Publication: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], November 1953

Publication: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], November 1953Publication Record # 586132 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: uncredited
Date: 1953-11-00
Publisher: Mellifont Press Ltd.
Price:
1/6^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 132
Format:
digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction [UK], November 1953 by Chesley Bonestell (variant of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, October 1952 1952)
Notes: Volume 1, No. 2 Artist not credited but the cover comes from this US issue, signature is also faintly visible. No editor credited, data not present in Tymn & Ashley.

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

1 • The Goodly Creatures • (1952) • short story by C. M. Kornbluth
13 • The Devil at St. Bennet Fynk • (1726) • short story by Daniel Defoe
15 • Technical Adviser • short fiction by Chad Oliver (variant of Technical Advisor)
26 • Grenville's Planet • (1952) • short story by Michael Shaara
37 • The Bronze Door • (1939) • novelette by Raymond Chandler
60 • The Rat That Could Speak • (1860) • short story by Charles Dickens
66 • Thirsty God • (1953) • short story by Margaret St. Clair [as by Idris Seabright]
73 • Ararat • [The People] • (1952) • novelette by Zenna Henderson
95 • The Ruum • [Ruum] • (1953) • short story by Arthur Porges
107 • Heads You Win ... • [Dr. Aesop Abercrombie] • (1953) • short story by Esther Carlson
115 • The Lost Room • (1858) • short story by Fitz-James O'Brien

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