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PLANET STORIES.

PLANET STORIES. March 1954. (Volume 6, Number 5). Jack O'Sullivan, ed.

New York: Love Romances, 1954. Octavo, single issue, cover by Kelly Freas, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Fiction by Eric Storm (E. C. Tubb), Mack Reynolds 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." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481]. Mild toning to text paper, edges trimmed, a nearly fine copy. (36821). Item #36821

Price: $45.00