The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction

5731:. The first series was published by Mellifont Press, and ran from October 1953 to September 1954, in digest format, with 128 pages, priced at 1/6. The contents were taken from the U.S. magazine, but the UK issues did not directly correspond to individual U.S. issues. The second series was published by Atlas Publishing & Distributing from December 1959 to June 1964, in digest format. All issues were 128 pages except for January 1961 through November 1961 and March 1962 through June 1964, which were 112 pages. The price was 2/- from until November 1961, and 2/6 from December 1961 until the end of the run. As with the first series the reprint issues did not exactly correspond to individual U.S. issues. After the second series ended, some additional material from the U.S. issues was reprinted in the UK edition of 42: 3358: 5762: 10059: 4426: 10049: 3744: 5750: 3776:

Boucher used his own name. According to Clareson, the column "long remained the most catholic appraisal of the field" because of the variety of works reviewed. Boucher did not review his own fiction in the column, though on at least one occasion he listed a new book of his, telling the reader: "Comments eagerly welcomed; in this case, you are the reviewer". When Boucher left, he was succeeded by Damon Knight as book reviewer;

5774: 5467:(November 1954 – August 1958), published by Consolidated Press as a saddle-stapled digest. 14 issues. The first six issues were 128 pages long, the next 4 were 112 pages, and the last four were 96 pages. It was priced at 2/- throughout. The contents were selected from the US magazine but the Australian issues did not correspond to individual issues of the original. 4343:, two of the best-known fantasy pulps, and in Ashley's opinion, it soon found a "middle ground" between those pulp traditions and fantasy written for the slicks. It was known as the most literary of the science fiction and fantasy magazines, and it published the most diverse range of material. In a 1978 review of New Wave SF, Christopher Priest agreed that 3204: 3718:. Boucher published Damon Knight's "The Country of the Kind", described by Ashley as "one of his most potent stories from the fifties", in 1956, and the same year, under the pseudonym "Grendel Briarton", Reginald Bretnor began a series of punning stories known as "Feghoots" that lasted until 1964. At the end of the 1950s, during Mills' tenure as editor, 3838:" in November 1963. He published two "author special" issues: Theodore Sturgeon was featured in the September 1962 issue, and Ray Bradbury in May 1963. These author issues, which had been Joseph Ferman's idea, became a regular feature, with subsequent issues featuring Isaac Asimov (October 1966), Fritz Leiber (July 1969), Poul Anderson (April 1971), 5485:, which appeared in April 1970. The editor was initially Jerônymo Monteiro; he died after two issues and was succeeded by his daughter, Theresa Monteiro. The publisher was Revista do Globo. The magazine ran from April 1970 to November 1971, publishing a total of 20 issues, each containing a story by a local writer along with the reprinted material. 4295:, which won a Nebula Award. When Rusch took over as editor, Isaac Asimov had been writing the science column for over three decades, and Algis Budrys had been contributing a book review column since 1975; in 1992 Asimov died and Budrys departed. The science column ran for 399 consecutive issues, ending in February 1992. Asimov's widow, 4384:, "defined the tenor" of the 1950s. In 1966, Judith Merril argued that it was Boucher and McComas who made a place in the genre for writers such as Charles Beaumont, Mildred Clingerman, Edgar Pangborn, and many others who, in her opinion, had "virtually stopped writing until the necessary new magazine came along". 3513:. The interior layout was quite different from the existing fantasy and sf magazines: there were no interior illustrations, and the text was printed in a single column, instead of two as was usual elsewhere. There was a book review column, but no letters page. According to sf historian Mike Ashley, this "set 3345:, was forced to reduce his workload for health reasons. Boucher then did most of the reading and editing, while McComas reviewed the results and occasionally vetoed a story. In August the following year the schedule switched to monthly. In 1954 Spivak sold his shares in Mercury Press to his general manager, 3299:) for early 1947, but repeatedly delayed the launch because of poor newsstand sales of digest magazines. He also suggested that it should be priced at 35 cents an issue, which was higher than the original plan, to provide a financial buffer against poor sales. In May 1949 Spivak suggested a new title, 4174:'s "Monkey Treatment" and Gardner Dozois's "Down Among the Dead Men", which were dark fantasy, Ferman acquired both. Along with these regular columns, Ferman occasionally published articles, such as "Science Fiction and the University", a feature in the May 1972 issue that included contributions from 4527:

s prices over the years. When Joseph Ferman announced the price change in the February 1959 issue, his justification for the increase was that "during the past ten years...paper costs have gone up by 38%, composition, printing, binding and handling costs have gone up by 32%, postages costs have gone

