Assorted Sci-Fi Magazines: Collection 8 (USA: 7 issues)

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 (1954–1956) and Hans Stefan Santesson (1956–1960).

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.

(Out of Print)
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 5" x 8" (130mm x 200mm)
Condition: VG - Very Good
Code: ASSORTEDSF08