The FictionMags Index

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BEST, THOMAS R. (chron.) (continued)
• * The Old Man of the Mountains, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 5 1924
• * Over the Narrow Gauge, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 28 1920
• * Placer Mining, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jun 26 1926
• * Platinum, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 23 1927
• * Police Chiefs Meet in San Francisco, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Dec 2 1922
• * The Police of San Diego, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Feb 9 1924
• * Policing Omaha, (ar) Detective Story Magazine Mar 17 1923
• * Products of Petroleum, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 5 1931
• * The Prospector, (ar) Western Story Magazine May 1 1926
• * Quicksilver, (ar) Western Story Magazine Apr 14 1928
• * Radium, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 9 1927
• * Sacramento Celebrates ’49, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 9 1922
• * Seen from a Train in Utah, (ar) Western Story Magazine Nov 4 1920
• * Silver Mines, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 17 1926
• * Silver: From Ore to Mint, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 4 1926
• * Small Beginnings of a Great Industry, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 12 1931
• * Some Island Westerners, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 17 1923
• * Steel and Its Alloys, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jul 16 1927
• * The Story of Oil:
  * ___ The Driller Goes West, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 26 1931
  * ___ Drilling, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Jun 13 1931
  * ___ Feast and Famine, (cl) Western Story Magazine Jan 17 1931
  * ___ Fishing, Cementing, Shooting, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 1 1931
  * ___ The Great Company, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 19 1931
  * ___ The Great Flood, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Oct 17 1931
  * ___ How It Flows, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 15 1931
  * ___ How It Was Formed, (cl) Western Story Magazine Mar 14 1931
  * ___ Is a Shortage Possible?, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Feb 6 1932
  * ___ Looking for It, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Jun 6 1931
  * ___ New Wealth for the West, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Oct 10 1931
  * ___ Oil-Field Activities, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 22 1931
  * ___ Products of Petroleum, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 5 1931
  * ___ Small Beginnings of a Great Industry, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Sep 12 1931
  * ___ What Oil Is and Does, (cl) Western Story Magazine Jan 3 1931
  * ___ Where It Is Found, (cl) Western Story Magazine Feb 28 1931
  * ___ Who Gets the Oil Millions?, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 29 1931
  * ___ A World Problem, (cl) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Nov 7 1931
• * Through the Royal Gorge, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 21 1920
• * The Trail Over the Rockies, (ar) Western Story Magazine Dec 17 1921
• * Trappers and Indians, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 25 1922
• * Vacationing Around Pike’s Peak, (ar) Western Story Magazine Oct 7 1920
• * Westerners, Whence and Whither?, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 17 1925
• * What Oil Is and Does, (ar) Western Story Magazine Jan 3 1931
• * Where and How They Are Obtained, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 27 1926
• * Where It Is Found, (ar) Western Story Magazine Feb 28 1931
• * Where the West Ends, (ar) Western Story Magazine Sep 16 1922
• * Who Gets the Oil Millions?, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Aug 29 1931
• * A World Problem, (ar) Street & Smith’s Western Story Magazine Nov 7 1931
• * Zinc, (ar) Western Story Magazine Mar 5 1927

BEST-RANDALL, W. C. (chron.)
• * Catering for Castaways, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Sep 1925
• * The Pain-God of the Hills, (ss) London Life Apr 27 1935
• * Snakes, (ar) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1929

BEST-RANDALL, W. F. (chron.)
• * The Feathers of Uaala, (ss) The Boy’s Own Paper Jan 1925

BESTALL, A(lfred) E(dmeades) (1892-1986) (chron.) (art)
• * “Anythin’ in it?”, (ct) Gaiety Feb 1925
• * The Approach of a Cursed Crowd, (ct) Gaiety Apr 1925
• * At the Theatre, (ct) Gaiety Aug 1925
• * By the Yard, (ct) Gaiety May 1925
• * The ’Counter Irritant’, (ct) Gaiety Mar 1924
• * The Definition, (ct) Gaiety Jan 1924
• * Extinguished Features, (ct) Gaiety Mar 1924
• * “How My Husband Proposed...”, (ct) Gaiety Mar 1924
• * An Interesting Ceremony, (ct) Gaiety May 1925
• * Keeping up with the Shorthand-Writer, (ct) Gaiety Apr 1925
• * “Know Anything about Rugger?”, (ct) Gaiety Mar 1923
• * A Mistake Somewhere, (ct) Gaiety Feb 1924
• * “Mummy, I Want to Marry Bobby.”, (ct) Gaiety Jan 1923
• * Old Lady stops the train, (ct) Gaiety Dec 1924
• * Putting Him Right, (ct) Gaiety Aug 1925
• * A Run on the Bank, (ct) Gaiety May 1925
• * Sour Milk, (ct) Gaiety Dec 1923
• * Trials of a Golfer, (ct) Gaiety Mar 1925
• * Which Letter?, (ct) Gaiety Dec 1922
• * “You’ve forgotten to put R.S.V.P. at the Bottom!”, (ct) Gaiety Apr 1925

