Octavo, single issue, cover by Anderson, pictorial wrappers. Pulp magazine. Includes "The Infinites" by Philip K. Dick (his third appearance in Planet). 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]. Edge wear with creases and small tears, tape to upper right edge and tape ghost to mid-left front cover, minor loss lower left corner and spine end, a good copy. (23900). Seller Inventory # 23900

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Title: PLANET STORIES

Publisher: Love Romances, New York

Publication Date: 1953

Binding: Soft cover

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