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Davidson gave up the editor's chair in late 1964 in order to have more time to write, and was initially replaced by Joseph Ferman, who handed over control to his son Edward from May 1965, though the masthead did not reflect the change till 1966. Four years later the younger Ferman took over from his

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apart, giving it the air and authority of a superior magazine". The logo design and layout were the work of Mercury Press's art director, George Salter, whose background was in book design rather than in pulp magazines. Salter remained with the magazine until 1958. He was responsible for many of

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successful: classic reprints, along with quality fiction that avoided the excesses of the pulps. The initial proposal called for the magazine to include fantasy, but not science fiction. Even before the launch, the editors found they were having trouble deciding exactly where the boundary lay, so

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by both fans and science fiction historians) to reflect the contents. Sales of the second issue were strong enough for Spivak to commit further, and the magazine's future became more assured, despite the difficulties caused by the fact that both Boucher and McComas lived on the west coast, whereas

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Van Gelder printed more fantasy and less hard science fiction than had Rusch, and in Ashley's opinion he was able to "restore some of the magazine's distinctiveness". As a result of the switch to bimonthly in 2009, with the resulting higher page count in each issue, the magazine began to publish

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delivered the goods month after month": the schedule was reliable, the format remained unchanged, and the editor remained the same from 1965 throughout the next two decades and more. Ferman managed to keep the circulation above 50,000, and sometimes above 60,000, during the 1980s when most other

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soon began doing the editorial work under his father's supervision. At the start of 1966, Edward Ferman was listed as editor, and four years later, he acquired the magazine from his father and moved the editorial offices to his house in Connecticut. Ferman remained editor for over 25 years, and

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quickly established itself as one of the leading magazines. Ashley describes it as bridging "the attitude gap between the slick magazines and the pulps"', and argues that it made the genre more respectable. The fantasy side of the magazine attracted writers who had been regular contributors to

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Joseph Ferman's son, Edward Ferman, was managing editor during Davidson's tenure as editor. When Davidson left, Joseph Ferman took over the editorial chair, but in reality Edward Ferman was doing all the editorial work, and by the May 1965 issue was in full control of the magazine. It remained

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engaging in human activities amidst the desolation—watering a flower, playing with toys, or reading a store catalog, for example. A regular book review column appeared, titled "Recommended Reading"; it was signed simply "The Editors" until McComas ceased to be one of the co-editors, after which

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was Van Gelder's assistant editor from 2001 until December 2009. Van Gelder was unable to arrest the decline in circulation, which by 2011 was down to less than 15,000. Van Gelder reduced the publication frequency to bimonthly, increasing the page count and price. Charles Coleman Finlay

3414:, whose name first appeared on the masthead with the April 1962 issue. Joseph Ferman's son Edward had worked for the magazine as an editorial assistant in the 1950s, but left in 1959 to gain experience elsewhere; he returned in 1962, and worked under Davidson as managing editor. In 1963 3658:

for Best Magazine, and when Mills became editor that year he maintained the high standards Boucher had set, winning the award again in 1959 and 1960. Mills continued to publish a broad range of material without limiting the magazine to particular subgenres. Ashley cites

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quickly became one of the leading magazines in the science-fiction and fantasy fields, with a reputation for publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors. Well-known stories that appeared in its early years include

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was priced at 50 cents; by the end of the 1970s the price had gone up to $ 1.25, although the page count also rose, from 128 to 160 pages. Circulation did not suffer, but rose from 50,000 to over 60,000, partly because of subscription drives through