BESTER, ALFRED (1913-1987); see pseudonym Sonny Powell; (about) (chron.)
• * Adam and No Eve, (ss) Astounding Sep 1941
  • Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Sep 1941
• * Adam... and No Eve, (cs) Unknown Worlds of Science Fiction Mar 1975; adapted by Denny O’Neil.
• * The Animal Fair, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1972
• * Az Arcnélküll Ember, (nv) Galaktika May 1986; translated by Tamás Zala.
• * Bester’s World, (cl) Rogue Mar, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec 1960, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Dec 1961, Jan, Feb, Mar, May, Jul, Aug, Nov, Dec 1962, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jun, Jul, Aug, Sep, Oct, Nov, Dec 1963, Jan, Mar, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec 1964, Feb, Apr, Jun, Aug, Oct, Dec 1965, Feb/Mar 1966
• * Bester’s World:
  * ___ Diogenes and the F.C.C., (cl) Rogue Apr 1962
  * ___ Girlfoot Bare with Teak of Chan, (cl) Rogue Jun 1962
  * ___ The Lady and the Lobster, (cl) Rogue Sep 1962
  * ___ Little Bell, (cl) Rogue Nov 1961
  * ___ My Midsummer Meet-Cute: Or How Politics Cooked My Bluefish, (cl) Rogue Oct 1962
• * The Biped, Reegan, (ss) Super Science Stories Nov 1941
  • Astonishing Stories (Canadian) Mar 1942
  • Super Science Stories (Australia) #14 1953
  • Super Science Stories (UK) #14 1953
• * Books, (rc) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, Mar 1961; Oct-Dec 60, Jan-Jul, Sep-Dec 61, Jan-Aug, Oct-Dec 62, Jan-Dec 63, Jan-Nov 64.
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) Jul 1961
• * The Broken Axiom, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Apr 1939
• * Chez Lather, (ar) Woman’s Day Nov 1950
• * Death of a Bandit, (ss) Rogue Jun 1962
• * The Demolished Man, (n.) Galaxy Science Fiction Jan, Feb, Mar 1952
• * The Devil’s Invention, (ss) Astounding Aug 1950
• * Diogenes and the F.C.C., (ar) Rogue Apr 1962
• * Disappearing Act, (ss) Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2, ed. Frederik Pohl, Ballantine 1953
  • New Worlds Science Fiction Nov 1954
• * 5,271,009, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Mar 1954
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) Jul 1954
• * Fondly Fahrenheit, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Aug 1954
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Australia) #7 1956
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1979
  • The Best of Omni Science Fiction, No. 4, ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni 1982
• * The Four-Hour Fugue, (ss) Analog Jun 1974
• * Galatea Galante, (na) Omni Apr 1979
  • Omni (UK) Apr 1979
  • The Best of Omni Science Fiction, ed. Ben Bova & Don Myrus, Omni 1980
• * Girlfoot Bare with Teak of Chan, (ar) Rogue Jun 1962
• * Guinea Pig, Ph.D., (ss) Startling Stories Mar 1940
• * Hell Is Forever, (na) Unknown Worlds Aug 1942
• * Here Come the Clones, (ss) Publishers Weekly Jun 14 1976
  • Algol #28 1977
• * Hobson’s Choice, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Aug 1952
• * The House That Gaul Built, (ss) The Shadow Jul 1944
• * The Indian Giver, (n.) Analog Nov, Dec 1974, Jan 1975
• * Interview with Robert A. Heinlein, (iv) Algol #21 1973
• * Jerry Wald and the Windmill, (ar) Rogue Mar 1961
• * The Julias, (ss) Escapade Jun 1968
• * The Lady and the Lobster, (ar) Rogue Sep 1962
• * Life for Sale, (nv) Amazing Stories Jan 1942
  • Amazing Stories Quarterly (Reissue) Sum 1942
• * Little Bell, (ar) Rogue Nov 1961
• * The Mad Molecule, (ss) Thrilling Wonder Stories Jan 1941
• * Mastering the Art of Space Cooking, (ar) Analog Mar 1977; revised from “Gourmet Dining in Outer Space”, Holiday May 1960.
• * The McGrabb Bag, (ss) Detective Fiction Oct 1 1941
  • Big-Book Detective Magazine (Canada) Dec 1944
  • The Saint Detective Magazine Feb 1955
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (Australia) Jan 1957
  • The Saint Detective Magazine (UK) Mar 1957
• * The Men Who Murdered Mohammed, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1958
  • Venture Science Fiction (UK) Apr 1964
• * MS Found in a Coconut, (ss) Analog Jun 1979
• * My Midsummer Meet-Cute: Or How Politics Cooked My Bluefish, (ar) Rogue Oct 1962
• * No Help Wanted, (vi) Thrilling Wonder Stories Dec 1939
• * Of Time and Third Avenue, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1951
• * The Pet Nebula, (ss) Astonishing Stories Feb 1941
• * The Pi Man, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1959
