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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of six New Worlds publications ranging from 1952 to 1975. New Worlds was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called Novae Terrae. John Carnell, who became Novae Terrae's editor in 1939, renamed it New Worlds that year. He was instrumental in turning it into a professional publication in 1946 and was the first editor of the new incarnation. It became the leading UK science fiction magazine; the period to 1960 has been described by science fiction historian Mike Ashley as the magazine's "Golden Age". Includes writing by: J. T. McIntosh, F. G. Rayer, E. C. Tubb, George Longdon, A. Bertram Chandler, Lan Wright, E. R. James, James MacGregor, Charles Gray, Stewart Windsor, Leslie Flood, Keith Roberts, Michael Moorcock, Joanna Russ, John Sladek, Brian W. Aldiss, Harry Harrison, Mack Reynolds and many more. Six issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (0.65 ASSORTEDSF04).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of eight sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: Great Science Fiction #2 & #3 (1965 & 1966). Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in other magazines, including some published by Gernsback, but Amazing helped define and launch a new genre of pulp fiction. Amazing and Fantastic were sold to Ultimate Publishing Company, run by Sol Cohen and Arthur Bernhard. Cohen had acquired reprint rights to the magazines' back issues, producing reprint magazines such as Great Science Fiction and Science Fiction Classics. Includes writing by: Lester Del Rey, Philip José Farmer, Poul Anderson, Cordwainer Smith, Randall Garrett, Keith Laumer, Roger Zelazny, F. A. Javor, Harry Harrison, Robert Bloch, Albert Teichner, J. G. Ballard, Phyllis Gotlieb, Stanley R. Lee, Jack Sharkey, Harlan Ellison & Winston Marks. Analog Science Fiction/ Science Fact: Vol. 102, #3 - #5 (1982). Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Includes writing by: Ben Bova, Donald Kingsbury, Alison Tellure, Timothy Zahn, Robert E. Skinner, Michael A. Banks, Rick Norwood, Arthur C. Clarke, Edward A. Byers, Rob Chilson and many more. Featuring cover art by Lawrence Alan Noble, an artist/sculptor, best known for his magazine cover illustration and movie posters spanning the 1970s and 1980s. Vincent Di Fate is an American artist specializing in science fiction, fantasy and realistic space art illustration. He was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. Wayne Douglas Barlowe, an American science fiction and fantasy writer, painter, and concept artist. Barlowe's work focuses on esoteric landscapes and creatures such as citizens of hell and alien worlds. He has painted over 300 books, magazine covers and illustrations for many major book publishers, as well as Life magazine, Time magazine, and Newsweek. Analog Science Fiction & Fact: Vol. 113, #7 (June 1993). Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. Originally titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, the first issue was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Includes writing by: John Brunner, Michael F. Flynn, Dr. Arlan Andrews Snr, Eric Frank Russell and many more. Featuring a cover by Bob Eggleton, an American science fiction, fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Awardwinner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book Greetings from Earth. He also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000. In film, he has worked as a concept artist on Sphere (1997), Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (2001) and The Ant Bully (2006). He also illustrated matte paintings on the short film The Idol (2007) and was an extra in the Millennium Godzilla film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002). Worlds Of IF Science Fiction: Vol. 12, #3 (July 1962). An American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Includes writing by: Allen Kim Lang, Theodore Sturgeon, Keith Laumer, C. C. MacApp, Cordwainer Smith, Bryce Walton & Robert Scott. Features cover art by Jim Burns, a Welsh artist, called one of the Grand Masters of the science fiction art world. Worlds Of IF Science Fiction: Vol. 23, #1 (September-November 1986). If