Since I finally completed something on this site, I felt like celebrating and thought it might be useful to gather up all the information about the project in this post. I started the Birthday Reviews on January 24, 2020 and, after a break from October 13, 2020 to October 20, 2022, I picked it up again, finally finishing on January 17, 2023. The 52 posts ended up covering 157 authors and 172 of their stories (I generally reviewed one story each, but did a double shot of Cadigan and del Rey plus a batch of Brown short-shorts). While the Site Map lists all these weekly posts with authors’ last names, the following lists the full name of each author individually (which links to their posts), vital dates, the story reviewed, and its place and date of publication.
(There’s also a plain text file to play with in a spreadsheet or with text processing tools if anyone is so inclined, though I strongly doubt anyone is. This is stored at what used to be my old site since WordPress doesn’t seem to want to let me store anything here besides images. Any spreadsheet just needs to be told it’s pipe-delimited with unquoted text (the story titles are incidentally quoted but not in spreadsheet terms).)
- Poul Anderson (1926-11-25/2001-07-31) “Time Lag” F&SF, January 1961
- Neal Asher (1961-02-04) “Softly Spoke the Gabbleduck” Asimov’s, August 2005
- Isaac Asimov (1920-01-02/1992-04-06) “The Feeling of Power” If, February 1958
- J. G. Ballard (1930-11-15/2009-04-19) “Prima Belladonna” Science Fantasy, December 1956
- John Barnes (1957-02-28) “My Advice to the Civilized” IAsfm, April 1990
- Neal Barrett, Jr. (1929-11-03/2014-01-12) “Perpetuity Blues” IAsfm, May 1987
- Harry Bates (1900-10-09/1981-09-??) “Farewell to the Master” Astounding, October 1940
- Stephen Baxter (1957-11-13) “Something for Nothing” Interzone #23, Spring 1988
- Greg Bear (1951-08-20/2022-11-19) “Hardfought” IAsfm, February 1983
- Gregory Benford (1941-01-30) “And the Sea Like Mirrors” Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972
- Alfred Bester (1913-12-18/1987-09-30) “Of Time and Third Avenue” F&SF, October 1951
- Eando Binder (1911-08-26/1974-10-14) “I, Robot” Amazing, January 1939
- James Blish (1921-05-23/1975-07-30) “How Beautiful with Banners” Orbit 1, 1966
- Ben Bova (1932-11-08/2020-11-29) “To Touch a Star” The Universe, 1987
- Leigh Brackett (1915-12-07/1978-03-18) “The Last Days of Shandakor” Startling Stories, April 1952
- Ray Bradbury (1920-08-22/2012-06-05) “The Anthem Sprinters” Playboy, June 1963
- Reginald Bretnor (1911-07-30/1992-07-22) “The Gnurrs Come from the Voodvork Out” F&SF, Winter-Spring 1950
- Miles J. Breuer (1889-01-03/1945-10-14) “The Gostak and the Doshes” Amazing, March 1930
- Fredric Brown (1906-10-29/1972-03-11) “Not Yet the End” Captain Future, Winter 1941
- ——— “Answer” Angels and Spaceships, 1954
- ——— “Pattern” Angels and Spaceships, 1954
- ——— “Reconciliation” Angels and Spaceships, 1954
- ——— “Experiment” Galaxy, February 1954
- ——— “Imagine” F&SF, May 1955
- ——— “Abominable” Dude, March 1960
- ——— “Recessional” Dude, March 1960
- ——— “Earthmen Bearing Gifts” Galaxy, June 1960
- ——— “The End” Nightmares and Geezenstacks, 1961
- ——— “Jaycee” Nightmares and Geezenstacks, 1961
- ——— “Rebound” Nightmares and Geezenstacks, 1961
- ——— “Nightmare in Yellow” Dude, May 1961
- ——— “The Short Happy Lives of Eustace Weaver, I, II, and III” Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine, June 1961
- Algis Budrys (1931-01-09/2008-06-09) “The Man Who Always Knew” Astounding, April 1956
- Octavia E. Butler (1947-06-22/2006-02-24) “Speech Sounds” IAsfm, Mid-December 1983
- Pat Cadigan (1953-09-10) “Pretty Boy Crossover” IAsfm, January 1986
- ——— “Angel” IAsfm, May 1987
