Publication: Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942

Publication: Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942Publication Record # 622628 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Alden H. Norton
Date: 1942-01-00
Publisher: Popular Publications, Inc.; Toronto, Canada
Price:
C$0.10^?C$: Canadian dollar
Pages: 100
Format:
pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
Type: MAGAZINE
Notes:
- Vol 1, No 1.
- Page numbers run 1-96.
- This issue reprints stories from the November 1941 U.S. issue.
- The Editor is not stated.
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature.
- Interior art is not credited. It is not the same art as that used for these stories in the November 1941 U.S. issue.
- Story art for "Wings of the Lightning Land" on pages 4-5 shows no signature.
- Story art for "Retreat to the Stars" on pages 28-29 shows no signature.
- Story art for "Daughter of Darkness" on pages 40-41 shows no signature.
- "Editoramblings" is reprinted from the November 1941 U.S. issue.
- "Viewpoints" is a news column. This month's contents include profiles of Harry Walton and John V. Baltadonis, English science fiction authors, and a summary of fan magazines. This is reprinted in truncated form from the November 1941 U.S. issue.
- "The Mail Bag" is a letters column. Stoy's letter is reprinted from the November 1941 U.S. issue. The other letter (not indexed here) is also a reprint (in longer form) from that issue. A third letter from the U.S. issue is missing here.

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Editor Title: Astonishing Stories (Canadian) - 1942 • [Astonishing Stories (Canadian)] • (1942) • edited by Alden H. Norton

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • Wings of the Lightning Land • (1941) • novelette by Frederik Pohl [as by James MacCreigh]
4 • Wings of the Lightning Land • interior artwork by uncredited
28 • Retreat to the Stars • (1941) • short story by Leigh Brackett
28 • Retreat to the Stars • interior artwork by uncredited
40 • Daughter of Darkness • [Darkness (Rocklynne)] • (1941) • novelette by Ross Rocklynne
40 • Daughter of Darkness • interior artwork by uncredited
56 • The Last Drop • (1941) • short story by L. Sprague de Camp and L. Ron Hubbard
65 • The Man Who Didn't Breathe • (1941) • short story by Harry Walton
76 • My Lady of the Emerald • (1941) • short story by Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by Wilfred Owen Morley]
83 • Machines of Destiny • (1941) • short story by Ray Cummings
93 • Editoramblings (Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942) • (1941) • essay by uncredited (variant of Editoramblings (Astonishing Stories, November 1941)) [as by The Editors]
94 • Viewpoints (Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942) • [Viewpoints] • (1941) • essay by uncredited (variant of Viewpoints (Astonishing Stories, November 1941))
95 • The Mailbag (Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942) • essay by various
95 • Letter (Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942): Ah! That Art! • (1941) • essay by Bill Stoy (variant of Letter (Astonishing Stories, November 1941): Ah! That Art!)

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Publication: Astonishing Stories (Canadian), January 1942

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