Fantasy & Science Fiction: 1972 (Complete) - Volume 42 & Volume 43, (12 issues)

Twelve issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine (Volume 42 & Volume 43) 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 writers Ray Bradbury, Anthony Boucher, Miriam Allen deFord, Harlan Ellison, Isaac Asimov, Poul Anderson, James Tiptree Jnr, Kit Reed, James Blish, Thomas Burnett Swann, Manly Wade Wellman, Barry N. Malzberg, Kris Neville, Gordon Eklund, Wilma Shore, Robert A. Lowndes, Lester Del Rey, Gene Wolf, Gary Jennings, William Tenn, Ron Goulart, Gertrude Friedberg, Darko Suvin, Phyllis Gotlieb, Paul Walker, William D. Cottrel, Frederik Pohl, Jack Vance, Ruth Berman, Robin Scott Wilson, Wayne Bongianni, William Lee, John Sladek, Jerry Sohl, Charles E. Fritch, Larry Niven, James E. Gunn, Phyllis MacLennan, Philip José Farmer, Zenna Henderson, Harry Harrison, Howard Fast, Fritz Leiber, C. M. Kornbluth, L. Sprague de Camp, John Christopher and many more.

Featuring covers by Ron Walotsky, an American science fiction and fantasy artist who studied at the School of Visual Arts, he began a long and prolific career painting book and magazine covers starting with the May 1967 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. Chesley Knight Bonestell Jr, dubbed the "Father of Modern Space art" was a pioneering creator of astronomical art, his paintings inspired the American space program, and remain influential in science fiction art and illustration. Edmund 'EMSH' Emshwiller was an American visual artist notable for his science fiction illustrations and his pioneering experimental films.

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., 1972 (Out of Print)
Number of pages: 130
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 6" x 8" (140mm x 195mm)
Code: FANTSF1972