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FANTASY REVIEW [later SCIENCE-FANTASY REVIEW]. (all published).
Ilford, Essex: Walter H. Gillings, 1947-1950. Octavo, eighteen issues, pictorial self wrappers, stapled. A complete file of the eighteen issues published prior to incorporation as supplements in Gillings' professional magazine SCIENCE-FANTASY. "FANTASY REVIEW" was the title Gillings gave to his postwar revival of SCIENTIFICTION. Professionally printed as a neat twenty-page booklet (later growing to thirty-two and even forty pages), it was edited with Gillings' usual polish. Gillings also wrote most of the contents, often under such pen names as Thomas Sheridan and Geoffrey Giles, and the magazine contains an immense amount of news of all kinds, as well as intelligent reviews and criticism. FR was certainly the most mature news magazine British fandom had produced, and it is still one of the most elaborate of its kind." - Tymn and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 824-25. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 40 and p. 96.
FLASH GORDON STRANGE ADVENTURE MAGAZINE.
New York: C.J.H. Publications, Inc., 1936. Large octavo, single issue, illustrations by Fred Meagher, pictorial wrappers saddle stapled. Pulp magazine. The only issue, which includes eight full page color illustrations. An attempt to blend the comic strip and pulp field which did not find the right audience. Includes the lead story which stars Flash Gordon and three other SF stories. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 273-274.
FUTURE combined with SCIENCE FICTION STORIES.
Holyoke, MA: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1951. Octavo, single issue, cover by Milton Luros, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Frederik Pohl writing as "James MacCreigh," Wallace West, Richard Shaver, James Gunn writing as "Edwin James," and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 277-284.
IMAGINATIVE TALES later SPACE TRAVEL. (Twenty six issues, all published).
Evanston, IL: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1954-1958. Small octavo, 26 issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. This magazine initial started out with fiction leaning toward the humorous with a note of 'spice,' as evidenced by the titillating covers by Harold McCauley over the first seven issues. In the fall of 1956 the magazine moved to more conventional stories. In the waning days of the magazine the editor tried to move to a more serious image with the age of Sputnik and changed the title to Space Travel, in which the magazine lasted only three more issues. Authors included Robert Bloch, Edmond Hamiltion (some pseudonymous), Steven Marlowe (under pseudonym), Robert Silverberg (some pseudonymous), Randall Garrett, A. Bertram Chandler, Margeret St. Clair, Harlan Ellison and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 347-350.
WHISPERS.
Browns Mills, NJ: Stuart David Schiff, 1979. Octavo, single issue, cloth. Of 376 hardbound copies this is one of 350 numbered copies signed by Fritz Leiber, Stephen Fabian, artist, and publisher Stuart Schiff. The Fritz Leiber issue. Contributors include Leiber, Glen Cook, Brian Lumley, Roger Zelazny, Dennis Etchison and others.
FANCIFUL TALES.
Oakman, Alabama: A Shepherd–Wollheim Publication, 1936. Octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers, stapled. First edition. The only issue published. This copy signed by editor Wollheim. The second appearance of "The Nameless City," a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Joshi I-B-i-37. Also includes "Solomon Kane's Homecoming" by Robert E. Howard and "The Man from Dark Valley" by August Derleth as well as fiction by Donald A. Wollheim, David H. Keller and others. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 29.
MACKILL'S MYSTERY MAGAZINE [U.S. ISSUE].
London: Todd Publishing Group, Ltd., 1953. Small octavo, pictorial wrappers. Digest sized magazine. Well regarded mystery magazine which featured largely reprints featuring top-notch writers. The first few U.S. issues were U. K. issues with over printed U. S. prices, but that changed from April 1953 onwards (with printed printed price of .35). At that point the U.S. volume numbers did not match the date/volume numbers of the U.K. editions. This issue includes Erle Stanley Gardner, Agatha Christie, Margery Allingham, Graham Greene and others. See Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 310-311.
MAGAZINE OF HORROR. (Thirty-six issues, all published).
