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Paul Williams

Williams, Paul Steven

May 19, 1948 – March 27, 2013 (aged 64)

Birth place: Boston, Massachusetts, USA

48 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
March 1962 129|129.1 Essay Letter (If, March 1962) If, March 1962
March 1962 129|129.1 Essay Letter (If, No. 15) If, No. 15
July 1962 129 Essay Letter (If, July 1962) If, July 1962
July 1962 129 Essay Letter (If, No. 17) If, No. 17
January 1963 129|129.4 Essay Letter (If, January 1963) If, January 1963
July 1963 128 Essay Letter (If, July 1963) If, July 1963
May 1977 32 Essay Review of Sturgeon: Theodore Sturgeon Reads (audio recording) Delap's F & SF Review, May 1977
September 1978 23 Essay Letter (Locus #214) Locus, #214 September 1978
September 1983 34 Essay Letter (Locus #272) Locus, #272 September 1983
June 1985 49 Essay Theodore Sturgeon: An Appreciation Locus, #293 June 1985
February 1986 15|15.5 Review Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Locus, #301 February 1986
June 1986 28 Review Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Fantasy Review, June 1986
August 1986 14 Review Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, August 1986
September 1986 23 Review Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Worlds of If, September-November 1986
November 1986 49 Review Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Chronicle, #86 November 1986
January 1987 26 Interview Paul Williams talks to New Pathways: Only Apparently Real New Pathways into Science Fiction & Fantasy, January-February 1987
August 1987 40 Essay Introduction (Fawn, Look Back) Science Fiction Eye, #2, August 1987
August 1987 49 Review Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Eye, #2, August 1987
December 1988 99 Review The Map, or Rediscovering Rock and Roll: A Journey Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, December 1988
April 1989 5 Essay More Flowers for Algernon The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1989
September 1989 Essay Response to "The New Generation Gap" The New York Review of Science Fiction, September 1989
1990 84 Essay Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles—Seven Excerpts Journal Wired, Summer/Fall 1990
April 1990 Essay "Fever" by Little Willie John, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1990
April 1990 Essay "I've Had It" by The Bell Notes, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, April 1990
May 1990 18 Essay Jerry Lee Lewis: "Whole Lot of Shakin' Going On", from Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1990
May 1990 22 Essay The Jaynetts: "Sally Go 'Round the Roses", from Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles The New York Review of Science Fiction, May 1990
June 1990 Essay "Runaway" by Del Shannon, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1990
July 1990 Essay "Dancing in the Street" by Martha and the Vandellas, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1990
July 1990 Essay "Tutti-Frutti" by Little Richard, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1990
August 1990 Essay "Johnny B. Goode" by Chuck Berry, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1990
August 1990 Essay "Memphis, Tennessee" by Chuck Berry, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, August 1990
November 1990 23 Essay "Mona" by Bo Diddley, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1990
November 1990 11|11.2 Essay "Please Please Me" by The Beatles, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, November 1990
December 1990 21 Essay "All I Have to Do Is Dream" by The Everly Brothers, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 1990
June 1991 11 Essay "Fun, Fun, Fun" by The Beach Boys, from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, June 1991
June 1991 60 Essay Chester Anderson Locus, #365 June 1991
July 1991 6 Essay "In the Still of the Nite" by The Five Satins from "Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles" The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1991
April 1995 64 Essay Letter (Locus #411) Locus, #411 April 1995
August 1995 66 Essay Letter (Locus #415) Locus, #415 August 1995
July 1997 1 Essay Obscure Dick: L.A. Con III, Anaheim, California, September 2, 1996 (A Panel Discussion) The New York Review of Science Fiction, July 1997
April 1999 51 Short Fiction Pruning (incomplete version) Sci-Fright, April/May 1999
June 1999 28 Short Fiction Pruning Sci-Fright, June/July 1999
July 1999 18 Short Fiction In Flight Zest, Autumn 1999
December 2000 21 Review The Twentieth Century's Greatest Hits: A Top 40 List The New York Review of Science Fiction, December 2000
August 2001 134 Review The 20th Century's Greatest Hits Asimov's Science Fiction, August 2001
June 2002 38 Essay Legendary Times: An Introduction to Cryptozoology (Legend: Worlds of Possibility #5, Spring/Summer 2002) Legend: Worlds of Possibility #5, Spring/Summer 2002
July 2010 2 Essay Letter (The Paperback Fanatic #15) The Paperback Fanatic #15
2021 141 Essay Re-visioning an American Angel: Mythopoesis in The Tales of Alvin Maker SFRA Review, Summer 2021

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1987 Hugo Award Best Non-Fiction Book Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Finalist
1987 Locus Poll Award Best Non-Fiction Only Apparently Real: The World of Philip K. Dick Runner-up

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