  • Venture Science Fiction (UK) Sep 1963
• * The Probable Man, (nv) Astounding Jul 1941
  • Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Jul 1941
• * The Push of a Finger, (na) Astounding May 1942
  • Astounding Science Fiction (UK) May 1942
• * The Roller Coaster, (ss) Fantastic May/Jun 1953
  • Amazing Stories Aug 1967
• * Slaves of the Life Ray, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1941
  • High Adventure #72 2003
• * Star Light, Star Bright, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Jul 1953
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) Jan 1954
  • Sci Fiction Dec 7 2005
• * The Stars My Destination, (ex) Baronet 1979
  • Heavy Metal Mar, Nov 1979; adapted by Byron Preiss
• * The Stars My Destination, (n.) Sidgwick & Jackson 1956, as “Tiger! Tiger!”.
  • Galaxy Science Fiction Oct, Nov, Dec 1956, Jan 1957
  • Galaxy Science Fiction (UK) #45 1956, #46, #47, #48 1957
• * They Don’t Make Life Like They Used To, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Oct 1963
  • Venture Science Fiction (UK) Mar 1964
  • Sci Fiction Mar 2 2005
• * Tiger! Tiger!, (n.) Sidgwick & Jackson 1956; also as “The Stars My Destination”.
• * Time Is the Traitor, (nv) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Sep 1953
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) Feb 1954
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (Australia) #2 1955
• * Treachery on Camoia, (na) South Sea Stories Oct 1940
• * The Unseen Blushers, (ss) Astonishing Stories Jun 1942
  • Super Science Stories (Canada) Oct 1942
• * Voyage to Nowhere, (nv) Thrilling Wonder Stories Jul 1940
• * What’s the Difference?, (ed) Science Fantasy #12 1955
• * Will You Wait?, (ss) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Mar 1959
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) Dec 1959
• * Would You Want Your Product to Marry a Negro, (ar) P.S. Apr 1966
• * [letter], (lt) New Worlds Science Fiction Nov 1954, Mar 1955
• * [letter], (lt) Science Fiction Review #34 1969
• * [letter], (lt) Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine Sep 1977
_____, reviews:
• * The All-Star SF Author, by Robert A. Heinlein, Theodore Sturgeon, Robert Sheckley, James Blish, Isaac Asimov, Philip José Farmer & Ray Bradbury, (br) The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction Mar 1961
  • The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (UK) Jul 1961
_____, [ref.]
• * “Alfred Bester, 1913-1987” by Charles Platt, (ob) Interzone Spr 1988
• * “Alfred Bester’s Tender Loving Rage” by Charles Platt, (ar) Science Fiction Eye #9 1991
• * “The Amazing Interview: Alfred Bester” by Darrell Schweitzer, (iv) Amazing Stories Jun 1976
• * “The Computer Connection” reviewed by George Warren, (br) Science Fiction Review #16 1976
• * “The Computer Connection” reviewed by Spider Robinson, (br) Galaxy Science Fiction Feb 1976
• * “The Crystallized Man: A Folio Tribute to Alfred Bester” by Stephen E. Fabian, (il) Outworlds #12 1972
• * “The Demolished Man” reviewed by Groff Conklin, (br) Galaxy Science Fiction Sep 1953
• * “The Demolished Man” reviewed by P. Schuyler Miller, (br) Astounding Dec 1953
• * “The Demolished Man” reviewed by Sam Moskowitz, (br) Science-Fiction Plus Aug 1953
• * “The Demolished Man” reviewed, uncredited, (br) Authentic Science Fiction #41 1954
• * “The Demolished Man” reviewed, uncredited, (br) Astounding Science Fiction (UK) Feb 1954
• * “The Editor My Destination” by David Langford, (ar) Quantum Spr/Sum 1993
• * “Experiment Perilous: Three Essays on Science Fiction” reviewed by Spider Robinson, (br) Galaxy Science Fiction Aug 1977
• * “Extro” reviewed by Hilary Bailey, (br) Foundation Jun 1976
• * “Extro” reviewed by Kevin Smith, (br) Drilkjis #1 1976
• * “Golem 100” reviewed by Brian Stableford, (br) Foundation Feb 1981
• * “The Lately Great Alfred Bester” by Damien Broderick, (ar) SF Commentary #62/63/64/65/66 1981
• * “The Light Fantastic” reviewed by Darrell Schweitzer, (br) Science Fiction Review #22 1977
• * “The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, Vol. 1” reviewed by Spider Robinson, (br) Galaxy Science Fiction Dec 1976
• * “The Light Fantastic: The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, Volume 1” reviewed by Robert Silverberg, (br) Cosmos Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine May 1977
• * New Worlds Profiles: Alfred Bester, (bg) New Worlds Science Fiction Nov 1954