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The first issue, published by Fantasy House, a subsidiary of American Mercury, sold 57,000 copies, which was less than Spivak had hoped for, but in November he gave Boucher and McComas the go-ahead for another issue. The title was changed to

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when in February 1949 Joseph Ferman, Spivak's general manager, asked them to add sf to the lineup as a way to broaden the readership, they were happy to comply. The first issue included only one story that could be called science fiction:

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the magazine's publishing offices were in New York. The publishing schedule moved to bimonthly with the December 1950 issue. The pay rate for the early issues was two cents per word, or $ 100 for short pieces, which was competitive with

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had been "the most consistently enjoyable magazine of the last 50 years". In his view, a key reason for the magazine's appeal was that its roots were in the literary tradition, with Lawrence Spivak, its first publisher, the inheritor of

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In January 1946, Boucher and McComas went to New York and met with Spivak, who let them know later in the year that he wanted to go ahead. At Spivak's request they began acquiring material for the new magazine, including a new story by

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field".) Zenna Henderson's stories of The People, a group of refugee humanoid aliens hiding on Earth, were published through the 1950s and 1960s and became a "central feature" of the magazine according to sf critic

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The publisher was initially Fantasy House, a subsidiary of Mercury Press; from March 1958 the publisher was listed as Mercury Press instead. Since February 2001 the publisher has been Van Gelder's Spilogale, Inc.

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guest-edited the July/August 2014 issue, and was hired in 2015 as full-time editor, beginning with the March/April 2015 issue. Sheree Renée Thomas was hired as editor, beginning with the March/April 2021 issue.

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the following year. DeFord argued that Richardson was assuming that women were not people in the same way as men, and the controversy has since been cited as part of the long debate within the genre about the

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in 1991, and by the mid-1990s circulation began to fall again. In 1997 Gordon Van Gelder took over as editor, and from the February 2001 issue was publisher as well, having bought the magazine from Ferman.

3226:, the first science fiction (sf) magazine. By the end of the 1930s, the genre was flourishing in the United States, nearly twenty new sf and fantasy titles appearing between 1938 and 1941. These were all 3244:, rather than pulp, and printed a mixture of classic stories and fresh material. Dannay attempted to avoid the sensationalist fiction appearing in the pulps, and soon made the magazine a success. 5659:, but soon began printing more original fiction, and as of 2016 is the leading Japanese science fiction magazine, publishing both original material and stories reprinted from a variety of sources. 10088: 3410:

while remaining managing editor of Queen's magazine. Mills stayed for over three years, leaving at the end of 1961 to spend more time working as a literary agent, and Ferman replaced him with

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into the 1980s. A newer group, including Joanna Russ and R.A. Lafferty, had become regulars more recently. Some established writers such as Thomas Disch published their more unusual work in

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praised the "creative editors of the 1980s and 1990s, such as Gardner Dozois ... and Gordon Van Gelder", but added that "such editors were no longer the most important figures in the field".

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s reputation for quality intact throughout the 1980s; it was not as distinct from its competition as it had once been, but it retained an "idiosyncratic individuality", in Ashley's words.

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When the second issue appeared, with the title revised to include "Science Fiction", there was no announcement of the change, and not much more science fiction than in the first issue.

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maintained its dominance of the field through the 1990s, though Rusch published well-received material such as "The Martian Child" by David Gerrold and "Last Summer at Mars Hill" by

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took over the book review column on Davidson's departure, and was followed by James Blish in 1970 and Algis Budrys in 1975, with frequent contributions from other reviewers such as

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in 1954, though he was better remembered for "The Golem", which appeared in the March 1955 issue. Under Davidson more work appeared by non-English-speaking writers such as

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contributed the column between 1970 and 1984. Among the later reviewers, Ellison was one of the most popular, and columns from his first four years were collected as

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included original French stories as well as translations from the English version of the magazine, and occasionally these French stories subsequently appeared in

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would require "the men stationed on a planet openly accompanied by women to relieve the sexual tensions that develop among normal healthy males". Responses by