was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. Includes writing by: Roger Zelazny, Orson Scott Card, Larry Niven, Hilbert Schenck, A. E. Van Vogt, Clifford R. Hong, Ray Brown, Kerry Schaefer, Ralph Sevush, Stefan Jones, Robert Thurston & Jessica Amanda Salmonson. Features cover art by Bob Eggleton, an American science fiction, fantasy and horror artist. Eggleton is a nine-time Hugo Awardwinner for Best Pro Artist in science fiction and fantasy, first winning in 1994. He won the Hugo Award for Best Related Book in 2001 for his art book Greetings from Earth. He also won the Chesley Award for Artistic Achievement in 1999 and was the guest of honor at Chicon 2000. In film, he has worked as a concept artist on Sphere (1997), Jimmy Neutron Boy Genius (2001) and The Ant Bully (2006). He also illustrated matte paintings on the short film The Idol (2007) and was an extra in the Millennium Godzilla film Godzilla Against Mechagodzilla (2002). Eight issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (1 ASSORTEDSF09).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of seven sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: Spaceway Science Fiction: Vol. 4, #1 (January 1969). US Digest-size magazine, in two series. The first series had eight issues December 1953 to June 1955, and the second series, four issues, January 1969 to May/June 1970, published by William L Crawford's Fantasy Publishing Company Inc in Los Angeles; the subtitle "Stories of the Future" was changed to "Science Fiction" from December 1954. The second series of Spaceway, which Crawford compiled with the assistance of Gerald W Page, reprinted material from the first but added a few new stories. Includes writing by: A. E. Van Vogt, E. C. Tubb, James Causey, Harl Vincent, William S. Corwin, Jeff Sutton, H. B. Fyfe, J. T. Oliver & Ralph Milne Farley. Also includes a cover by Morris Scott Dollens, an American artist and writer of science fiction. He began his career in science-fiction fanzines in 1936, at the age of 16. He later became famous for paintings he created for science fiction books and magazines in the 1950s. He was a congenial man and could be seen with his paintings at many science fiction conventions and related events. His paintings have been featured in many science fiction art books. Universe Science Fiction: No. 4 (March 1954). US Digest magazine, ten numbered issues June 1953 to March 1955; the first two published by Bell Publications, Chicago, the rest by Palmer Publications, Evanston; #1-#2 edited by George Bell (ghost-edited by Raymond A Palmer and Bea Mahaffey), the rest edited (officially) by Palmer and Mahaffey. This was a companion magazine to Palmer's Science Stories, and both were really outgrowths of Other Worlds, whose last issue in its first incarnation was dated July 1953. Includes writing by: Edward E. Smith, Eric Frank Russell, Wilson O. Clough, H. B. Carl, Chad Oliver, T. P. Caravan, Edward Wellen, Jan Smith & Marcia Kamien. Includes cover art by Robert Gibson Jones, who, in addition to covers for their non-genre titles like Mammoth Adventure, Mammoth Detective, and Mammoth Western, Jones painted 90 covers for Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures; later in the 1950s, he painted covers for Universe Science Fiction, Other Worlds, and Mystic Magazine. Science Digest: Vol. 50, #5 (November 1961). Science Digest was a monthly American magazine published by the Hearst Corporation from 1937 through 1988. Thrilling Science Fiction (April 1974). Digest sized science fiction magazine featuring writing by: Arthur C. Clarke, Clifford D. Simak, Keith Laumer, Ivar Jorgenson, Ben Bova, Therese Windser and cover art by Alexander A. Schomburg, a Puerto Rican commercial artist and comic-book artist and painter whose career lasted over 70 years. The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction: Vol. 17, #6 (December 1959). The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (usually referred to as F&SF) is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine, first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Includes writing by: Mark Clifton, Robert Nathan, Stephen Barr, Marcel Ayme, Jane Rice, Isaac Asimov, Gerard E. Neyroud, Grendel Briarton, Damon Knight & Charles Beaumont. Also features a