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The United States Magazine

Little fiction until Jul-1856 then more prominent. Many by Seba Smith's wife, Mrs Elizabeth Oakes Smith. The new title in 1859 was filled almost entirely by the Smith/Oaksmith family.

Issues & Index Sources

  15-May-1854 – 1857
  1857, as Emerson's United States Magazine
  1857 – Nov-1858, as Emerson's Magazine and Putnam's Monthly
  Jan-1859 – Nov-1859, as The Great Republic Monthly

Publishers

  Jones & Co., 1854; J.M. Emerson & Co., 1854-57; Oaksmith & Co., 1858.

Editors

  Seba Smith

Formats

  15-May-1854 – Jun-1856: quarto
  Jul-1856 – Nov-1859: octavo

Pagecounts

  initially 30pp

Frequency

  monthly

The United States Magazine and Democratic Review

see under Democratic Review

The United States Monthly Magazine

Issues & Index Sources

  Jul-1881 – Jun-1883
  Jul-1883 – Dec-1883, as Abbott's Monthly

Publishers

  Willis S. Abbot

Editors

  Willis S. Abbot

Frequency

  monthly

The Universal Magazine

Total Issues: 12+7+2=21

Emphasis was on features rather than fiction, although it did publish stories by Arthur Conan Doyle, Emile Zola, Bret Harte, Israel Zangwill and Robert S. Hichens.

Issues & Index Sources

  Feb-1900 – Apr-1901: Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)
  May-1901 – Nov-1901, as The Universal and Ludgate Magazine: Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)
  Dec-1901 – Jan-1902, as The Universal Magazine: Index to British Popular Fiction (in progress)

Publishers

  Feb-1900 – Oct-1900: Horace Marshall, London
  Nov-1900 – Nov-1901: A.M. de Beck Ltd

Editors

  Feb-1900 – Oct-1900: Alexis Maria de Beck
  Nov-1900 – Jan-1902: Raymond Blathwayt

Formats

  standard

Prices

  6d

Pagecounts

  Feb-1900 – Oct-1900: 86pp
  Nov-1900 – Jan-1902: 112pp

Frequency

  monthly (but no issues for Apr-1900, Aug-1900, Sep-1900)

Sources

  AgeStory

The Universal Mind

Total Issues: 1

Small press fantasy/horror/science-fiction fiction magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1997: Miller/Contento

The Universal Review

Total Issues: 11

Published stories by Thomas Hardy, Henry James, Laurence Housman.

Issues & Index Sources:  May-1888 – Dec-1890: Index to Periodical Literature
Publishers:   Swann Sonnenschein
Editors:   Harry Quilter
Frequency:   quarterly
Sources:   BritLit3

Universe Science Fiction

Total Issues: 10

The first two issues give George Bell as the editor and publisher. It is known that Ray Palmer was the publisher from the first, but whether Bell is just a pseudonym for Palmer or a real person who acted as a "front" is not known. With #11 the title was changed to Other Worlds, which title had been used previously by Palmer.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1953 – Mar-1955: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Bell Publications, Chicago, Jun-1953 - Sep-1953; then Palmer Publications, Evanston.
Editors:   Raymond A. Palmer & Bea Mahaffey
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   bi-monthly (though first 4 issues quarterly)
Sources:   UltGuide
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University

Headed "Fiction Humor People", the first issue features a short novel called "Beach Boy" and contributions by Mildred Cram and James Aswell among others.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1933 – ?
Publishers:   Life Magazine, New York
Frequency:   monthly (except July and August)

University Magazine

see under The Dublin University Magazine

Unknown

Total Issues: 26+13+1=40

From Unknown Worlds was published in both a large pulp format and a hardback edition.

Issues & Index Sources

  Mar-1939 – Aug-1941: Miller/Contento
  Oct-1941 – Oct-1943, as Unknown Worlds: Miller/Contento
  1948, as From Unknown Worlds: Miller/Contento

Publishers

  Street & Smith

Editors

  John W. Campbell, Jr.

Formats

  Mar-1939 – Aug-1941: pulp
  Oct-1941 – Apr-1943: large pulp
  Jun-1943 – Oct-1943: pulp

Prices

  Mar-1939 – Aug-1941: 20c
  Oct-1941 – Oct-1943: 25c

Pagecounts

  Mar-1939 – Aug-1941: 164pp
  Oct-1941 – Apr-1943: 130pp
  Jun-1943 – Oct-1943: 164pp

Frequency

  monthly to Dec-1940, then bi-monthly

Sources

  AHGTTP, UltGuide
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Unknown (UK)

Total Issues: 41

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-1939 – Winter 1949: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Atlas Publishing & Distributing Co., Ltd., London, England.
Sources:   AgeStory
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Untamed

Total Issues: 3+

Issues & Index Sources:  Feb-1959 – Jan-1960
Publishers:   Magnum Publications
Sources:   MansWorld

Unusual Stories

Total Issues: 4

The full story of this magazine's tangled history is told by Sam Moskowitz in The Immortal Storm. A four-page flyer was issued in 1934, followed by a partial printing of a first issue, mailed in two sections. Publication was temporarily aborted in favor of Marvel Tales, then finally started again in 1935. The 1934 issue was never finished and the uncompleted story by Tooker has never been completely published.

Issues & Index Sources:  #0, 1934 – v1 #2, 1935: Miller/Contento

Up-to-Date

Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources:  21-May-1927 – 9-Jul-1927
Publishers:   Allied Newspaeprs
Frequency:   weekly

Up-to-Date Boy's Journal and Novelettes

Total Issues: 104

Also released in monthly parts.

Issues & Index Sources

  30-Jun-1899 – 21-Jun-1901

#becomes Boys of the Empire

Publishers

  E.J. Brett

Pagecounts

  32pp

Frequency

  weekly

The Urbanite

Total Issues: 12

A magazine of surreal and anarchistic fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1991 – #12, 2001: Miller/Contento
Publishers:   Urban Legend Press, P.O. Box 4737, Davenport, IA 52808 (in 1998 - 2002)
Website:   members.tripod.com/theurbanite/
Editors:   Mark McLaughlin (in 1998 - 2002)
Formats:   quarto
Prices:   $5
Pagecounts:   36pp-92pp
Frequency:   one or two per year
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (in 2002)

Urbanus

Contemporary and post-modernist writing. Focus on urban culture. Has published Louise Rafkin, Thaisa Frank, Dick Allen. Circulation 2,000.

Dead acc. SGI Dec-2002

Issues & Index Sources:  1988 – present
Publishers:   Urbanus Press, P.O. Box 192921, San Francisco, CA 94119-2921 (in 1998 - 2000)
Editors:   Peter Drizhal & Carmen Villareal
Formats:   review
Pagecounts:   120pp
Frequency:   thrice yearly
Sources:   OHenAwdWeb (not in 2002)

US, The Paperback Magazine

Total Issues: 3

A paperback anthology magazine about current events that published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  1969 – May-1970: Fictionmags Website
Publishers:   Bantam
Editors:   Richard Goldstein
Formats:   paperback
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   191pp


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