| Issue Date |
Theme |
| Type |
Stories |
| 1969 NOV |
Unofficial 2nd 20th Anniversary Issue |
| unintentional |
all stories, #2836-2846 |
| 1970 FEB |
two stories that take place off-Earth & have fine human & alien characters |
| unintentional |
#2868 - Robin Scott: "A Delicate Operation"; #2874 - Joanna Russ: "Initiation" |
| 1979 FEB |
two "stories that concern the problems of aging ... the solutions of the protagonists are so similar" |
| unintentional |
#4224 - James Patrick Kelly: "Not to the Swift"; #4231 - Stephen Dixon: "A Home Away From Home" |
| 1980 SEP |
stories with after-the-holocaust themes |
| unintentional |
#4488 - Felix C. Gotschalk: "Among the Cliff-Dwellers of the San Andreas Canyon"; #4496 - Edward P. Hughes: "In the Name of the Father" |
| 1983 JAN |
two stories that deal with the problems "associated with cryogenic suspension" |
| unintentional |
#4910 - L.S. Blanchard: "Mirror of the Soul"; #4918 - R. Bretnor: "Cryogenesis" |
| 1983 APR |
a book review by Algis Budrys with a long essay on Gene Wolfe, & a vignette by Gene Wolfe |
| unintentional |
#4955 - Algis Budrys: "Books"; #4956 - Gene Wolfe: "A Solar Labyrinth" |
| 1984 DEC |
a short story by Rudy Rucker, followed by an interview/biographical of Rucker by Charles Platt |
| unintentional |
#5240 - Rudy Rucker: "Monument to the Third International"; #5241 - Charles Platt: "Profile of Rudy Rucker" |
| 1991 JUL |
stories that "examine what can happen when we preserve the past while moving into the future" is the informal theme of this issue, as explained in the editorial by the new editor of F&SF, Kristine Kathryn Rusch(#6361) |
| unintentional |
#6362 - Cassutt: "Extraordinary Measures"; #6368 - Reed: "Pipes"; #6369 - Springer: "Autumn Mist"; #6370 - Engstrom: "The Pan Man"; #6373 - Koja: "Angels in Love"; #6375 - Caves: "Fetch Felix" |
| 1991 AUG |
a secondary informal theme of this issue, is Death, as explained in the editorial by Kristine Kathryn Rusch(#6378) |
| unintentional |
#6392 - Ronald Anthony Cross: "Johnny's Inferno"; #6394 - Dean Whitlock: "The Woman, the Pilot, the Raven" |
| 1991 AUG |
two stories in this issue that deal with international relations |
| unintentional |
#6387 - Bruce Sterling: "The Unthinkable"; #6389 - Gregor Hartmann: "Henry in the Trees" |
| 1991 AUG |
"Fiction that gives me a new perspective on a place I've already seen," fictional themes in an exotic locale, made new: the informal theme of this issue, as expressed in Rusch's editorial(#6378) |
| unintentional |
#6380 - Hoing: "City of the Dreadful Night"; #6381 - Taylor: "The Tale of the Two Queens"; #6382 - Kimbriel: "Triad"; #6387 - Sterling: "The Unthinkable"; #6389 - Hartmann: "Henry in the Trees"; #6392 - Cross: "Johnny's Inferno"; #6394 - by Dean Whitlock |
| 1991 SEP |
"Children & childhood are the (informal) themes linking most of the stories in this issue. Each story propounds its own theory," as explained in the editorial by Kristine Kathryn Rusch(#6395) |
| unintentional |
#6397 - Stableford: "The Invisible Worm"; #6401 - Hightower: "Journal of the First Voyage"; #6403 - Kushner: "The Swordsman Whose Name ..."; #6405 - Hensley: "Alvin's Witch"; #6406 - DiChario: "The Power of Love"; #6410 - Rusch: "Dancers Like Children" |
| 1991 OCT/NOV |
"Anniversaries are ... ways of keeping track of time ... (This) double issue (is) filled with stories about time ... in more ways than one," as explained in the editorial by Kristine Kathryn Rusch(#6411) |
| unintentional |
#6412 - Carolyn Ives Gilman: "The Honeycrafters"; #6413 - Sheri S. Tepper: "The Gourmet"; #6416 - Bradley Denton: "Rerun Roy, Donna, and the Freak"; #6422 - Mike Resnick: "Winter Solstice" |
| 1992 APR |
stories that explore perception and memory |
| unintentional |
#6502 - Ray Vukcevich: "Mom's Little Friends"; #6505 - Pat Cadigan: "True Faces"; #6506 - Pat Murphy: "Going Through Changes"; #6507 - Paul J. McAuley: "Prison Dreams" |
| 1992 JUN |
stories with "odd and varied look(s) at mysticism in everyday life" |
| unintentional |
#6534 - Koja: "The Company of Storms"; #6538 - Tiedemann: "Shattered Template"; #6540 - Kale: "Miracle in a Small Village"; #6541 - Reed: "Birth Day"; #6543 - Winter: "Infinity Syrup"; #6544 - Tilton: "The Twelve Swans"; #6547 - Carroll: "Uh-Oh City" |
| 1992 AUG |
stories set in exotic locales |
| unintentional |
#6570 - Stephen Kraus: "In the Land of Grass"; #6576 - Vance Aandahl: "The First Invention"; #6581 - Ray Aldridge: "Winedark"; #6583 - Marc Laidlaw: "The Vulture Maiden" |
| 1992 DEC |
two stories that were inspired by Mary Shelley's classic novel, Frankenstein |
| unintentional |
#6629 - Brian W. Aldiss: "Common Clay"; #6634 - Madeleine E. Robins: "Willie" |
| 1993 JAN |
ghost stories for the holidays |
| unintentional |
#6650 - Nina Kiriki Hoffman: "God Rest Ye Merry, Gentle Ghosts"; #6651 - Marina Fitch: "The Ghosts on Christmas Eaves" |
| 1994 MAR |
a look at deities & myth |
| unintentional |
#6850 - James Morrow: "Director's Cut"; #6851 - Esther M. Friesner: "Two Lovers, Two Gods, and a Fable" |
| 1994 JUL |
baseball, softball, Little League related stories |
| unintentional |
#6911 - Esther M. Friesner: "Jesus at the Bat"; #6913 - Robert Grossbach: "A Feel for the Game" |
| 1995 JAN |
Christmas holiday stories |
| unintentional |
#7005 - Leslie What: "Compatibility Clause"; #7015 - David Bischoff: "Santa Ritual Abuse"; #7017 - Nina Kiriki Hoffman: "Home for Christmas" |
| 1995 JUL |
baseball stories |
| unintentional |
#7109 - Robert J. Levy: "New Horizons in Stickball"; #7111 - Dale Bailey: "The Resurrection Man's Legacy" |
| 1995 AUG |
weather stories |
| unintentional |
#7121 - Robert Reed: "Our Prayers Are With You"; #7123 - Raymond Steiber: "Dry August" |
| 1996 MAR |
stories in this issue by an F&SF columnist |
| unintentional |
#7227 - Bruce Sterling: "The Littlest Jackal"; #7236 - Harlan Ellison: "Midnight in the Sunken Cathedral"; #7239 - Gregory Benford & David Brin: "Paris Conquers All" |