fantastic cover by Milford "Mel" Joseph Hunter, a science fiction illustrator, producing illustrations for famous science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, as well as a technical and scientific illustrator for clients such as The Pentagon, Hayden Planetarium, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Screen Facts: The Magazine of Hollywood's Past: No. 7 (1964). A fan made magazine dedicated to Hollywood's golden age. Fantastic Universe Science Fiction: Vol. 4, #2 (September 1955). Fantastic Universe was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishing in the 1950s in the United States, and was moderately successful, outlasting almost all of its competitors. The main editors were Leo Margulies (19541956) and Hans Stefan Santesson (19561960). Includes writing by: Irving E. Cox Jnr, Carl Jacobi, Charles Eric Maine, Walt Sheldon, Evelyn E. Smith, Algis Budrys, Thomas J. O'Hara, Joe Archibald, Walter M. Miller Jnr & Joe L. Hensley. Also includes cover art by Milford "Mel" Joseph Hunter, a science fiction illustrator, producing illustrations for famous science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, as well as a technical and scientific illustrator for clients such as The Pentagon, Hayden Planetarium, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Seven issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (0.75 ASSORTEDSF08).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Ziff Davis; Nova PublicationsBook condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of nine sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: Fantastic: Vol. 1, #4 (1953) & Vol. 8, #4 (1959). Fantastic was an American digest-size fantasy and science fiction magazine, published from 1952 to 1980. It was founded by the publishing company Ziff Davis as a fantasy companion to Amazing Stories. Includes writing by: William Lindsay Gresham, William P. McGivern, Robert Bloch, Jerome Bixby, Theodore Sturgeon, Jack Williamson, Marion Z. Bradley, Gordon Dickson, Rog Phillips, Harlan Ellison, Kate Wilhelm and more. Also includes cover art by; Edward Ignatius Valigursky, an American illustrator known for his portrayals of technology, and for his work in science fiction. Augusto Marín, born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1921, he is considered one of the greatest Puerto Rican painters of the 20th century. Astounding Science Fiction: May & April Issues (1960). Astounding Science Fiction is an American science fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. The material in the British editions was selected from the U.S. issues, most stories coming from a single U.S. number, and other stories picked from earlier or later issues to fill the magazine. The covers were usually repainted from the American originals. Including writing by Harry Harrison, Poul Anderson, Robert Silverberg, Murray Leinster, Christopher Anvil, Randall Garrett, Jack Vance, Murray F. Yaco and more. Also includes cover art by; Henry Richard Van Dongen was an American artist best known for his science fiction magazine and book covers. His first science fiction magazine cover was for the September 1950 issue of Super Science Stories. His work impressed John W. Campbell, editor of Analog Science Fiction and Fact, and he soon became one of the magazine's premiere artists. His first cover was for the August 1951 issue. Frank Kelly Freas, with a career spanning more than 50 years. He was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" and he was the second artist inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Science Fantasy: Vol. 6, #18 (1956) & Vol. 12, #34 (1959). Science Fantasy, which also appeared under the titles Impulse and SF Impulse, was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. Includes writing by: John Brunner, Jack Williamson, Brian W. Aldiss, John Rackham, George Whitely, Sam Moskowitz and more. Also includes cover art by Terry Maloney, UK illustrator, author, editor and amateur astronomer, and Brian Moncrieff Lewis, a British science fiction illustrator, comics artist, and animator. In the 1950s, he illustrated covers for pulp magazines like New Worlds, Science Fantasy, and Science Fiction Adventures. Amazing Science Fiction: Vol. 52, #1 (1978), Vol. 27, #11 (1981) & Vol. 28, #1 (1981). Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in other magazines, including some published by Gernsback, but Amazing helped define and launch a new genre of pulp fiction. Includes writing by: Christopher Anvil, Robert F. Young, Glen Cook, James Sallis, Charles V. DeVet, Grant Carrington, William F. Temple, Jack Haldeman, A. Bertram Chandler, Marion Z. Bradley, Jack Williamson, Barry Malzberg, Wayne Wightman, Roger Zelazny, Ron Goulart, Robert Silverberg, David R. Bunch, Timothy Zahn and many more. Also includes cover art by Tom Barber, one of the more striking, talented artists working in the sword-and-sorcery renaissance of the 1970s and early 80s; David Burroughs Mattingly, an American illustrator and painter, best known for his numerous book covers of science fiction and fantasy literature; Vincent Di Fate who is an American artist specializing in science fiction, fantasy and realistic space art illustration. He was inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame on June 25, 2011. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (1.1 ASSORTEDSF01).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of eight sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: Fantasy Book: Vol. 1, #6 (1950). Fantasy Book was a semi-professional American science fiction magazine that published eight issues between 1947 and 1951. The editor was William Crawford, and the publisher was Crawford's Fantasy Publishing Company, Inc. Crawford had problems distributing the magazine, and his budget limited the quality of the paper he could afford and the artwork he was able to buy, but he attracted submissions from some well-known writers, including Isaac Asimov, Frederik Pohl and L. Ron Hubbard. Includes writing by Isaac Asimov, Stanton A. Coblentz, James MacCreigh, Cordwainer Smith, Alfred J. Coppel Jnr, Basil Wells & Gene Ellerman. Includes cover art by John Brian Francis "Jack" Gaughan who was an American science fiction artist and illustrator and multiple winner of the Hugo Award in the category of Best Professional Artist. Satellite #26 (February, 1960). A French Sci-Fi magazine featuring stories in French by; Scott Nichols, Gordon Dickson, Dan Tabrel, Irving Cox Jnr, Joel Carvalho-Braga, Jacques Galien, J. -M. Monod, Jack Williamson & Marcel Battin. The Gate: #1 (1989). UK Semiprozine, irregular, three issues, published by Richard Newcombe, W Publishing, Peterborough; #1 (Summer) 1989 in pocketbook format edited by Maureen Porter (with help from the Peterborough Science Fiction Club); subsequent issues, #2 undated (Summer 1990) and #3 December 1990, A4 format, edited by Paul Cox. Besides fiction it ran film reviews by Kim Newman and book reviews by various hands. Includes writing by: James White, Brian Stableford, Alex Stewart, David Mace, Richard Paul Russo, Stratford A. Kirby, Kim Newman & Paul Kincaid. Includes cover art by Steve Kyte, a British artist known for his work on Thunderbirds: The Comic and the Channel 5 VHS sleeves of Thunderbirds. He also contributed art for the Thunderbirds: Collectors Edition comics. Mystery: Vol. 1, #1 (June 1976). The first edition of Mystery Monthly magazine featuring writing by: Harlan Ellison, Ed McBain, Jack Ritchie, Gil Brewer, Edward D. Hoch, August Derleth, Michael Croft, George O'Toole. Published by Looking Glass Publications, edited by Eric Potter. Avon Science Fiction & Fantasy Reader: Vol. 1, #2 (April 1953). Avon published three related magazines in the late 1940s and early 1950s, titled Avon Fantasy Reader, Avon Science Fiction Reader, and Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader. These were digest size magazines (sometimes classed as a series of anthologies) which reprinted science fiction and fantasy literature by now well-known authors. They were edited by Donald A. Wollheim and published by Avon. Featuring writing by: Milton Lesser, Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, John Jakes, Jack Vance, William Vine, Irving E. Cox Jnr, Henderson Starke, Alan Payne, Noah Gordon, Stephen Marlowe & Dr. R. S. Richardson. Also features cover art by Leo Manso, painter, collagist, and graphic artist, born in 1914 in New York City. He studied at the National Academy of Design from 1929-1930, and at the New School for Social Research. Manso