977 for “Christmas Eve”
April 1977 for “After The Festival”
October 1977
February 1978 for “The Outcasts of Heaven Belt”
July 1978 for “To Bring In The Steel”
October 1979 for “The Visitors”
December 1979 for “The Moon Goddess And The Sun”

Dean Ellis
November 1977
August 1977 for “Starships In Whose Future?”
February 1979
June 1979 for “Class Six Climb”

Kelly Freas
February 1970 for “Birthright”
March 1970 for “The Siren Stars”
April 1970 for “Here Be Witches”
May 1970 for “But Mainly By Cunning”
June 1970 for “Star Light”
August 1970 for “Star Light”
September 1970 for “Lost Newton”
October 1970 for “The Tactics of Mistake”
November 1970 for “The Plague”
December 1970 for “Ecological Niche”
January 1971 for “The Teltzey Toy”
February 1971 for “The World Menders”
March 1971 for “The Missing Man”
April 1971 for “The Unreachable Stars”
May 1971 for “The Outposter”
June 1971 for “Glory Day”
July 1971 – titled “Balance and Ecology”
August 1971 for “The Lion Game”
December 1971 for “A Spaceship For The King”
April 1972 for “A Transatlantic Tunnel, Hurrah!”
June 1972 for “Hero”
August 1972 for “The Pritcher Mass”
September 1972 for “The Symbiotes”
December 1972 for “The Second Kind of Loneliness”
April 1973 for “Earthquake”
June 1973 for “Skylab I” (called “Skylab Patchwork” on contents page)
July 1973 for “A Bridle For Pegasus”
November 1973 for “The Sins Of The Fathers”
January 1974 for “The Horus Errand”
March 1974 for “High Justice”
June 1974 for “Stargate”
September 1974 for “The Raven And The Hawk”
February 1975 for “Lifeboat”
October 1975 for “Star Probe”
May 1976 for “Minotaur In A Mushroom Maze”
September 1976 for “Weather War”
August 1977 for “Cold Cash War”

Jack Gaughan
October 1972 for “Common Denominator”
May 1973 for “Sword And Scepter”
September 1973 for “Peresphone And Hades”
February 1974 for “Earth, Air, Fire And Water”
May 1974 for “Catalyst Run”
November 1974 for “The Indian Giver”
March 1975 for “Jill The Giant Killer”
May 1975 for “The Storms of Windhaven”
December 1975 for “The Bitter Bread”
June 1976 for “A Thrust of Greatness”
November 1976 for “By Any Other Name”
December 1978 for “Brother To Gods”

Mike Gilbert
December 1974 for the Focus On Mars

Mike Hinge
April 1976
February 1977 for “Is Something Wrong With The Sun” &
“Is The Sun A Normal Star?”
October 1978 for “The Wind From A Burning Woman”
March 1979 for “Minding The Business”

Paul Lehr
March 1978 for “Moontrack”
January 1979 for “Titan”
May 1979 for “The Monkeys Thought ‘Twas All In Fun”
September 1979 for “Songhouse”

Robert McCall
November 1978 for “This Space For Rent”
July 1979 titled Apollo 11: Tenth Anniversary

Ron Miller
June 1978 for “View From A Height”

Richard Powers
May 1978 for “The Nuptial Flight of Warbirds”
September 1978 for “Stardance II”

John Sanchez
April 1979 for “Duty, Honor, Planet”
August 1979 for “The Landed Interests”

J. Russell Seitz
January 1970 (photograph) for “What Supports Apollo?”

George Schelling
September 1977 for “The Wonderful Secret”

John Schoenherr
September 1971 for “Wheels Within Wheels”
October 1971 for “Hierarchies”
November 1971 for “And Silently Vanish Away”
January 1972 for “A Matter of Sovereignty”
February 1972 for “Fido”
March 1972 for “The Gold at the Starbow’s End”
July 1972 for “Collision Course”
November 1972 for “Cemetry World”
January 1973 for “Integration Module”
March 1973 for “Who Steals My Purse”
August 1973 for “The Far Call”
December 1973 for “The Hellhound Project”
April 1974 for “Hot Spot”
August 1974 for “Enter A Pilgrim”
January 1975 for “The Borderland of Sol”
June 1975 for “Doorways In The Sand”
July 1975 for “And Seven Times Never Kill Man”
January 1976 for “Children of Dune”
August 1976 for “Shadrach In The Furnace”
March 1977 for “Stardance”
June 1977 for “Eyes Of Amber”

Alex Schomburg
January 1978

Andrei Sokolov
August 1975 for “Consort”

Rick Sternbach
October 1973 for “A Program For Star Flight”
October 1974 for the special Velikovsky issue
April 1975 for “Crazy Oil”
September 1975 for “Rendezvous in 1985″
February 1976 for “A Martian Ricorso”
July 1976
December 1976 for “Chimera”
May 1977 for “Return To Mars”
July 1977 for “Nation Without Walls”
December 1977 for “Dark Age”
April 1978 for “Shipwright”

