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George Alec Effinger

Effinger, George Alec

January 10, 1947 – April 27, 2002 (aged 55)

Birth place: Cleveland, Ohio, USA

152 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
May 1971 45 Short Fiction A Free Pass to the Carnival The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, May 1971
November 1972 172 Review What Entropy Means to Me Galaxy Magazine, November-December 1972
February 1973 31 Review What Entropy Means to Me The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1973
April 1973 138 Short Fiction The City on the Sand The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, April 1973
May 1973 58 Short Fiction Naked to the Invisible Eye Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, May 1973
May 1973 26 Review What Entropy Means to Me Algol, #20, May 1973
October 1973 72 Short Fiction World War Two Vertex: The Magazine of Science Fiction, October 1973
February 1974 92 Review Relatives Galaxy, February 1974
August 1974 116 Short Fiction Curtains The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1974
September 1975 139 Review Escape to Tomorrow Galaxy, September 1975
September 1975 139 Review Man the Fugitive Galaxy, September 1975
December 1975 48 Short Fiction Lydectes: On the Nature of Sport Fantastic, December 1975
1976 44 Review Lord of the Apes Luna Monthly, #66, Winter 1976
January 1976 8 Review Nightmare Blue The Science Fiction Review Monthly, January 1976
March 1976 26 Review Nightmare Blue Delap's F & SF Review, March 1976
July 1976 39 Short Fiction B. K. A. the Master The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July 1976
August 1976 12 Review Irrational Numbers Delap's F & SF Review, August 1976
September 1976 22 Review Relatives The Science Fiction Review Monthly, September 1976
November 1976 150 Review Irrational Numbers Galaxy, November 1976
November 1976 30 Review Those Gentle Voices Delap's F & SF Review, November 1976
March 1977 96 Review Irrational Numbers Foundation, #11 and 12 March 1977
March 1977 31 Review Relatives Delap's F & SF Review, March 1977
November 1977 139 Short Fiction From Downtown at the Buzzer The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, November 1977
May 1978 18 Short Fiction The Last Full Measure Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May-June 1978
July 1978 88 Review Death in Florence Galileo, July 1978
April 1979 30 Review Dirty Tricks Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, April 1979
May 1979 133 Short Fiction The Pinch-Hitters Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1979
September 1979 85 Short Fiction The Depression of 1980 Galaxy, September-October 1979
November 1979 139 Review Heroics Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, November 1979
January 1980 71 Review Dirty Tricks Foundation, #18 January 1980
January 1980 15 Review Those Gentle Voices: A Promethean Romance of the Spaceways Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, January 1980
April 1980 12 Review Heroics Fantastic, April 1980
December 1980 164 Review Heroics Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, December 1980
1981 76 Essay The Cleveland Codex The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1981
January 1981 5 Short Fiction Breakaway The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1981
January 1982 55 Short Fiction Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 1982
January 1982 12 Review The Wolves of Memory Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 18, 1982
February 1982 32 Short Fiction My Old Man Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1982
March 1982 168 Review The Wolves of Memory Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1, 1982
March 1982 23 Review The Wolves of Memory Science Fiction & Fantasy Book Review, #2, March 1982
April 1982 114 Short Fiction In the Wings Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1982
April 1982 103 Short Fiction The Thing from the Slush Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1982
May 1982 51 Essay The Cleveland Codex II: SF in Ghidan The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, May 1982
June 1982 59 Short Fiction Opening Night The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1982
September 1982 58 Short Fiction The Royal Annie Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1982
September 1982 67 Essay The Royal Annie: Afterword Amazing Science Fiction Stories, September 1982
July 1983 5 Short Fiction The World of Pez Pavilion: Preliminary to the Groundbreaking Ceremony The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, July 1983
September 1983 Review The Wolves of Memory Heavy Metal, September 1983
January 1984 102 Short Fiction Mars Needs Beatniks Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, January 1984
April 1984 26 Short Fiction White Hats Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1984
May 1984 28 Review Idle Pleasures Fantasy Review, May 1984
August 1984 70 Short Fiction How F. Scott Fitzgerald Became Beloved in Springfield Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, August 1984
October 1984 147 Short Fiction The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October 1984
November 1984 141 Short Fiction The Man Who Decided the Truth About Todd and Adriana's Baby The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1984
April 1985 78 Short Fiction The Beast from One-Quarter Fathom Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, April 1985
July 1985 84 Short Fiction Unferno Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, July 1985
August 1985 32 Poem My First Game as an Immortal The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1985
August 1985 19 Review The Nick of Time Fantasy Review, August 1985
December 1985 139 Short Fiction The Bird of Time Bears Bitter Fruit The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1985
1986 82 Short Fiction From the Desk Of Night Cry, Fall 1986
1986 180 Short Fiction The Funny Trick They Played on Old McBundy's Son Night Cry, Summer 1986
1986 13 Essay What Works for Me: A Retrospective, Part Two The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Fall 1986
February 1986 6 Short Fiction Maureen Birnbaum at the Earth's Core The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1986
March 1986 181 Review The Nick of Time Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, March 1986
March 1986 35|35.4 Review The Nick of Time Science Fiction Chronicle, #78 March 1986
June 1986 20 Review The Bird of Time Fantasy Review, June 1986
September 1986 55 Short Fiction Yesterday's Gone The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, September 1986
October 1986 51|51.01 Review The Bird of Time Science Fiction Chronicle, #85 October 1986
1987 Review When Gravity Fails Nova Express, Summer 1987
1987 66 Review When Gravity Fails Science Fiction Eye, #1, Winter 1987