taught at Cooper Union, New York University, Columbia University and at the University of Michigan. Wonder Stories - Science Fiction Anthology: Vol. 45, #1 (1957). After the demise of Thrilling Wonder Stories in Winter 1955, the Wonder Stories title was resuscitated for a reprint magazine, subtitled "An Anthology of the Best in Science Fiction" and edited by Jim Hendryx Jr. There appeared only two widely separated issues, dated 1957 and 1963, the first a Digest, the second a Pulp. These continued the Thrilling Wonder numeration, as volume 45, #1 and #2. Includes writing by: Ray Bradbury, John D. MacDonald, Arthur C. Clarke, Fredric Brown, Kurt Vonnegut Jnr, Walt Sheldon, Margaret St Clair & Anthony Boucher. Also features fantastic cover art by Richard M. Powers, an American science fiction and fantasy fiction illustrator. He was inducted into the Science Fiction Hall of Fame in 2008 and the Society of Illustrators Hall of Fame in 2016. Science Fiction Classics: No. 3 (1967). The publication features a variety of classic and timeless tales from some of the most renowned authors in the Science Fiction genre. Includes writing by: Harl Vincent, Edmond Hamilton, E. D. Johnson, R. F. Starzl, Hugo Gernsback, Frank R. Paul, Walter Kateley, Ronal M. Sherin & David H. Keller. Includes cover art by Leo Morey, a Cuban painter born in the city of Matanzas. He is a graduate of the Fine Art Academy "Diego Querol". After graduation Leo started producing a series of self portraits bringing up social issues in contemporary Cuba. Bloodhound - Detective Story Magazine: Vol. 1, #9 (January 1962). Bloodhound Mystery is a novel series published by the London firm of T.V. Boardman Ltd. (Boardman Books) between 1948 and 1967. There were two sub-series, American Bloodhound Mysteries and British Bloodhound Mysteries. Both series saw the original hardcover editions of many important works of detective/crime fiction. British artist Denis McLoughlin served as art director for Boardman Books and provided many of the dust jacket illustrations. Includes writing by: James M. Cain, Henry Kane, Bruno Fischer, Craig Rice, Richard Ellington, Evan Hunter, Fredric Brown, Fletcher Flora, Frances Marfi Matranga & Hunt Collins. Includes cover art by the great Denis McLoughlin. After a career that spanned eight decades, British illustrator Denis McLoughlin gained a degree of long overdue recognition in the late-1990s for his hard-boiled detective illustrations that graced book covers produced primarily for the London publishing house of T.V. Boardman, Ltd. Eight issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (1 ASSORTEDSF02).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. Part Colour illustrations. An assortment of six sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: Imaginative Tales: Vol. 2, #2 (November 1955). Imaginative Tales was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine launched in September 1954 by William Hamling's Greenleaf Publishing Company. It was created as a sister magazine to Imagination, which Hamling had acquired from Raymond A. Palmer's Clark Publishing. Includes writing by: Raymond F. Palmer, Philip K. Dick, John Christopher, Raymond E. Banks, Robert Silverberg & Alan E. Nourse. Science Fiction Greats: No. 14 (Spring 1969). An all Harlan Ellison issue. Featuring stories; 'The World of Women', 'Phoenix Treatment', 'Revolt of the Shadows', 'The Plague Bearers', 'The Glass Brain', 'Satan is my Ally' and 'Tracking Level'. Tops In Science Fiction: No. 2 - British Version (1954). Tops in Science Fiction was an American pulp science fiction magazine launched in 1953. The publisher, Love Romances Publishing, created it as a vehicle to reprint stories from Planet Stories. It was unsuccessful and only lasted for two issues. Although it contained no original stories, it did print some original artwork, including some of Kelly Freas' early work. A British reprint edition appeared in the mid-1950s. Features 'The First Man on the Moon' by Alfred Coppel, 'The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears' by Keith Bennet and 'Black Friar of the Flame' by Isaac Asimov. Nebula Science Fiction: No. 30 (1958). Nebula Science Fiction was the first Scottish science fiction magazine. It was published from 1952 to 1959, and