Fantasy & Science Fiction: 1958 - 1959 - Volume 14, #4 & Volume 17 #1 - #5 (6 issues)

Six issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine (Volume 14, #4 & Volume 17 #1 - #5) ranging from very fine to excellent condition. There is an expected level of wear and tear but these lively magazines are in excellent condition given their vintage.

Featuring 'A Deskful of Girls' by Fritz Leiber, 'Guardian Spirit' by Chad Oliver, 'The Grantha Sighting' by Avram Davidson, 'Poor Little Warrior!' by Brian W. Aldiss, 'Battle of the Eggheads' by Isaac Asimov, 'To Fell A Tree' by Robert F. Young, 'Day At The Beach' by Carol Emshwiller, 'Brave To Be A King' by Poul Anderson, 'Empty Nest' by Kit Reed, 'The Red Hills of Summer' by Edgar Pangborn, 'The Man Who Lost The Sea' by Theodore Sturgeon, 'Guided Tour' by Gordon R. Dickson, 'The Pi Man' by Alfred Bester, 'Starship Soldier' by Robert A. Heinlein, 'The Martian Shop' by Howard Fast, 'Fritt-Flacc' by Jules Verne, 'The Maks' by James Blish and many more.

Featuring covers 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. Edmund 'EMSH' Emshwiller was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films. 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.

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. The first issue was titled The Magazine of Fantasy, but the decision was quickly made to include science fiction as well as fantasy, and the title was changed correspondingly with the second issue. F&SF was quite different in presentation from the existing science fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in pulp format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single-column format. F&SF quickly became one of the leading magazines in the science fiction and fantasy fields, with a reputation for publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors.

Publisher: Fantasy House Inc., 1958 - 1959 (Out of Print)
Number of pages: 130
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 6" x 8" (140mm x 195mm)
Code: FANTSF1958_1959