January 1987 17 Review When Gravity Fails Locus, #312 January 1987
January 1987 36 Review When Gravity Fails Fantasy Review, January-February 1987
March 1987 49 Essay Letter (Locus #314) Locus, #314 March 1987
March 1987 57 Short Fiction Skylab Done It The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1987
April 1987 34 Short Fiction The Man Who Devoured Literature Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1987
April 1987 38|38.1 Review When Gravity Fails Science Fiction Chronicle, #91 April 1987
August 1987 128 Short Fiction So Shall Ye Reap Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, August 1987
September 1987 160 Review When Gravity Fails Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, September 1987
October 1987 56 Essay Letter (Locus #321) Locus, #321 October 1987
November 1987 103 Short Fiction Glimmer, Glimmer Playboy, November 1987
December 1987 105 Short Fiction Another Dead Grandfather The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1987
December 1987 75 Short Fiction King of the Cyber Rifles Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, Mid-December 1987
1988 30 Essay Bulletin Symposium (The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1988) The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1988
1988 10 Essay In Memboriam: Robert A. Heinlein (1907-1988) The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Summer 1988
1988 4 Essay The Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1988
April 1988 Review The Nick of Time Paperback Inferno, #71
May 1988 70 Short Fiction Slow, Slow Burn Playboy, May 1988
May 1988 42 Review When Gravity Fails Aboriginal Science Fiction, May-June 1988
September 1988 59 Short Fiction Schrödinger's Kitten Omni, September 1988
November 1988 100 Short Fiction Posterity The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, November 1988
1989 10 Essay About the Nominees The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1989
February 1989 112 Short Fiction Everything But Honor Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, February 1989
March 1989 5 Essay Read This (NYRSF, March 1989) The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 1989
May 1989 136 Short Fiction Marîd Changes His Mind Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction Magazine, May 1989
June 1989 4 Interview George Alec Effinger: The Dark Light Years Locus, #341 June 1989
August 1989 19 Review A Fire in the Sun Locus, #343 August 1989
August 1989 21 Review A Fire in the Sun Locus, #343 August 1989
August 1989 142 Short Fiction Irresistible The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1989
October 1989 49 Short Fiction Chopped Liver Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Issue 5: Fall 1989
November 1989 5 Review A Fire in the Sun The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1989
December 1989 29 Review CHESS.BAT: A New Wave Story Locus, #347 December 1989
December 1989 55 Review That Old Funny Stuff Locus, #347 December 1989
1990 35 Review A Fire in the Sun IAFA Newsletter, Fall 1990
1990 10|10.1 Essay About His Novella "Marîd Changes His Mind" The Bulletin of the Science Fiction Writers of America, Spring 1990
1990 116 Review Look Away Science Fiction Review, Autumn 1990
1990 23 Review The Old Funny Stuff Quantum, Spring 1990
January 1990 307 Review A Fire in the Sun Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January 1990
January 1990 2 Short Fiction No Prisoners Aboriginal Science Fiction, January-February 1990
January 1990 19 Review The Old Funny Stuff Locus, #348 January 1990
April 1990 273 Short Fiction Shrunk Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Winter 1990
May 1990 120 Short Fiction Fatal Disk Error Amazing Stories, May 1990
June 1990 59 Review Look Away Locus, #353 June 1990
June 1990 59 Review Look Away Locus, #353 June 1990
June 1990 182 Review The Old Funny Stuff Analog Science Fiction and Fact, June 1990
July 1990 31 Review The Zork Chronicles Locus, #354 July 1990
September 1990 173 Short Fiction The Riddle of the Czars Pulphouse: The Hardback Magazine, Summer 1990
December 1990 183 Review Look Away Analog Science Fiction and Fact, December 1990
1991 98 Review When Gravity Fails Foundation, #53 Autumn 1991
March 1991 61 Review The Exile Kiss Locus, #362 March 1991
March 1991 31 Review The Red Tape War Locus, #362 March 1991
March 1991 33 Review The Red Tape War Locus, #362 March 1991
April 1991 21 Review The Exile Kiss Locus, #363 April 1991
April 1991 25 Review The Exile Kiss Locus, #363 April 1991
May 1991 82|82.1 Review The Exile Kiss Amazing Stories, May 1991
May 1991 180 Review The Red Tape War Analog Science Fiction and Fact, May 1991
May 1991 66 Review When Gravity Fails Interzone, May 1991
May 1991 124 Short Fiction Who Dat Playboy, May 1991
June 1991 16 Review The Exile Kiss The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1991
June 1991 24 Review The Exile Kiss The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1991
June 1991 5 Review When Gravity Fails Paperback Inferno, #90
August 1991 12 Short Fiction Maureen Birnbaum Goes Shopynge Pulphouse: A Weekly Fiction Magazine, August 17, 1991
August 1991 70|70.09 Review The Red Tape War Interzone, August 1991
October 1991 164 Review The Exile Kiss Analog Science Fiction/Science Fact, October 1991
November 1991 24 Review The Exile Kiss Starlog, November 1991
1992 Review The Exile Kiss Nova Express, Summer 1992
March 1992 44 Review The Red Tape War Science Fiction Review, March 1992
1993 28 Interview An Interview with George Alec Effinger: Part I Tales of the Unanticipated, Winter/Spring/Summer 1993
1993 26 Interview An Interview with George Alec Effinger: Part II Tales of the Unanticipated, Fall/Winter 1993
August 1993 21 Review Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson Locus, #391 August 1993
March 1995 103 Short Fiction Maureen Birnbaum at the Looming Awfulness The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1995
August 1996 35 Short Fiction Maureen Birnbaum on a Hot Tin Roof The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, August 1996
September 2003 26 Review Budayeen Nights Locus, #512 September 2003
January 2004 234 Review Budayeen Nights Analog Science Fiction and Fact, January-February 2004
January 2004 14 Review Budayeen Nights SFRA Review #267
April 2004 45 Review Budayeen Nights Cemetery Dance, #48, 2004
May 2004 Review Budayeen Nights Strange Horizons, 17 May 2004
2005 87 Review Live! From Planet Earth Subterranean, Issue #2
April 2005 27 Review Live! From Planet Earth Locus, #531 April 2005
July 2005 233 Review George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth Analog Science Fiction and Fact, July-August 2005
July 2005 28 Review Live! from Planet Earth SFRA Review #273
December 2006 58 Review The Exile Kiss Interzone, December 2006
November 2007 139 Review A Thousand Deaths Analog Science Fiction and Fact, November 2007

