Fantastic Science Fiction Stories [May, 1960] [Vol. 9, No. 5]

by Goldsmith, Cele (ed.); Lovecraft, H.P.; Leiber, Fritz; Moffitt, Donald et al

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First edition

Chicago [New York]: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition . Paperback. Very Good. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. John Duillo. Very Good; Chicago: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1960. First Edition. May, 1960 issue, Vol.9, No. 5. 12mo, 130 pp. Illustrated wraps. Age toning to the pages; some edge wear, several small chips, one larger one at lower left, rear cover (see scans); previous owner's sticker at contents page. Just Very Good. Having become a clearly-focused sci-fi periodical, Fantastic Science Fiction Stories was by the time of this May, 1960 issue edited by Cele Goldsmith. Magazine founder Howard Browne had established the periodical in 1952, naming it Fantasy - one of the small forest of pulp fiction-era periodicals whose magazine names were often so similar as to be confusing. This one itself bore a variety of names, from Fantastic to Fantastic Science Fiction, Fantastic Science Fiction Stories, Fantastic Stories of Imagination, Fantastic: Science Fiction - Fantasy and Fantastic Stories, all as part of the effort by Browne, in both title and content, to maximize the interested demographic. Not affiliated with this magazine were the similar pulp titles Fantastic Novels, Fantastic Science Fiction (an unrelated two-issue 1952 effort bearing a title identical name to one of the above Ziff-Davis titles], Fantastic Story Magazine, Fantastic Story Quarterly, Fantastic Universe, and the elder statesmen of pulps beginning with "Fantastic", Fantastic Adventures and F

• Publisher: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
• Year: 1960
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: paperback

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