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Science Fiction Fan, v. 1, no. 4, October 1936
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THE SCIENCE FICTION FAN 7 in the summer of 1933. Now owned by Standard Publications. Astounding Stories - first issued by Wm. Clayton in January 1930. AS was published every month until the September, 1932 issue, when it commenced a four issue bi-monthly existence, ending with the March, 1933 number, was then purchased by Street and Smith who have published it monthly since October 1933. Miracle Stories - probably the most sought-after item in the field of s-f collecting, lasted only two issues, April-May and June-July, 1931. They were published by Harold Hersey, who is editor of Flash Gordon Magazine. Marvel Tales - edited and published by Wm. Crawford. MT has appeared at irregular intervals since May 1934. five issues have been published thus far, but the sixth issue will definitely appear on the newsstands in the near future. That is all of the true science fiction magazines which have been issued, but many juvenile attempts have been made, such as O'leary's War Birds and Dusty Ayres, but they usually "folded up" after a few issues. FAN MAGAZINES Fan magazines are small amateur magazines issued by active fans. Many of these publications never amount to anything, but some are really worth collecting. As many science fiction fans have aspirations of becoming famous authors, they contribute freely to these magazines. Many of these fan writers turn out to be professional authors of no mean ability. Moritmer Weisinger, Thomas S. Gardner, the late David R. Daniels and many other thank fan magazines for projecting them into the world of literature. This month I am going to describe some of the more well known fan publications. I cannot give a description of all of them, as I would surely overrun the pace allowed to me, thereby crowding out some articles of more importance. COSMOLOGY The first fan magazine, to my knowledge, was Cosmology, publication of The International Scientific Association. This interesting journal was published monthly for nearly a year, but later adopted an irregular publication date. The initial issue appeared May, 1930, and the final one was dated 1933, Volume 6 Number 1. Seventeen issues were published, of which sixteen were mimeographed. The last one was printed by Conrad H. Ruppert. Cosmology was edited by Raymond A. Palmer. THE TIME TRAVELOR In the early part of 1932, Allen Glasser, with the cooperation of Julius Schwartz, brought out The Time Travelor, the first real fan magazine. This little periodical published nine issues, the final one being November, 1932, when combination with The Science Fiction Digest occurred. THE SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST The SFD was publihsed monthly from September, 1932 up to an including September, 1934. The name was changed to Fantasy Magazine in January, 1934. This step was necessary as the editorial staff desired to include weird fiction, as well as science fiction, in their scope. Commencing with the October-November issue of 1934 FM adopted an irregular publication date. Conrad H. Ruppert was the printer until the beginning of 1936, when William Crawford took
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THE SCIENCE FICTION FAN 7 in the summer of 1933. Now owned by Standard Publications. Astounding Stories - first issued by Wm. Clayton in January 1930. AS was published every month until the September, 1932 issue, when it commenced a four issue bi-monthly existence, ending with the March, 1933 number, was then purchased by Street and Smith who have published it monthly since October 1933. Miracle Stories - probably the most sought-after item in the field of s-f collecting, lasted only two issues, April-May and June-July, 1931. They were published by Harold Hersey, who is editor of Flash Gordon Magazine. Marvel Tales - edited and published by Wm. Crawford. MT has appeared at irregular intervals since May 1934. five issues have been published thus far, but the sixth issue will definitely appear on the newsstands in the near future. That is all of the true science fiction magazines which have been issued, but many juvenile attempts have been made, such as O'leary's War Birds and Dusty Ayres, but they usually "folded up" after a few issues. FAN MAGAZINES Fan magazines are small amateur magazines issued by active fans. Many of these publications never amount to anything, but some are really worth collecting. As many science fiction fans have aspirations of becoming famous authors, they contribute freely to these magazines. Many of these fan writers turn out to be professional authors of no mean ability. Moritmer Weisinger, Thomas S. Gardner, the late David R. Daniels and many other thank fan magazines for projecting them into the world of literature. This month I am going to describe some of the more well known fan publications. I cannot give a description of all of them, as I would surely overrun the pace allowed to me, thereby crowding out some articles of more importance. COSMOLOGY The first fan magazine, to my knowledge, was Cosmology, publication of The International Scientific Association. This interesting journal was published monthly for nearly a year, but later adopted an irregular publication date. The initial issue appeared May, 1930, and the final one was dated 1933, Volume 6 Number 1. Seventeen issues were published, of which sixteen were mimeographed. The last one was printed by Conrad H. Ruppert. Cosmology was edited by Raymond A. Palmer. THE TIME TRAVELOR In the early part of 1932, Allen Glasser, with the cooperation of Julius Schwartz, brought out The Time Travelor, the first real fan magazine. This little periodical published nine issues, the final one being November, 1932, when combination with The Science Fiction Digest occurred. THE SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST The SFD was publihsed monthly from September, 1932 up to an including September, 1934. The name was changed to Fantasy Magazine in January, 1934. This step was necessary as the editorial staff desired to include weird fiction, as well as science fiction, in their scope. Commencing with the October-November issue of 1934 FM adopted an irregular publication date. Conrad H. Ruppert was the printer until the beginning of 1936, when William Crawford took
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