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Hayford Peirce

Peirce, Hayford

January 7, 1942 – November 19, 2020 (aged 78)

Birth place: Bangor, Maine, USA

46 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
November 1974 150 Short Fiction Unlimited Warfare Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, November 1974
March 1975 168 Short Fiction Mail Supremacy Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1975
April 1975 168|168.2 Essay Letter (Analog, April 1975) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1975
April 1975 168 Essay Letter (Analog, April 1975) (Response to Dr. Paul Hammet Le Brun, same issue) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1975
July 1975 127 Short Fiction None So Blind Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, July 1975
August 1975 132 Short Fiction Doing Well While Doing Good Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1975
August 1975 57 Short Fiction High Yield Bondage Galaxy, August 1975
February 1976 27 Short Fiction The Better Mousetrap Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, February 1976
April 1976 43 Short Fiction Rebounder Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, April 1976
June 1976 97 Short Fiction Side Effect Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, June 1976
August 1976 102 Short Fiction Probability Zero (Analog, October 1976) Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1976
January 1977 101 Short Fiction The Missionaries' Position Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1977
March 1977 148 Short Fiction Children of Invention Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1977
April 1979 61 Short Fiction Iceback Invasion Omni, April 1979
January 1983 14 Short Fiction Taking the Fifth Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, January 1983
September 1983 64 Short Fiction The Reluctant Torturer Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1983
December 1984 78 Short Fiction Progress Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, Mid-December 1984
1988 94 Review Napoleon Disentimed Foundation, #43 Summer 1988
March 1988 45|45.09 Review Napoleon Disentimed Science Fiction Chronicle, #102 March 1988
March 1988 21 Review Napoleon Disentimed Aboriginal Science Fiction, March-April 1988
May 1988 35 Review Napoleon Disentimed Dragon Magazine, May 1988
July 1988 188 Review Napoleon Disentimed Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1988
March 1989 46 Review The Thirteenth Majestral Locus, #338 March 1989
August 1989 16 Review Napoleon Disentimed Critical Wave, #12
September 1989 66|66.04 Review Napoleon Disentimed Interzone, September-October 1989
September 1989 23 Review Phylum Monsters Locus, #344 September 1989
December 1989 178 Review Phylum Monsters Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1989
1990 91 Review Phylum Monsters Science Fiction Review, Spring 1990
March 1990 33|33.2 Review Phylum Monsters Science Fiction Chronicle, #126 March 1990
January 1994 196 Short Fiction Under the Wings of Owls Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1994
March 1994 136 Short Fiction To Change a Memory Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1994
June 1994 66 Short Fiction Pandora's Scanner Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1994
August 1994 80 Short Fiction Six Million Solid Gold Belter Buckles Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1994
September 1994 78 Short Fiction Midwife Analog Science Fiction and Fact, September 1994
November 1994 102 Short Fiction Unlimited Roquefort Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 1994
December 1994 132 Short Fiction Best of Breed Analog Science Fiction and Fact, Mid-December 1994
January 1995 152 Short Fiction Deep-Fried Black Diamonds Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1995
March 1995 128 Short Fiction Innocent Until Scanned Guilty Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1995
August 1996 10 Short Fiction The Ore-Ball Express Analog Science Fiction and Fact, August 1996
February 1997 52 Short Fiction The Boxie Rebellion Analog Science Fiction and Fact, February 1997
April 1997 14 Short Fiction Finder's Fee Analog Science Fiction and Fact, April 1997
March 1999 10 Short Fiction Elephants' Graveyard Analog Science Fiction and Fact, March 1999
August 2001 39|39.04 Review Chap Foey Rider: Capitalist to the Stars Science Fiction Chronicle, #215 August 2001
October 2002 134 Review The Spark of Life Analog Science Fiction and Fact, October 2002
May 2004 134 Review Black Hole Planet Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 2004
November 2010 130 Review Dinosaur Park Theaker's Quarterly Fiction, #34

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1983 Analog Award Best Short Story The Reluctant Torturer Runner-up
1988 Locus Poll Award Best First Novel Napoleon Disentimed Nominee
1999 Analog Award Best Novella Elephants' Graveyard Finalist

Spent the last part of his life in Tucson, Arizona, USA. Also wrote mystery short fiction for Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine and Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine, amongst others. Not to be confused with his father, Hayford Peirce, Sr. (1883-1946), who published non-fiction about Byzantine art.
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