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Maggie Nadler
"The Pill"
© Fantastic, Apr 1972
--/ idea: youth pill

Linda Nagata
"Goddesses"
© Sci Fiction, Sep 2000
--novella : 2001 Nebula W
--/ cool sf novella
--/ style award

Linda Nagata
"Spectral Expectations"
© Analog, Apr 1987

Jamil Nasir
"The Book of St. Farrin"
© Universe 1, ed. R. Silverberg, 1990
--/ cool sf story

Vyacheslav Nazarov
"Zelenye Dveri Zemli" (nv)
© 1977, Iskatel
Zelenye Dveri Zemli, 1978
--/ cool sf novel
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


Vyacheslav Nazarov
"Silaiskoe Yabloko"
© Zelenye Dveri Zemli, 1978

Alan Nelson
"Silensia"
© F&SF, Sep 1953
--/ cool sf story
--/ style award

Joseph Nesvadba
"Angel Smerti"
© Biblioteka Sovr. Fantastiki, 1972
--/ cool sf story
--/ rare find

Joseph Nesvadba
"Mozg Einsteina" (coll)
© 1965, Mir - Zarubezhnaya Fantastika

Joseph Nesvadba
"Vampires Ltd."
© Vampires Ltd., 1964
--story: Best SF 1965 list

W. Varick Nevins III
"The Emotion Meter"
© Wonder Stories, 1931
--/ cool sf story
--/ rare find

W. Varick Nevins III
"The Mystery Of The - / -"
© Wonder Stories, 1931
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


Dmitry Nezhdanov
"Valz"
© Teknika Molodezhi, 1982
--/ cool sf story
--/ idea award

Marianne O. Nielsen
"The Trout"
© Writers of the Future # 2, 1986
--/ cool sf story

Niels Nielsen
"Nochnaya Pogonya"
© Doroga Vospominaniy, 1981
trans. from Danish
--/ cool sf story
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


Cameron Nolan
"The Awakening"
(Bradbury's Dandelion Wine series)
© The Bradbury Chronicles, ed. by W. Nolan, 1991
--/ cool f story
--/ emotion award
--/ rare find

Ray C. Noll
"Flight Perilous!"
© Imagination, May 1955
--/ fourth place space sf novella
--/ adventure award
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find


James Norman
"Mystery On Planetoid Ten"
© Amazing Stories, Jul 1941
--/ cool sf novella
--/ idea award
--/ rare find


John Norman
"Captive Of Gor" (nv)
(Gor # 5)
© DAW Books, 1973
--/ cool f adventure
--/ shock value

John Norman
"The Maradeurs Of Gor" (nv)
(Gor # 9)
© DAW Books, 1975
--/ shock value

John Norman
"Priest-Kings Of Gor" (nv)
(Gor # 3)
© Ballantine Books, 1968



Philip Francis Nowlan
"Armageddon-2419 A.D." (nv)
(Buck Rogers series #1)
© Amazing Stories, Aug 1928
--/ cool sf novel
--/ wonder award
--/ rare find

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