3683:" until Mills bought it in 1959; it went on to win several awards and according to Clute and Nicholls is "arguably the most popular sf novel ever published". 5591:, along with some original stories by Israelis. It included translations of Asimov's science column, and also included departments that did not originate in 4372:

because it was not a specialist sf magazine. At the end of the 1950s Kingsley Amis described it as "the most highbrow" of the science fiction magazines, and

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had no connection to the pulp magazine era, and its editors had always intended to appeal to readers of books, rather than of magazines. Ashley also cites

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for four consecutive years, from 1969 through 1972, when the award was changed to "Best Professional Editor". Initially this category was dominated by

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won more award nominations, and were selected for more "Year's Best" anthologies, than the other magazines; in the 1980s that was no longer true, as

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for being too violent. It won the Hugo Award in the novel category the following year, and proved to be one of Heinlein's most controversial books.

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format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single-column format, which in the opinion of science-fiction historian

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remained intact for decades, and in Ashley's opinion the consistency of appearance has been "one of the major selling points" of the magazine.

3252: 10393: 3259:, an editor who shared his interest in fantasy and SF. By 1944 McComas and Boucher became interested in the idea of a fantasy companion to 3619:, who had been unable to sell it elsewhere, and printed it in the April 1955 issue; it was the first story in the series that would become 4213:, were still contributing their work into the late 1970s, and many of the regular writers from the early years, such as Reginald Bretnor, 394:

replaced Rusch in 1997, and bought the magazine from Ferman in 2001, but circulation continued to fall, and by 2011 it was below 15,000.

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school" had resulted in "buckets and buckets of froth" but, more favorably, "Liberal Arts concepts in what had been almost exclusively a

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contributed one example, "Not with a Bang", which Knight has described as his first fully professional story. The next issue included

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than had appeared under Ferman. In the mid-1990s, circulation began to decline; most American magazines were losing subscribers and

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began contributing covers with the November 1953 issue, and in October 1955 began a long-running series of covers that depicted a

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Among the cover artists in the first decade, sf historian and critic Thomas Clareson singles out the early astronomical scenes by

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de Larber, Nicholas S. (1985). "Venture Science Fiction (1969–1970) (1957–1958)". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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very readable, but that on occasion a well-written, sophisticated, but unoriginal science fiction story might be accepted by

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took over in 1960 and remained in the role until Avram Davidson became the book reviewer when he took the editorial chair.

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in December 1961, translated by Damon Knight. Since 2005 it has been issued twice a year as a magazine/anthology series.

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Clareson, Thomas D. (1985). "The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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s broad editorial policy, which allowed the magazine to carry a wider range of fiction than its competitors. In 2014

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has a bias for literary work, and added that "it has been a sort of New Wave of its own ever since its inception".

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Ferman, Rusch, van Gelder, Finlay, and Thomas. The apparent errors in numbering in January 1958 and July 1960 are

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was quite different in presentation from the existing science-fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in

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ever published. Over the next few years several writers became strongly associated with the magazine, including

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as being the most notable; these were among the first to replace George Salter's surreal artwork on the cover.

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Underlining indicates that an issue was titled as a quarterly (e.g. "Fall 1949") rather than as a monthly. The

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had approached Spivak in the mid-1940s about creating a fantasy companion to Spivak's existing mystery title,

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colours indicate the editor; Boucher and McComas, then Boucher alone; Mills, Davidson, Joseph Ferman, Edward

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into third place. Ferman was still able to acquire some highly regarded material, such as "Lost Boys" by

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One of Mel Hunter's series of robot covers which began in 1955. This example is from the July 1957 issue.

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titled "The Day After We Land on Mars" appeared in the December 1955 issue; Richardson commented that an

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were frequent contributors in the 1970s, Tiptree contributing some of her best-known stories, such as "

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Wolfe, Gary K. (2003). "Science Fiction and its Editors". In James, Edward; Mendlesohn, Farah (eds.).

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Montanari, Gianni; de Turres, Gianfranco (1985). "Italy". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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took over the book reviews; Robert Killheffer succeeded Kessel, with some overlap in 1994 and 1995.

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contributed horror and weird fiction regularly in the 1980s. Despite the increased competition from

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McComas's salary was reduced, and he described his new role as retiring to "a consulting position".

