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PLANET STORIES.

PLANET STORIES. Fall 1954. (Volume 6, Number 8). Jack O'Sullivan, ed.

New York: Love Romances, 1954. Octavo, single issue, cover by Freas, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes fiction by Robert Sheckley. 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. Closed tears repaired with clear tape, upper half of front cover separating from spine edge, a good copy. (26178). Item #26178

Price: $15.00