was edited by Peter Hamilton. Includes writing by: Brian W. Aldiss, H. Philip Straford, Eric Frank Russell, Harlan Elison, E. R. James, Donald Malcolm, E. C. Tubb, Peter Hamilton, Kenneth Johns, Kenneth F. Slater, Forest J. Ackerman & Walter Willis. Night Cry: Vol. 2, #2 (1986). Night Cry was a horror fiction magazine that ran from 1984 - 1987. Includes writing by: Ramsey Campbell, J. N. Williamson, Arthur Conan Doyle, David J. Schow, Avram Davidson, Darrell Schweitzer, A. R. Morlan, Marc Laidlaw, Mona A. Clee, Jay Sheckley, Harry Ringel, Charles Wagner, G. L. Raisor, Dean Wesley Smith, Robert Frazier & Susan Sheppard. Features cover art by J. K. Potter. Working name of American artist Jeffrey Knight Potter; some works are signed Jeff K Potter, Potter has garnered a unique reputation for relying upon altered photographs to produce strikingly bizarre or grotesque images which often "morph" disparate elements. Five issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (0.6 ASSORTEDSF06).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of eight sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: The World Below by S. Fowler Wight. Number 5 in the 'Galaxy Science Fiction Novel' series. The World Below is a science fiction novel by British writer S. Fowler Wright. It was first published in 1929 by Collins. The novel was originally intended as a trilogy, but the third part was never written. The first part was originally published separately as The Amphibians by Merton Press in 1924. The second part was published separately by Galaxy Science Fiction Novels in 1951 and was also titled The Worlds Below. Featuring cover art by Paul Calle, an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. Empire by Clifford D. Simak. Number 7 in the 'Galaxy Science Fiction Novel' series. In a future time, the solar system is powered by one energy source, controlled by one huge organisation, which has plans to use this control to dominate the planets. Unknown to them, a couple of maverick scientists accidentally develop a completely new form of energy supply and threaten the corporation's monopoly. Naturally, the corporation can't allow this to happen. Man, Woman-And Android by George Hay. Number 10 in the Science Fiction Monthly' series. George Hay was the working name in life as well as in print of UK author, editor and sf enthusiast Oswyn Robert Tregonwell Hay, born Oswyn Robert Cohn, who began publishing sf in the early 1950s with Flight of the "Hesper" (1951), Man, Woman and Android (1951), This Planet for Sale (1952), plus Terra! (1952). Destiny Times Three by Fritz Leiber. Number 28 in the 'Galaxy Science Fiction Novel' series. Destiny Times Three is an alternate timeline 1945 science fiction novel by American writer Fritz Leiber. It first appeared in Astounding Science Fiction in March and April 1945. In 1952 it featured in Five Science Fiction Novels published by Gnome Press. Its first appearance as a standalone novel came in 1957 when published by Galaxy Science Fiction Novels. Features cover art by John Brian Francis "Jack" Gaughan, an American science fiction artist and illustrator and multiple winner of the Hugo Award in the category of Best Professional Artist. The Warriors Of Day by James Blish. Number 16 in the 'Galaxy Science Fiction Novel' series. Featuring cover art by Paul Calle, an American artist who was best known for the designs he created for postage stamps, including 40 that were released by the United States Postal Service, and others for stamps issued by the Federated States of Micronesia, the Marshall Islands, Sweden and the United Nations. Stowaway To Mars by John Benyon. Number 1 in the 'Nova Science Fiction Novels' series. Stowaway to Mars is a science fiction novel by British writer John Wyndham. It was first published in 1936 as Planet Plane (George Newnes Ltd, London), then serialised in The Passing Show as Stowaway to Mars and again in 1937 in Modern Wonder magazine as The Space Machine. The novel was written under one of Wyndham's early pen names, John Beynon. It was published by Coronet Books in 1972 as "Stowaway to Mars by John Wyndham". Includes cover artist by the great Gordon Hutchings, a British comic artist and children's book illustrator, whose comics work appeared in pre-school and TV-related