- Jack Cady (1932-03-20/2004-01-14) “The Night We Buried Road Dog” F&SF, January 1993
- John W. Campbell (1910-06-08/1971-07-11) “Forgetfulness” Astounding, June 1937
- Cleve Cartmill (1908-06-21/1964-02-11) “Deadline” Astounding, March 1944
- A. Bertram Chandler (1912-03-28/1984-06-06) “Giant Killer” Astounding, October 1945
- C. J. Cherryh (1942-09-01) “Cassandra” F&SF, October 1978
- Arthur C. Clarke (1917-12-16/2008-03-19) “The Star” Infinity Science Fiction, November 1955
- Hal Clement (1922-05-30/2003-10-29) “The Mechanic” Analog, September 1966
- Mildred Clingerman (1918-03-14/1997-02-26) “Letters from Laura” F&SF, October 1954
- John Collier (1901-05-03/1980-04-06) “The Chaser” The New Yorker, December 28, 1940
- John Crowley (1942-12-01) “Snow” Omni, November 1985
- Chan Davis (1926-08-12) “Adrift on the Policy Level” Star Science Fiction Stories No. 5, 1959
- L. Sprague de Camp (1907-11-27/2000-11-06) “The Gnarly Man” Unknown, June 1939
- Lester del Rey (1915-06-02/1993-05-10) “For I Am a Jealous People” Star Short Novels, 1954
- ——— “The Seat of Judgment” Venture, July 1957
- Joseph H. Delaney (1932-02-05/1999-12-21) & Marc Stiegler “Valentina” Analog, May 1984
- Samuel R. Delany (1942-04-01) “Driftglass” If, June 1967
- A. J. Deutsch (1918-01-25/1969-11-11) “A Subway Named Mobius” Astounding, December 1950
- Philip K. Dick (1928-12-16/1982-03-02) “The Short Happy Life of the Brown Oxford” F&SF, January 1954
- Gordon R. Dickson (1923-11-01/2001-01-31) “Dolphin’s Way” Analog, June 1964
- Gardner Dozois (1947-07-23/2018-05-27) “Morning Child” Omni, January 1984
- George Alec Effinger (1947-01-10/2002-04-27) “The Aliens Who Knew, I Mean, Everything” F&SF, October 1984
- Greg Egan (1961-08-20) “Learning to Be Me” Interzone #37, July 1990
- Harlan Ellison (1934-05-27/2018-06-28) “I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream” If, March 1967
- Carol Emshwiller (1921-04-12/2019-02-02) “Moon Songs” The Start of the End of It All, 1990
- Hanns Heinz Ewers (1871-11-03/1943-06-12) “The Spider” Die Besessenen, 1908
- Philip Jose Farmer (1918-01-26/2009-02-25) “Sail On! Sail On!” Startling Stories, December 1952
- Robert L. Forward (1932-08-15/2002-09-21) “Self-Limiting” Analog, May 1992
- Alan Dean Foster (1946-11-18) “Ye Who Would Sing” Galileo, December 1976
- Raymond Z. Gallun (1911-03-22/1994-04-02) “Derelict” Astounding, October 1935
- William Gibson (1948-03-17) “Johnny Mnemonic” Omni, May 1981
- Joseph Green (1931-01-14) “The Crier of Crystal” Analog, October 1971
- James Gunn (1923-07-12) “The Misogynist” Galaxy, November 1952
- J. B. S. Haldane (1892-11-05/1964-12-01) “The Gold-Makers” The Inequality of Man, 1932
- Joe Haldeman (1943-06-09) “Anniversary Project” Analog, October 1975
- Edmond Hamilton (1904-10-21/1977-02-01) “Exile” Super Science Stories, May 1943
- Peter F. Hamilton (1960-03-02) “The Forever Kitten” Nature, July 28, 2005
- Charles L. Harness (1915-12-29/2005-09-20) “The Chessplayers” F&SF, October 1953
- Harry Harrison (1925-03-12/2012-08-15) “Not Me, Not Amos Cabot!” Science Fantasy, December 1964-January 1965
- Alix E. Harrow (1989-11-09) “A Whisper in the Weld” Shimmer #22, November 2014
- Robert A. Heinlein (1907-07-07/1988-05-08) “Columbus Was a Dope” Startling Stories, May 1947
- Robert E. Howard (1906-01-22/1936-06-11) “Pigeons from Hell” Weird Tales, May 1938
- Shirley Jackson (1916-12-14/1965-08-08) “The Lottery” The New Yorker, June 26, 1948
- Neil R. Jones (1909-05-29/1988-02-15) “The Jameson Satellite” Amazing, July 1931
- Raymond F. Jones (1915-11-17/1994-01-24) “A Stone and a Spear” Galaxy, December 1950
- David H. Keller (1880-12-23/1966-07-13) “The Thing in the Cellar” Weird Tales, March 1932
- James Patrick Kelly (1951-04-11) “Think Like a Dinosaur” Asimov’s, June 1995
