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Authentic Romances

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  1948 – Apr-1950: Fictionmags Website
Publishers:   Martin & Reid, London
Formats:   10.5 in x 8.625 ins
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   32pp

Authentic Science Fiction

Total Issues: 85

Initially issued as a series of paperback books. Additional features were gradually added to make it a true magazine. Title changed to Science Fiction Fortnightly with issue #3, then to Science Fiction Monthly with issue #9, then back to Authentic Science Fiction with issue #13.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1951 – #2, 1951, as Authentic Science Fiction Series: Miller/Contento
Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
  #3, 1951 – #8, 1951, as Science Fiction Fortnightly: Miller/Contento
Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
  #9, 1951 – #12, 1951, as Science-Fiction Monthly: Miller/Contento
Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
  #13, 1951 – #85, 1957, as Authentic Science Fiction: Miller/Contento
Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers

  Hamilton & Co., London

Editors

  1-Jan-1951 – 15-Nov-1952: L.G. Holmes (Gordon Landsborough)
  15-Dec-1952 – 15-Jan-1956: H.J. Campbell
  15-Feb-1956 – Oct-1957: E.C. Tubb

Formats

  pocketbook until Feb-1957, then digest

Frequency

  twice monthly to 15-Apr-1951, then monthly
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Authentic Science Fiction (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Authentic Science Fiction. As far as is known the contents are identical to the UK issues, but are dated a month or two later.

Issues & Index Sources:  early 1950s
Publishers:   Modern Distributors of Canada

The Author

Issues & Index Sources:  May-1890 – ?
Publishers:   Society of Authors, London
Editors:   Walter Besant (1890 - 1901)
Frequency:   monthly, later quarterly
Sources:   BritLit3

Author's Choice Monthly

Tota Issues: 29

Each issue is a single author collection of new and reprint stories. All volumes were issued in three states, all unpriced. Initially at least, they were available at $4.95 paperbound, $25.00 hardbound, and $50.00 deluxe leatherbound edition.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1989 – #29, 1992: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Pulphouse Publishing; Eugene, OR
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The Avalonian

Total Issues: 1

Semi-professional magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  1952: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Lilith Lorraine; New Orleans, LA
Editors:   Lilith Lorraine
Formats:   octavo
Prices:   $1.50
Pagecounts:   56pp

Avant Garde

Total Issues: 14

Magazine (practically a book) issued by Ralph Ginzburg and sold only through the mail. Contains a small amount of fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1968 – 1971?
Editors:   Ralph Ginzburg
Formats:   11" by 11"
Pagecounts:   78pp
Frequency:   initially bi-monthly; later quarterly

The Avenger

Total Issues: 24

One of the last new hero pulps. The Avenger lead novels were written by Paul Ernst under the Kenneth Robeson house name. After first few issues only 1 or 2 supporting short stories.

Issues & Index Sources

  Sep-1939 – Sep-1942: Miller/Contento
Cook/Miller

Publishers

  Street & Smith

Editors

  John L. Nanovic

Formats

  standard pulp

Prices

  10c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  Sep-1939 – Jul-1940: monthly
  Sep-1940 – Sep-1942: bi-monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide, CookMDE
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Aviation Stories

Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources:  Apr-1929 – May-1930: Pulp Magazine Index 4 (Missing: May-1930)
Publishers:   Good Story Publishing Co. (Harold Hersey)
Editors:   Harold Hersey, probably with Douglas Dold
Formats:   standard pulp
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   irregular
Sources:   AHGTTP, UltGuide

Avon Annual

Total Issues: 4

Contained literary reprints.

Issues & Index Sources:  1944 – 1947: Fictionmags Website (Missing: 1946, 1947)
Publishers:   Avon Books, N.Y.
Formats:   digest
Frequency:   annual
Sources:   UltGuide

Avon Detective Mysteries

Total Issues: 3

Arguably a reprint anthology like Avon Fantasy Reader, though it carried a few new stories. Magazine folded when Herbert Williams left Avon.

Issues & Index Sources:  1947: Monthly Murders
Crime Fiction Index (in progress)
Publishers:   Avon Book Company, 432 Fourth Avenue, New York 16, New York
Editors:   Herbert Williams
Formats:   digest
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   160pp
Frequency:   bi-monthly
Sources:   UltGuide, CookMDE
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Avon Fantasy Reader

Total Issues: 18

A series of digest-sized anthologies. Don Day indexed them as magazines and SF fans have traditionally considered them as such.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1947 – #18, 1952: Miller/Contento
Pulp Magazine Index 1
Publishers:   Avon
Editors:   Donald A. Wollheim
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Sources:   UltGuide
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Avon Modern Short Story Monthly

A halfway house between a magazine and paperback anthology series, this was a generic title for a series of single-author reprint collections which ran for a number of years; authors included John O'Hara, William Saroyan, Sinclair Lewis, Somerset Maugham, John Steinbeck, Louis Bromfield, Fannie Hurst.

Issues & Index Sources:  1943 – ?: Monthly Murders (sample issues only)
Fictionmags Website
Publishers:   Avon Books, N.Y.
Formats:   digest
Frequency:   monthly

Avon Science Fiction and Fantasy Reader

Total Issues: 2

A merger in magazine form of two previous digest-format primarily reprint anthology series, Avon Fantasy Reader (1947 - 1952) and Avon Science Fiction Reader (1951 - 1952, 3 issues) both edited by Donald A. Wollheim. This magazine ran new stories of good quality. Authors include Jack Vance, Arthur C. Clarke, John Christopher, Alfred Coppel, Theodore Cogswell.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1953 – Apr-1953: Miller/Contento

Publishers

  Jan-1953: Avon Novels Inc., New York
  Apr-1953: Stratford Novels Inc., New York

Editors

  Sol Cohen

Formats

  digest

Prices

  35c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  quarterly

Sources

  UltGuide

Avon Science Fiction Reader

Total Issues: 3

A series of digest-sized anthologies. Don Day indexed them as magazines and SF fans have traditionally considered them as such.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1951 – #3, 1952: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Avon
Editors:   Donald A. Wollheim
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Sources:   UltGuide

Avon Western Reader

Total Issues: 4 (at least)

A halfway house between a magazine and paperback anthology series, this reprinted western stories and lasted for a handful of issues in the later 1940's.

Issues & Index Sources:  c. 1947: Fictionmags Website (Missing: #1, any after #4)
Publishers:   Avon Books, N.Y.
Editors:   Herbert Williams (initially)
Formats:   digest
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Sources:   UltGuide


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