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Boucher and McComas's original goal for the new magazine was to imitate the formula that had made

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began to publish more dark fantasy and horror stories, such as "The Night We Buried Road Dog" by

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father as publisher as well, and moved the editorial and publishing offices to his house in

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succeeded Charles Coleman Finlay, becoming the magazine's 10th editor in the fall of 2020.

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Dolman, Everett Carl (1997). "Military, Democracy, and the State in Robert A. Heinlein's

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for issues 10–14; Wulf H. Bergner for issues 15–42; Manfred Kluge for issues 43–63; and

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s quality; the end of the 1960s saw Ferman printing some old-fashioned material such as

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the surreal early covers; these gave way to work by other artists, but his design for

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in 1978 also had an impact. For almost every year in the 1970s stories published in

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Pessina, Hector R. (1985a). "Argentina". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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Science Fiction Rebels: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1981 to 1990

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October/November @ $ 4.59 in 1998 & 2000–2001; $ 5.95 in 1999; $ 4.99 in 2002

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In 1951, McComas, who had a full-time job in sales on top of his role as editor of

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Spielvogel, Carl (August 14, 1957). "Advertising: 2 Big Agencies Study a Merger".

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Gateways to Forever: The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1970 to 1980

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Thomas, Pascal J. (1985). "France". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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Berg, Johannes H. (1985). "Norway". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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This was an expanded version of an article that had originally appeared in the

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was regarded as one of the "big three" science fiction magazines, along with

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and to launch "a new fantasy anthology periodical". Invitees included Carr,

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Shibano, Takumi (1985). "Japan". In Tymn, Marshall B.; Ashley, Mike (eds.).

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Transformations:The Story of the Science-Fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970

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The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: 60th Anniversary Anthology

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s contents were translations of material that had originally appeared in

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The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 50th Anniversary Anthology

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The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 45th Anniversary Anthology

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The Best From Fantasy & Science Fiction: A 40th Anniversary Anthology

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Best From Fantasy and Science Fiction: Twenty-fifth Anniversary Anthology

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up from 33% to 60%, and various other costs have risen as much or more".

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s editor, with Boucher in an advisory role. Later that year Ferman sold

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Avram Davidson, who became editor in 1962, had sold his first story to

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Once and Future Tales from the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction

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in New York City to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the death of

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magazines were losing subscribers. He turned over the editorship to

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The World of Science Fiction: 1926–1976: The History of a Subculture

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by selecting stories from different issues of the original magazine.

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was serialized; Anthony had won a competition sponsored in part by

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Newer writers who began to appear regularly in the 1980s included

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and focusing on detective fiction. The magazine was published in

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The Creation of Tomorrow: Fifty Years of Magazine Science Fiction

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A Biographical Dictionary of Science Fiction and Fantasy Artists

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edited a hardcover facsimile edition of the April 1965 issue of

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Some of the artists who had provided covers for early issues of

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apart, giving it the air and authority of a superior magazine".

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published material that previously could only have appeared in

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was an assistant editor. In the early 1970s Ferman contacted

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thereafter. The full title of the publication was initially

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was launched in 1977 and from 1983, under the editorships of

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Science-Fiction Handbook: The Writing of Imaginative Fiction

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Greetings, Carbon-Based Bipeds!: Collected Essays, 1934–1998

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stories. The first few issues mostly featured cover art by

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eleventh Series

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As of March 2017, the editorial succession is as follows:

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Twelfth Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Seventh Series

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October/November @ $ 4.99 from 2003–2006; $ 5.99 in 2007

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eclectic through the 1960s and 1970s, publishing work by

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Science fiction magazines published in the United States

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The Very Best of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Volume 2

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Eighth Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fourth Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Second Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Tenth Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fifth Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Third Series

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was cancelled Mills brought the science column over to

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An early issue, with an astronomical cover painting by

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 24th Series

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The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: 13th Series

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s open-mindedness, but this did not lead to a drop in

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to start his own publishing venture. Ferman retained

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And I Awoke and Found Me Here on the Cold Hill's Side

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