PLANET STORIES.
New York: Love Romances, 1955. Octavo, single issue, cover by Freas. pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes fiction by Algis Budrys, Poul Anderson and others. Unabashedly the magazine was a proponent of "space-opera." In Leigh Brackett's introduction in the anthology THE BEST OF PLANET STORIES (1974) she states "the so-called space opera is the folk-tale, the hero-tale of our particular niche in history." Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481. Mild edge wear, small closed tear with crease to lower front cover, mild wear to upper spine, a very good copy. (23891). Item #23891
Price: $35.00