Fantasy & Science Fiction: 1978 (Complete) - Volume 54 & Volume 55, (12 issues)
Twelve issues of Fantasy & Science Fiction magazine (Volume 54 & Volume 55) 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 Phyllis Eisenstein, Herbie Brennan, Gary Jennings, Tom Reamy, Kit Reed, Stephen King, Edward Bryant, Algis Budrys, Isaac Asimov, John Varley, R. Bretnor, Ted Thomas, Manly Wade Wellman, Randall Garrett, Charles L. Grant, Robert F. Young, Brian W. Aldiss, Christopher Priest, Robert Aickman, Kenneth Bulmer, Richard Cowper, Keith Roberts, Ian Watson, John Brunner, L. Sprague de Camp, Barry N. Malzberg, Raylyn Moore, Glen Cook, Gordon Eklund, Sterling E. Lainer, Gahan Wilson, Fred Saberhagen, Avram Davidson, Gregory Benford, Hilbert Schenk, Thomas M. Disch, Terry Carr, Michael Bishop, Ron Goulart, C. J. Cherryh, Edward Wellen, Jane Yolen, Bill Pronzini, Charles deVet, Bruce McAllister, Joseph Green 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. Richard Michael Sternbach is an illustrator who is best known for his space illustrations and his work on the Star Trek television series. Alexander A. Schomburg was a Puerto Rican commercial artist and comic-book artist and painter whose career lasted over 70 years.
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., 1978 (Out of Print)
Number of pages: 160
Format: Soft Cover
Size: 6" x 8" (140mm x 195mm)
Code: FANTSF1978