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PLANET STORIES.

PLANET STORIES. Spring 1955. (Volume 6, Number 10). Jack O'Sullivan, ed.

New York: Love Romances, 1955. Octavo, single issue, cover by Kelly 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." [Reference: Tymm and Ashley, Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 476-481]. Mild toning to text paper, a nearly fine copy. (36826). Item #36826

Price: $45.00