- Daniel Keyes (1927-08-09/2014-06-15) “Flowers for Algernon” F&SF, April 1959
- C. M. Kornbluth (1923-07-23/1958-03-21) “That Share of Glory” Astounding, January 1952
- Henry Kuttner (1915-04-07/1958-02-04) “The Proud Robot” Astounding, October 1943
- Geoffrey A. Landis (1955-05-28) “Approaching Perimelasma” Asimov’s, January 1998
- Keith Laumer (1925-06-09/1993-01-23) “The Last Command” Analog, January 1967
- Ursula K. Le Guin (1929-10-21/2018-01-22) “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas” New Dimensions 3, 1973
- Tanith Lee (1947-09-19/2015-05-24) “Into Gold” IAsfm, March 1986
- Fritz Leiber (1910-12-24/1992-09-05) “The Oldest Soldier” F&SF, May 1960
- Murray Leinster (1896-06-16/1975-06-08) “The Power” Astounding, September 1945
- Jack London (1876-01-12/1916-11-22) “A Thousand Deaths” The Black Cat, May 1899
- H. P. Lovecraft (1890-08-20/1937-03-15) “The Strange High House in the Mist” Weird Tales, October 1931
- Katherine MacLean (1925-01-22/2019-09-01) “Unhuman Sacrifice” Astounding, November 1958
- Ian R. MacLeod (1956-08-06) “The Chop Girl” Asimov’s, December 1999
- George R. R. Martin (1948-09-20) “A Song for Lya” Analog, June 1974
- Julian May (1931-07-10/2017-10-17) “Dune Roller” Astounding, December 1951
- James McConnell (1925-10-26/1990-04-09) “Learning Theory” If, December 1957
- Jack McDevitt (1935-04-14) “Act of God” Microcosms, 2004
- A. Merritt (1884-01-20/1943-08-21) “Through the Dragon Glass” All-Story Weekly, November 24, 1917
- C. L. Moore (1911-01-24/1987-04-04) “Shambleau” Weird Tales, November 1933
- William Morrison (1906-10-13/1980-06-02) “The Model of a Judge” Galaxy, October 1953
- Pat Murphy (1955-03-09) & Paul Doherty “Cold Comfort” Bridging Infinity, 2016
- Linda Nagata (1960-11-07) “Codename: Delphi” Lightspeed #47, April 2014
- Larry Niven (1938-04-30) “The Hole Man” Analog, January 1974
- Andre Norton (1912-02-17/2005-03-17) “All Cats Are Gray” Fantastic Universe, August/September 1953
- Edgar Pangborn (1909-02-25/1976-02-01) “The Red Hills of Summer” F&SF, September 1959
- Rog Phillips (1909-02-20/1966-03-02) “The Yellow Pill” Astounding, October 1958
- H. Beam Piper (1904-03-23/1964-11-06) “Time and Time Again” Astounding, April 1947
- Edgar Allan Poe (1809-01-19/1849-10-07) “The Cask of Amontillado” Godey’s Lady’s Book, November 1846
- Frederik Pohl (1919-11-26/2013-09-02) “Day Million” Rogue, February/March 1966
- Steven Popkes (1952-10-09) “Sudden, Broken, and Unexpected” Asimov’s, December 2012
- Tom Purdom (1936-04-19) “A Response from EST17” Asimov’s, April/May 2011
- Robert Reed (1956-10-09) “Katabasis” F&SF, November/December 2012
- Mike Resnick (1942-03-05/2020-01-09) “Death Is an Acquired Trait” Argos, Winter 1988
- Alastair Reynolds (1966-03-13) “Merlin’s Gun” Asimov’s, May 2000
- R. S. Richardson (1902-04-22/1981-11-12) “N Day” Astounding, January 1946 (as by Philip Latham)
- Ross Rocklynne (1913-02-21/1988-10-29) “Into the Darkness” Astonishing, June 1939
- Milton A. Rothman (1919-11-30/2001-10-06) “Heavy Planet” Astounding, August 1939
- Rudy Rucker (1946-03-22) “Pac-Man” IAsfm, June 1982
- Eric Frank Russell (1905-01-06/1978-02-28) “Jay Score” Astounding, May 1941
- Fred Saberhagen (1930-05-18/2007-06-29) “Starsong” If, January 1968
- Hilbert Schenck (1926-02-12/2013-12-02) “The Morphology of the Kirkham Wreck” F&SF, September 1978
- James H. Schmitz (1911-10-15/1981-04-18) “An Incident on Route 12” If, January 1962
- Karl Schroeder (1962-09-04) “The Pools of Air” Tesseracts 3, 1991
- Bob Shaw (1931-12-31/1996-02-11) “Light of Other Days” Analog, August 1966
- Robert Sheckley (1928-07-16/2005-12-09) “The Perfect Woman” Amazing, December 1953-January 1954
- Charles Sheffield (1935-06-25/2002-11-02) “A Braver Thing” IAsfm, February 1990