New York: Health Knowledge Inc., 1963-1971. Octavo, thirty-six issues, pictorial wrappers. Digest size magazine. This publication included new and reprint fiction. Reprints coming mainly from the pulps and with the knowledgeable editor and his two consultants Robert A. Madle and Sam Moskowitz, stories long out of print and virtually unobtainable were reprinted. Lowndes was also able to print stories by some old time writers which had been unpublished. Editor Lowndes was also able to capitalize on the resurgence of Robert E. Howard of the mid 1960s with publication of several unpublished stories including a Conan story (Spring 1967, #15). Newer material included writers as Stephen Goldin, Joanna Russ, Roger Zelazny, August Derleth, Joseph Payne Brennan, Robert Silverberg, and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 391-395.
MARVEL TALES. (All published).
Everett, PA: Fantasy Publications, 1934-1935. Octavo, five issues and one duplicate, pictorial wrappers. A complete run of one of the better semi-pro magazines, approaching (or equaling in some instances) the quality of content of the SF specialty pulps of the 1930s. The first issue features "The Cossacks Ride Hard" by August Derleth, "Celephais" by H. P. Lovecraft, "Binding Deluxe" by David H. Keller, and other material. Issue two features "The Dark Beasts" by Frank Belknap Long and "The Garden of Fear" by Robert E. Howard. Issue three feature the first printing of "Lilies," Robert Bloch's first published story, he was seventeen at the time of this publication, (originally submitted to Weird Tales and rejected by Farnsworth Wright). This issue also includes "The Golden Bough," a weird fantasy by David H. Keller. Issue four includes a reprint of "The Doom that Came to Sarnath," a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. Also includes "The Creator" by Clifford D. Simak (its first appearance in print) as well as fiction by P. Schuyler Miller, George Allan England (a reprint), John Beynon Harris, and Amelia Reynolds Long. The fifth and final issue includes Miles J. Breuer, Carl Jacobi, Ralph Milne Farley and Anders W. Drake, part three of "The Titan" by P. Schuyler Miller, part two of "The Nebula of Death," a reprint serial by George Allan England. Two copies of issue two are included, each with different cover are. Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm, pp. 22-3. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 66. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 401-04.
MOVIE MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
Hollywood, CA: Anson Bond Publications Incorporated, 1947. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. The final issue of this short lived magazine. This issue is notable for a novelization of "The Chase," a film noir based on the Cornell Woolrich novel THE BLACK PATH OF FEAR. This novelization is uncredited. Also included in this issue is a short article featuring stills from classic horror/monster films. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 334-335.
PLANET STORIES.
New York: Love Romances, 1941. Octavo, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Leigh Brackett, Nelson Bond, Ray Cummings and others. Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481.
SUPER SCIENCE STORIES.
New York: Fictioneers, Inc., 1949. Octavo, single issue, cover by Lawrence, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Silence" by Ray Bradbury. Other fiction by Henry Kuttner, James Blish, Manly Wade Wellman and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 631-635.
SUPER SCIENCE STORIES.
Kokomo, IN: Fictioneers, Inc., 1949. Octavo, single issue, cover by Lawrence, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "Impossible" by Ray Bradbury. Other fiction by John D. MacDonald (2 stories-one as John Wade Farrell), Neil R. Jones, Fredric Brown and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 631-635.
REX STOUT MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
New York: Avon Detective-Mysteries, Inc., 1946. Small octavo, single issue, printed wrappers. Digest sized magazine. This issue includes "They Can Only Hang You Once," a Sam Spade story by Dashiell Hammett and "Rats in the Walls," by H. P. Lovecraft. Other fiction by John Dickson Carr, William Irish, Dorothy Sayers and others. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, pp. 451-453.
SCARAB MYSTERY MAGAZINE.
Chicago: Black Horse Press, Inc., 1950. Small octavo, printed wrappers. Digest sized magazine. The first of two published. Features stories by Frank Kane (Johnny Liddell), Paul Marcus and Edward Ronns (pseudonym for Edward Aarons). Another interesting start which suffered poor distribution. Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, p. 464.
SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY.
Mount Morris, IL. Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The third of three issues with this title, after this issue it become Wonder Stories Quarterly. Includes "The Stone From the Moon" by Otto Willi Gail. Also includes an early work by Clare Winger Harris, "The Ape Cycle." Harris today is noted for being one of the first (if not the first) female writer who started her career in sf genre magazines. Her work often featured strong female characters and she is today recognized as being an early feminist in the field. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 763-766.
SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY.
Mount Morris, IL. Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The second of three issues with this title. Includes a story by Lilith Lorraine (Mary Maude Wright), one of a small number of women writers who wrote SF in the pulps. The story here, "Into the 28th Century" is a Utopian work. It also includes the "The Moon Conquerors" by R. H. Roman, in which a female scientist undertakes a moon voyage. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 763-766.
SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY.
Mount Morris, IL. Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The second of three issues with this title. Includes a story by Lilith Lorraine (Mary Maude Wright), one of a small number of women writers who wrote SF in the pulps. The story here, "Into the 28th Century" is a Utopian work. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 763-766.
SCIENCE WONDER QUARTERLY.
Mount Morris, IL. Stellar Publishing Corportaion, 1930. Octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. The second of three issues with this title. Includes a story by Lilith Lorraine (Mary Maude Wright), one of a small number of women writers who wrote SF in the pulps. The story here, "Into the 28th Century" is a Utopian work. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 763-766.
SCIENCE WONDER STORIES.
Mt. Morris, Illinois: Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Large octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. Authors include David H. Keller, Harl Vincent, Francis Flagg and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 743-762.
SCIENCE WONDER STORIES.
Mt. Morris, Illinois: Stellar Publishing Corporation, 1930. Large octavo, single issue, cover by Frank R. Paul, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine, bedsheet format. Authors include David H. Keller, Harl Vincent, Francis Flagg and others. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 743-762.
SCIENTIFICTION: THE BRITISH FANTASY REVIEW.
Ilford, Essex: Walter H. Gillings, 1937-1938. Octavo, six issues, printed wrappers, stapled. Six of the seven issues published (lacking issue number 2, April 1937) prior to merging with Doug Mayer's TOMORROW. "SCIENTIFICTION is still one of the most important fanzines ever produced in Britain and is now an invaluable source of news about prewar SF. Moskowitz called it 'a superb effort,' while Warner considers it 'one of the most ambitious fanzines in history.' With his expertise as a journalist, Gillings was able to produce a highly readable magazine useful both to those inside and outside SF. Apart from news and reviews presented in professional newspaper style, the magazine also contained interviews, photographs and critical articles. It is an essential reference aid for the serious researcher." - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 841. Includes interviews with John Beynon Harris, Festus Pragnell, Olaf Stapledon, Eric Frank Russell, John Russell Fearn, and Benson Herbert, plus articles by John Beynon Harris, John Russell Fearn, Eric Frank Russell, Arthur C. Clarke, and David H. Keller, a notice of the death of H. P. Lovecraft, "Campbell's Plans for ASTOUNDING," and other material. Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm (1974), p. 101. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 103. Warner, All Our Yesterdays, p. 84.
SHOCK MYSTERY TALES.
New York: Pontiac Publishing Corp. 1961. Small octavo, single issue, pictorial wrappers. First edition. Digest magazine. "Macabre backgrounds, cults and weird characters highlight these stories..." - Cook, Mystery, Detective and Espionage Magazines, p. 499. A short lived magazine with covers and contents in the vein of weird menace magazines. Note: The volume numbering is possibly continued from Shock magazine (Winston Publications, Inc.).
SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY.
Kokomo, IN: Standard Publications, Inc., 1953. Octavo, single issue, cover by Emsh (Ed Emshwiller), pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes Leigh Brackett, Gordon R. Dickson and others. The third of five issues. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 591-599.
STAR SCIENCE FICTION. (all published).
Derby, CT: Ballantine Magazines Inc., 1958. Small octavo, cover by Richard Powers, pictorial wrappers. Digest magazine. First and only issue. This was an attempt by Ballantine to conver the Star SF anthology book series into a magazine. Good quality stories by Algis Budrys writing as "John Sentry," Chan Davis, Poul Anderson, Isaac Asimov, Robert Bloch, Gavin Hyde and in his first American magazine appearance, Brian Aldiss with "Judas Dancing," a story often reprinted (as "Judas Danced"). Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 604-606.