Kris Neville

"Betty Ann" © New Tales of Space and Time, ed. by Raymond J. Healy, 1951 --/ cool sf story --/ style award "Experimental Station" (also as "The First") © Super Science Stories, Sep 1950 Mission: Manstop, 1971 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award --/ rare find "The First" (also as "Experimental Station") © Super Science Stories, Sep 1950 Mission: Manstop, 1971 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ idea award --/ rare find "From A Government Printing Office" © Dangerous Visions, ed. H. Ellison, 1967 "Hunt The Hunter" © Galaxy, Jun 1951 Mission: Manstop, 1971 --/ cool sf story "The Man With The Fine Mind" © Fantastic, Jan 1953 Fantastic, July 1967 --/ cool sf story "Marginal Error" © Thrilling Wonder Stories, Jun 1953 Mission: Manstop, 1971 "Mission" (also as "Mission: Manstop") © F&SF, Apr 1953 Mission: Manstop, 1971 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "Mission: Manstop" (coll) © Leisure Books, 1971 --/ cool sf collection --/ wonder award "Mission: Manstop" (also as "Mission") © F&SF, Apr 1953 Mission: Manstop, 1971 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award "The Night Of The Nickel Beer" © Escapade, Dec 1967 --/ cool sf story --/ rare find ---------------------------------------------- Kris Neville "The Opal Necklace" © Fantastic, Summer 1952 --/ fourth place f story --/ romance award --/ emotion award --/ rare find In the same legendary first issue of "Fantastic" magazine, side by side with the masterpiece of all times: Ray Bradbury's "The Smile", we find a story by the very uneven writer Kris Neville - however, in this case his story shines and stands up well in the awesome lineup. In fact, it may be one of the most emotionally exhausting stories of the marriage gone wrong due to the deep dark magic, and one of the best character studies of "engaged witches" since (or even before) Fritz Leiber's "Conjure Wife". One poor chap marries a bewitching (and utterly selfish, even to the point of emotional vampirism) New Orleans blond beauty - and the agonizing, utterly bizarre relationship proceeds to unfold at a breakneck pace. A short story with the big, nasty bite, nearly unforgettable. review: 21-Dec-07 (read in 2007) ---------------------------------------------- Kris Neville "Sam and the Live and the Not-Alive Things" © Super Science Stories, Sep 1950 --/ cool sf story --/ wonder award --/ adventure award --/ rare find Another rare and wonderful story: troubled monsters, protective Domes around the last vestiges of civilization, scared children and a nice twist in the end. Kris Neville could be pretty uneven writer but this tale is entertaining enough. ---------------------------------------------- "Satellite Secret" © Amazing Stories, Apr 1950 "Shamar's War" © Galaxy, Feb 1964 "Take Two Quiggies" © F&SF, Dec 1950 Mission: Manstop, 1971 "The Toy" © Imagination, Dec 1952 Mission: Manstop, 1971 "Underground Movement" © F&SF, Jun 1952 Mission: Manstop, 1971 ----------------------------------------------

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