magazines during the 1950s and 1960s. He was the second artist to continue 'Gulliver Guinea-Pig' in Playhour, and the original illustrator of 'Num Num and his Funny Family' (1966) in TV Toyland and Playhour. The Other Side by Walter Kubilius. Australian edition of 'American Science Fiction' featuring: 'The Other Side' by Walter Kubilius, 'The Two Shadows' by William F. Temple & 'Walk To The World' by Algis Budrys. Features cover art by Stanley Pitt, an Australian cartoonist and commercial artist. Pitt was the first Australian comic artist to have original work published by a major American comic book company. He often collaborated with his brother, Reginald Pitt. SF Impulse: Vol. 1, #9 (1966). Science Fantasy, which also appeared under the titles Impulse and SF Impulse, was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine, launched in 1950 by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova's New Worlds. Features writing by: Michael Moorcock, Tom Boardman Jnr, Keith Roberts, Robert Wells, Brian W. Aldiss, Thomas M. Disch, Francesco Biamonti & Edward Mackin. Also features cover art by Keith John Kingston Roberts, an English science fiction author. He began publishing with two stories in the September 1964 issue of Science Fantasy magazine, "Anita" (the first of a series of stories featuring a teenage modern witch and her eccentric granny) and "Escapism". Eight issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (0.8 ASSORTEDSF05).
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of five sci-fi and fantasy magazines including: Futuristic Science Stories: #6 (April 1952). ''Futuristic Science Stories was one of four almost identical low-quality sf magazines published by Spencer in the 1950s; the others were Tales of Tomorrow, Wonders of the Spaceways and Worlds of Fantasy. Futuristic published some of the most dire of all British sf of the early 1950s, but it also published the first stories by Lan Wright and Lionel Fanthorpe, both in issue no 6 (January 1952). The magazine attracts collectors chiefly because it is so awful'' (Encyclopedia of SF/4th Edition). Includes 'Out Of The Past' by L. V. Heald, 'Worlds Without End' by Lionel Roberts, 'Heritage' by Law Wright, 'Sirius Rampant' by T. W. Wade & 'The Legacy' by Jerome Strickland. Super-Science Fiction: Vol. 2, #2 (February 1958). Super-Science Fiction was an American digest science fiction magazine published from 1956 to 1959, edited by W. W. Scott and published by Feature Publications. Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison. Includes 'Worlds Of Origin' by Jack Vance, 'Prison Planet' by Robert Silverberg, 'Secret Weapon' by Arthur Zirul, 'The Red, Singing Sands' by Koller Ernst, 'The Happy Sleepers' by Calvin M. Knox, 'The Old Timer' by Richard R. Smith & 'Time Travel Inc.' by Robert F. Young. Features a cover by Frank Kelly Freas. With a career spanning more than 50 years, he was known as the "Dean of Science Fiction Artists" and he was the second artist inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. British Space Fiction Magazine: Vol. 2, #5 (October 1955). ''Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine owed its existence to the success of Scion's paperback-book line, which included many sf novels written by John Russell Fearn writing as ''Vargo Statten''. Only the first five issues had ''Vargo Statten'' in the title - it was renamed The British Science Fiction Magazine for issues 6 - 12, then retitled again as The British Space Fiction Magazine for issues 13 - 19. Includes writing by: Vargo Satten, Douglas Dodd, Barrington J. Bayley, Dan F. Seeson, Harry Cohn, M. M. Commander, H. M. Carstairs & Clifford Searle. Features cover art by Ronald Turner, a British illustrator and comic book artist. The American Mercury: Vol. 61, #260 (August 1945). The American Mercury was an American magazine published from 1924 to 1981. It was founded as the brainchild of H. L. Mencken and drama critic George Jean Nathan. The magazine featured writing by some of the most important writers in the United States through the 1920s and 1930s. Includes writing by: Henry Steele Commager, Willard Waller, Alson J. Smith, John D. Hill, George Jean Nathan, Stewart H. Holbrook, Aiken Welch, William Henry Chamberlin, Jerome Mellquist, Raymond