- Wilmar H. Shiras (1908-09-23/1990-12-23) “In Hiding” Astounding, November 1948
- John Shirley (1953-02-10) “The Incorporated” IAsfm, July 1985
- Robert Silverberg (1935-01-15) “To Be Continued” Astounding, May 1956
- Clifford D. Simak (1904-08-03/1988-04-25) “The Creator” Marvel Tales, March-April 1935
- Joan Slonczewski (1956-08-14) “Tuberculosis Bacteria Join UN” Nature, June 29, 2000
- Clark Ashton Smith (1893-01-13/1961-08-14) “The Weird of Avoosl Wuthoqquan” Weird Tales, June 1932
- Cordwainer Smith (1913-07-11/1966-08-06) “The Game of Rat and Dragon” Galaxy, October 1955
- E. E. “Doc” Smith (1890-05-02/1965-08-31) “The Vortex Blaster” Comet, July 1941
- George O. Smith (1911-04-09/1981-05-27) “QRM / Interplanetary” Astounding, October 1942
- Norman Spinrad (1940-09-15) “A Thing of Beauty” Analog, January 1973
- Brian Stableford (1948-07-25) “The Magic Bullet” Interzone #29, May-June 1989
- Allen Steele (1958-01-19) “The War Memorial” Asimov’s, September 1995
- Bruce Sterling (1954-04-14) & Lewis Shiner “Mozart in Mirrorshades” Omni, September 1985
- Theodore Sturgeon (1918-02-26/1985-05-08) “The Hurkle Is a Happy Beast” F&SF, October 1949
- Michael Swanwick (1950-11-18) “Radio Waves” Omni, Winter 1995
- Leo Szilard (1898-02-11/1964-05-30) “The Mark Gable Foundation” The Voice of the Dolphins and Other Stories, 1961
- Stephen Tall (1908-06-14/1981-01-15) “The Invaders” If, August 1973
- Drew Hayden Taylor (1962-07-01) “Take Us To Your Chief” Take Us to Your Chief and Other Stories, 2016
- Lucy Taylor (1951-11-30) “The Family Underwater” Close to the Bone, 1993
- William Tenn (1920-05-09/2010-02-07) “Betelgeuse Bridge” Galaxy, April 1951
- James Tiptree, Jr. (1915-08-24/1987-05-19) “Milk of Paradise” Again, Dangerous Visions, 1972
- A. E. van Vogt (1912-04-26/2000-01-26) “Concealment” Astounding, September 1943
- Jack Vance (1916-08-28/2013-05-26) “Sulwen’s Planet” The Farthest Reaches, 1968
- John Varley (1947-08-09) “Retrograde Summer” F&SF, February 1975
- Joan D. Vinge (1948-04-02) “Fireship” Analog, December 1978
- Vernor Vinge (1944-10-02) “Long Shot” Analog, August 1972
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. (1922-11-11/2007-04-11) “Harrison Bergeron” F&SF, October 1961
- Howard Waldrop (1946-09-15) “Ugly Chickens” Universe 10, 1980
- Bryce Walton (1918-05-31/1988-02-05) “Too Late for Eternity” Startling Stories, Spring 1955
- Lawrence Watt-Evans (1954-07-26) “Why I Left Harry’s All-Night Hamburgers” IAsfm, July 1987
- Sharon Webb (1936-02-29/2010-04-29) “Variation on a Theme from Beethoven” IAsfm, February 1980
- Stanley G. Weinbaum (1902-04-04/1935-12-14) “Parasite Planet” Astounding, February 1935
- Manly Wade Wellman (1903-05-21/1986-04-05) “O Ugly Bird!” F&SF, December 1951
- H. G. Wells (1866-09-21/1946-08-13) “The Star” The Graphic, Christmas Number 1897
- Don Wilcox (1905-08-29/2000-03-09) “The Voyage That Lasted Six Hundred Years” Amazing, October 1940
- Oscar Wilde (1854-10-16/1900-11-30) “The Nightingale and the Rose” The Happy Prince and Other Tales, 1888
- Kate Wilhelm (1928-06-08/2018-03-08) “The Mile-Long Spaceship” Astounding, April 1957
- Robert Moore Williams (1907-06-19/1977-05-12) “Flight of the Dawn Star” Astounding, March 1938
- Jack Williamson (1908-04-29/2006-11-10) “Nonstop to Mars” Argosy, February 14, 1939
- Connie Willis (1945-12-31) “At the Rialto” Omni, October 1989
- P. G. Wodehouse (1881-10-15/1975-02-14) “Sir Agravaine” Collier’s, June 29, 1912
- John Wyndham (1903-07-10/1969-03-11) “The Asteroids, 2194” New Worlds #100, November 1960
- Timothy Zahn (1951-09-01) “The Cassandra” Analog, November 1983
- Roger Zelazny (1937-05-13/1995-06-14) “The Man Who Loved the Faioli” Galaxy, June 1967