Leo Summers
July 1970 for “Per Strategem”
May 1972 for “Solo Kill”
February 1973 for “The People Of The Wind”
July 1974 for “Extreme Prejudice”

Missing List 1 – Isaac Asimov

alternatiescorporation — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 16:27:18 +0000

In Volume Two of his “History of the Science Fiction Magazine”, Michael Ashley stated that the checklists of ten influential writers from the period (April 1936 – March 1946) had to be omitted for reasons of space. One such author would surely have had to be Isaac Asimov. In this period he not only published “Nightfall” but many of his Positronic Robot and Foundation stories first appeared. Anyway, here is the checklist:

1. Marooned Off Vesta……………………….s AS Mar 39
2. The Weapon Too Dreadful To Use…… s AS May 39
3. Trends………………………………………….s ASF Jul 39
4. Half-Breed…(A)…………………………..s AST Feb 40
5. Ring Around The Sun……………………s FF Mar 40
6. The Callistan Menace………………….s AST Apr 40
7. The Magnificent Possession………….s FF Jul 40
8. Homo Sol…(B)…………………………..s ASF Sep 40
9. Strange Playfellow…(C)……………..s SSS Sep 40
10. Half-Breeds On Venus…(A)………nt AST Dec 40
11. The Secret Sense…………………….s CSS Mar 41
12. History……………………………………..s SSS Mar 41
13. Heredity…………………………………….nt AST Apr 41
14. Reason…(C)……………………………..s ASF Apr 41
15. Liar!…(C)…………………………………s ASF May 41
16. Super-Neutron………………………….s AST Sep 41
17. Nightfall……………………………………nt ASF Sep 41
18. Not Final!………………………………….s ASF Oct 41
19. Christmas On Ganymede……………s SS Jan 42
20. Robot AL-76 Goes Astray (C)…….s AS Feb 42
21. Runaround…(C)…………………………s ASF Mar 42
22. Time Pussy*……………………………..s ASF Apr 42
23. Black Friar Of The Flame……………nt PS Spr 42
24. Foundation…(D)……………………….nt ASF May 42
25. Bridle and Saddle…(D)……………..nt ASF Jun 42
26. Victory Unintentional…(C)…………s SSS Aug 42
27. The Hazing…(B)…………………………s TW Oct 42
28. The Imaginary…(B)……………………..s SSS Nov 42
29. Death Sentence……………………….s ASF Nov 43
30. Catch That Rabbit…(C)…………….s ASF Feb 44
31. The Big And The Little…(D)……..sn ASF Aug 44
32. The Wedge…(D)……………………….s ASF Oct 44
33. Blind Alley…(B)…………………………s ASF Mar 45
34. Dead Hand…(D)………………………sn ASF Apr 45
35. Paradoxical Escape…(C)…………s ASF Aug 45
36. The Mule…(D)………………………….n2 ASF Nov 45

Series:
A Half-Breeds
B Homo Galacticus
C Positronic Robots
D Foundation

In addition, 18 and 26 are linked

Pseudonym: * George E. Dale

AS = Amazing Stories
ASF = Astounding Science Fiction
AST = Astonishing Stories
CSS = Cosmic Stories
FF = Future Fiction
PS = Planet Stories
SS = Startling Stories
SSS = Super Science Stories
TW = Thrilling Wonder Stories

I am using Ashley’s definitions of story types i.e.:

s = short story up to 10,000 words
nt = novelette, 10 – 20,000 words
sn = short novel, 20 – 30,000 words
n= novel, over 30,000 words

“The Mule” was a two-part serial with the first part appearing in the November 1945 issue of Astounding.

All publication information taken from “The Early Asimov” Panther edition 1974.

The Cat Who Could Walk Through Time

zadokofpavis — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 19:45:06 +0000

This is one of a possible series of short articles about weird events I see reported in the press that likely have a simple, rational explanation but could be due to something more exotic that will fit into a gaming world. This one involves a possible time-travelling cat.

The story from the 15 February METRO involves a cat which went missing for three and a half years before his owners found him on a rehoming website:

Malcolm and Anita Lucas thought their pet Thomas was dead after neighbours said he’d been run over by a bus so were left amazed when he turned up on an RSPCA rehoming website years later.

“We had given up all hope,” said father of six Mr Lucas, 44, of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. “We thought he was dead.

“We went online to find a replace-ment and we knew straight away it was him. His crooked tail and the scar on his ear gave him away.”

At the RSPCA rescue centre, they called the pet and he responded to his name, despite not having seen them for so long. Rescue staff had named him Sparky but he did not react to that, said Mr Lucas.

Thomas disappeared in 2007 and was found limping and covered in oil by the RSPCA last August.

So. He remembered his name after three and a half years. Is that likely? And note that he was covered with oil and limping when the RSPCA found him, indicating an encounter with a road vehicle. Now Thomas could just have been unlucky and had another close shave just before he was found. Or it could be that the limp and the oil were due to his encounter with the bus and no time had elapsed for him at all.

How Newcastle buses are causing holes in the space-time continuum is left as an excercise for the GM.