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----------This heavy set will require NO additional shipping charges for standard shipping for a US or Canadian order. An order from outside the US or Canada cannot be accepted due to the impossibility of satisfying the necessary export requirements and documentation. 338 science fiction fantasy pulp magazines, digest size. Offered here is a COMPLETE UNBROKEN RUN of 338 consecutive volumes, from the first issue Fall 1949 (Vol 1 # 1, issue # 1) to July 1979 (Vol 57 # 1, issue # 338), the first 30 years of a magazine which is still being published. The first issue (Fall 1949) was titled The Magazine of Fantasy, all subsequent issues were titled The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction. The editors were Anthony Boucher and J, Francis McComas, Boucher alone, Robert P. Mills, Avram Davidson, Joseph W. Ferman and Edward L. Ferman. The publishers were Fantasy House Inc., Mercury Publications and Mercury Press. Unlike other SF magazine of the period, there were almost no interior illustrations, thus leaving more room for stories. Some notable tales were Star Lummox (Star Beast), Door Into Summer, Glory Road, Have Spacesuit Will Travel, Starship Soldier (Starship Troopers), All You Zombies, all by Heinlein, Born of Man and Woman (Matheson), Bring the Jubilee (Ward Moore), the John the Ballad Singer stories by Wellman, the People series by Henderson, Canticle of Leibowitz stories by Walter M. Miller, Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes, Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, Venus on the Half-Shell by Farmer, many other tales by Dick, Ellison, early Stephen King (including the first Gunslinger tale) and such. Isaac Asimov wrote a well-received science column from November 1958 on. There were a number of Author Special issues, each of which contained new stories by the author, bibliographies and commentary on the author by other writers and authorities: Theodore Sturgeon, Ray Bradbury, Isaac Asimov, Fritz Leiber, Poul Anderson, James Blish, Frederick Pohl, Robert Silverberg, Damon Knight & Harlan Ellison. Many issues were obtained by subscription (no labels), never read, and are thus fine. A couple have some spine damage, there is some cover creasing, small tears and scuffing, condition ranges from good to as new, with most being at least VG+ to near fine. Inquiries on condition, contents or requests for cover scans of individual volumes are welcomed. Seller Inventory # 013566
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