FSF, October-November 2008
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Department: FANTASY & SCIENCE FICTION MARKET PLACE
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Department: BOOKS-MAGAZINES
S-F FANTASY MAGAZINES, pulps, books, fanzines. 96 page catalog. $5.00. Robert Madle, 4406 Bestor Dr., Rockville, MD 20853
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20-time Hugo nominee. The New York Review of Science Fiction. www.nyrsf.com Reviews and essays. $4.00 or $40 for 12 issues, checks only. Dragon Press, PO Box 78, Pleasantville, NY 10570.
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Spiffy, jammy, deluxy, bouncy—subscribe to Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet. $20/4 issues. Small Beer Press, 176 Prospect Ave., Northampton, MA 01060.
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"Tonight's weather report contains some alarming material. Viewer discretion advised.” 101 Funny Things About Global Warming by Sidney Harris & colleagues. Now available www.bloomsburyusa.com
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NEW MASSIVE 500-page LEIGH BRACKETT COLLECTION Lorelei of the Red Mist: Planetary Romances $40 (free shipping) to: HAFFNER PRESS, 5005 Crooks Road Suite 35, Royal Oak, MI 48073-1239, www.haffnerpress.com
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Invaders from the Dark by Greye la Spina and Dr. Odin by Douglas Newton, unusual fiction from Ramble House—www.ramblehouse.com
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Weaving a Way Home: A Personal Journey Exploring Place and Story from Univ. of Michigan Press. “No one with a working heart will fail to be moved.” -Patrick Curry
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A Lovecraft Retrospective: Artists Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, a large and lavish art book published by Centipede Press. Intro. by Harlan Ellison, afterwd. by Thomas Ligotti. 1000s of words of artist bios and history. 400 oversize pages, full color, 12 x 16, over 15 lbs! From Centipede Press, 2565 Teller Ct., Lakewood, CO 80214, jerad@centipedepress.com. SPECIAL: $100 off, $295 pstpd w/ slipcase.
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Do you have Fourth Planet from the Sun yet? Signed hardcover copies are still available. Only $17.95 ppd from F&SF, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
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SLAUGHTERHOUSE 5, CATTLE 0. The first 58 F&SF contests are collected in Oi, Robot, edited by Edward L. Ferman and illustrated with cartoons. $11.95 postpaid from F&SF, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
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BACK ISSUES OF F&SF: Including some collector's items, such as the Fiftieth Anniversary Issue. Limited quantities of many issues going back to 1990 are available. Send for free list: F&SF, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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If stress can change the brain, all experience can change the brain. www.undoingstress.com
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Support the Octavia E. Butler Memorial Scholarship Fund. Visit www.carlbrandon.org for more information on how to contribute.
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Witches, trolls, demons, ogres ... sometimes only evil can destroy evil! Greetmyre, a deliciously wicked gothic fantasy ... “A haunting read” (Midwest Book Review). Trade Paperback at Amazon.com or call troll free 1-877-Buy Book.
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For Sale: One screenwriter of extraordinary talent and mediocre work habits. Don't call me. I'll call you.
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The Jamie Bishop Scholarship in Graphic Arts was established to honor the memory of this artist. Help support it. Send donations to: Advancement Services, LaGrange College, 601 Broad Street, LaGrange, GA 30240
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Space Studies Masters degree. Accredited University program. Campus and distance classes. For details visit www.space.edu.
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The Loved Dead And Other Tales by C. M. Eddy, Jr. ISBN 9780970169921 $16.95 This second collection of thirteen short stories features Eddy's Weird Tales creations along with other selected works. Available at bookstores or www.fenhampublishing.com—Fenham Publishing, P.O. Box 767, Narragansett, RI 02882
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F&SF classifieds work because the cost is low: only $2.00 per word (minimum of 10 words). 10% discount for 6 consecutive insertions, 15% for 12. You'll reach 100,000 high-income, highly educated readers each of whom spends hundreds of dollars a year on books, magazines, games, collectibles, audio and video tapes. Send copy and remittance to: F&SF Market Place, PO Box 3447, Hoboken, NJ 07030.
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Department: Curiosities: Rainbow on the Road, by Esther Forbes (1954)
Esther Forbes's 1954 novel, Rainbow on the Road, falls barely on the non-fantasy side of borderline. It is a Doppelgänger tale with pronounced supernatural elements—appearances of the devil, ghosts, clairvoyance, etc.—that are mostly explained away. Yet a Halloweenish, spooky atmosphere suffuses much of the narrative.
Set in New England in the early 1800s, Rainbow tells the story of Jude Rebough, a journeyman limner who travels about the countryside supplying to personal demand the desired countenances to fit the figures and backgrounds he has brought ready-painted. Such work is now called “folk art,” but in its time and place it served necessary purposes. Rebough is often mistaken for the notorious highwayman, housebreaker, and ladies’ favorite, Ruby Lambkin, who may in fact be an embodiment of Rebough's darker self.
Forbes is best known for her YA novel, Johnny Tremaine, and among fantasy readers for her treatment of the seventeenth-century New England witch craze, A Mirror for Witches. This latter novel is a subtle and penetrating study far superior to Arthur Miller's turgid anti-McCarthy allegory, The Crucible. To Rainbow Forbes brings the same understanding of history, grasp of rural detail, and knowledge of village life that she brought to her witch novel, and the result is a gracefully written picaresque story with a largish cast of sharply drawn characters and a deep love for the northern landscape. One feels her affection for her materials in every well-turned sentence.
Rainbow is a book to admire—and to savor.
—Fred Chappell
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Department: Coming Attractions
We hope you have enjoyed our Fifty-ninth Anniversary Issue.
We've decided our big Six-Oh deserves more than just one special issue—we're going to celebrate throughout the year. So starting next month, we're going to run a classic reprint in each issue. These stories are going to be selected and introduced by various F&SF editors and staffers from our history. Which story will we run next month? Tune in and see!
We also conducted a little competition for the cover of our anniversary issue and let artists submit their best work. The winners from this competition will run throughout the year. Next month we'll have a fine entry from Bob Eggleton.
All these festivities have left the actual lineup for our December issue in flux, but we know for certain that we'll have a new story by John Langan next month. In “How the Day Runs Down,” Mr. Langan gives us another literary take on one of the great themes of horror fiction—in this case, it's zombies.
Other stories coming soon include Jerry Oltion's “All in Fun,” Eugene Mirabelli's “Falling Angel,” and “The Minutemen's Witch” by Charles Coleman Finlay. Subscribe now and you'll get these stories and many more great tales throughout the year.
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Visit www.fsfmag.com for information on additional titles by this and other authors.