Assorted Sci-Fi Magazines: Collection 1 (UK & USA: 9 issues)

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.

Publisher: Ziff Davis; Nova Publications (Out of Print)
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm)
Condition: VG - Very Good
Code: ASSORTEDSF01