36 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1974 Novel Man the Fugitive George Alec Effinger
1974 Collection Mixed Feelings George Alec Effinger
1975 Novel Escape to Tomorrow George Alec Effinger
1975 Novel Journey into Terror George Alec Effinger
1975 Novel Nightmare Blue George Alec Effinger & Gardner Dozois
1976 Novel Felicia George Alec Effinger
1976 Collection Irrational Numbers George Alec Effinger
1976 Novel Lord of the Apes George Alec Effinger
1976 Novel Relatives George Alec Effinger
1976 Novel Those Gentle Voices: A Promethean Romance of the Spaceways George Alec Effinger
1978 Novel Death in Florence George Alec Effinger
1978 Collection Dirty Tricks George Alec Effinger
1979 Novel Heroics George Alec Effinger
1980 Novel Utopia 3 George Alec Effinger
1981 Novel The Wolves of Memory George Alec Effinger
1983 Collection Idle Pleasures George Alec Effinger
1985 Novel The Nick of Time George Alec Effinger
1986 Novel The Bird of Time George Alec Effinger
1987 Novel When Gravity Fails George Alec Effinger
1988 Novel Shadow Money George Alec Effinger
1989 Novel A Fire in the Sun George Alec Effinger
1989 Collection The Old Funny Stuff George Alec Effinger
1989 Novel What Entropy Means to Me George Alec Effinger
1990 Chapbook Look Away George Alec Effinger
1990 Novel The Zork Chronicles George Alec Effinger
1991 Novel The Exile Kiss George Alec Effinger
1991 Novel The Red Tape War Mike Resnick & Jack L. Chalker & George Alec Effinger
1992 Chapbook Schrödinger's Kitten George Alec Effinger
1993 Collection Maureen Birnbaum, Barbarian Swordsperson: The Complete Stories George Alec Effinger
2003 Collection Budayeen Nights George Alec Effinger
2005 Collection George Alec Effinger Live! From Planet Earth George Alec Effinger
2007 Collection A Thousand Deaths George Alec Effinger
2008 Omnibus The Audran Sequence George Alec Effinger
2014 Collection Live! From Planet Earth George Alec Effinger
2014 Collection The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything & Target: Berlin! George Alec Effinger
2017 Omnibus Planet of the Apes: Omnibus 3 George Alec Effinger
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