L. W. Currey, Inc.

SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST [later FANTASY MAGAZINE]. September 1932 (volume 1, number 1 [whole number 1]) – January 1937 [whole number 39] [note: volume numbering dropped after volume 6, number 3, whole number 37]. Edited by Maurice Z. Ingher, later Conrad H. Ruppert, Julius Schwartz, and Others, later Julius Schwartz, Raymond A. Palmer, and Others. Jamaica, New York, later New York, New York: Conrad H. Ruppert, later Julius Schwartz, September 1932 (volume 1, number 1 [whole number 1]) - January 1937 [whole number 39] [note: volume numbering dropped after volume 6, number 3, whole number 37]. Large octavo, later octavo, 39 issues, self wrappers, stapled, later pictorial or printed wrappers, stapled. A complete set of the thirty-nine issues of this amateur magazine first published as SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST (name changed to FANTASY MAGAZINE as of seventeenth issue dated January 1934). Fiction published here includes "The man Who Invaded Time" by Raymond A. Palmer, "The Woman of the Wood" by A. Merritt, "Escape from Antarctica" by Raymond A. Palmer, "Alicia in Blunderland" by Nihil (P. Schuyler Miller), "Scroll of Armageddon" by Arthur J. Burks, "The Beast Men" by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach, "The Vortex World" by Raymond A. Palmer, "An Experiment with Time" by Francis Flagg and Forrest J. Ackerman, The first chapter of "The Radio War" by Ralph Milne Farley, "The Dead Woman" by David H. Keller, "The Return to Venus" by Rae Winters, "The Ship from the Past" by Arthur Jones, Jr., "The Drone," a short story by A. Merritt, "Nymph of Darkness," a short story by C. L. Moore and Forrest J. Ackerman, "The Ultimate Ultimatum," a satire by Robert Bloch, "The Challenge from Beyond," a science fiction story jointly written by Stanley G. Weinbaum, Donald Wandrei, Edward E. Smith, Harl Vincent and Murray Leinster, "The Challenge from Beyond," a weird fantasy story jointly written by C. L. Moore, A. Merritt, H. P. Lovecraft, Robert E. Howard and Frank Belknap Long, "Thirteen Phantasms" a psychological fantasy by Clark Ashton Smith, and "The Great Illusion," a story jointly written by Eando Binder, Jack Williamson, Edmond Hamilton, Raymond Z. Gallun and John Russell Fearn. In addition to original fiction, SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST featured biographical and autobiographical information on leading writers, artists, and editors. "For all-around quality SCIENCE FICTION DIGEST has never been surpassed in the history of fandom ... [In addition to special features it] printed solid, interesting, factual articles in every number. Up until the end of its life it remained the undisputed leader in the field, and its influence on the varied currents of fan history was profound indeed." - Moskowitz, The Immortal Storm (1974), p. 16. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 98 and p. 39. Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, p. 838. The 39 issues are professionally bound in six cloth volumes. Text blocks of issues printed on wood pulp paper have tanned leaves, but all are supple. This is a fine set throughout; the first 12 oversized issues remarkable white paper copies. A remarkable set. Complete sets of this magazine are rare. (#173527).

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