Vernon, Alan Devoe, Lyle Owen, Ray Bradbury, Thomas M. Johnson, Leona Ames Hill, Mary Poole, Robert P. Tristram Coffin & Charles Angoff. Features cover art by Albert Hirschfeld, an American caricaturist best known for his black and white portraits of celebrities and Broadway stars in which he hid the name of his daughter Nina after her birth in 1945. Space Adventures (Classics): #10 (Spring 1970). Fantastic Adventures was an American pulp fantasy and science fiction magazine, published from 1939 to 1953 by Ziff-Davis. It was initially edited by Raymond A. Palmer, who was also the editor of Amazing Stories, Ziff-Davis's other science fiction title. In 1965, Sol Cohen acquired both Amazing Stories and Fantastic from Ziff-Davis, along with reprint rights to all the stories that had appeared in the Ziff-Davis science fiction magazines, including Fantastic Adventures. Cohen published multiple reprint titles, and frequently reprinted stories from Fantastic Adventures. This magazine was essentially a reprint of Fantastic Adventures from January, 1951. Includes writing by: Henry Kuttner, Ross Rocklynne, Burt B. Listen, J. J. Allerton, H. B. Hickey, Don Wilcox & Thornton Ayre. Includes cover art by Robert Gibson Jones, who, in addition to covers for their non-genre titles like Mammoth Adventure, Mammoth Detective, and Mammoth Western, Jones painted 90 covers for Amazing Stories and Fantastic Adventures; later in the 1950s, he painted covers for Universe Science Fiction, Other Worlds, and Mystic Magazine. Five issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (0.6 ASSORTEDSF10).
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Seller: Print Matters, London, United Kingdom
Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Soft Cover. Book condition: VG - Very Good. An assortment of fifteen Galaxy Science Fiction magazines, including 9 U.S. and 6 British issues, ranging from 1953 to 1979. Galaxy Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, published in Boston from 1950 to 1980. It was founded by a French-Italian company, World Editions, which was looking to break into the American market. World Editions hired as editor H. L. Gold, who rapidly made Galaxy the leading science fiction magazine of its time, focusing on stories about social issues rather than technology. Several British editions of Galaxy were produced. From 1953 to 1962 Strato Publications published 94 numbered issues. Includes writing by: Clifford D. Simak, Theodore Sturgeon, Damon Knight, Frederik Pohl, Charles V. deVet, L. Sprague de Camp, Willy Ley, Evelyn E. Smith, William Tenn, C. M. Kornbluth, Isaac Asimov, Robert Sheckley, Fritz Leiber, James Gunn, Jack Vance, John Brunner, Carl Jacobi, Robert Silverberg, R. A. Lafferty, Robert A. Heinlein, Edgar Pangborn, Lisa Tuttle, Dann Flescher, J. T. McIntosh A. E. Van Vogt, George R. R. Martin and many more. Also includes cover art by: Milford "Mel" Joseph Hunter, a science fiction illustrator, producing illustrations for famous science fiction authors such as Isaac Asimov and Robert A. Heinlein, as well as a technical and scientific illustrator for clients such as The Pentagon, Hayden Planetarium, and the Massachusetts Audubon Society. Jack Banham Coggins, an artist, author, and illustrator, known for his oil paintings, which focused predominantly on marine subjects. He is also known for his books on space travel, which were both authored and illustrated by Coggins. Wallace Allan Wood, an American comic book writer, artist and independent publisher, widely known for his work on EC Comics's titles such as Weird Science, Weird Fantasy, and MAD Magazine from its inception in 1952 until 1964, as well as for T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, and work for Warren Publishing's Creepy. John Brian Francis "Jack" Gaughan who was an American science fiction artist and illustrator and multiple winner of the Hugo Award in the category of Best Professional Artist. Gregory Dale Bear, an American writer and illustrator best known for science fiction. His work covered themes of galactic conflict, parallel universes, consciousness and cultural practices, and accelerated evolution. Fifteen issues in Good - Excellent condition. Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm). (2 ASSORTEDSF03).