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Pix

Some issues seem to be titled The New Pix.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1960s:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   Knight Publishing Company. Inc, 8060 Melrose Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90046
Editors:   David Hine
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   96pp



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Planet

"Short stories, poems, topical articles".

Issues & Index Sources

1970 – 1979

1985 – ?

Publishers

Aberystwyth, Wales

Editors

John Barnie (in 1997)

Frequency

bimonthly

Planetary Stories

Total Issues: 39 (to Apr-2018)

Online SF magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2005 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #39, Jul-2017)

Editors: Shelby Vick
Website: www.planetarystories.com



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The Planeteer

Total Issues: 6+1=7

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources

Nov-1935 – Apr-1935:

Science Fiction Index

Mar-1939:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

Nov-1935 – Apr-1935: Blish-Grim Enterprises, 131 Harrison Street, New Jersey
Mar-1939: Cosmic Publications

Editors

Nov-1935 – Apr-1935: James Blish
Mar-1939: James V. Taurasi and Mario Racic


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Planet Magazine

Total Issues: 41

Amateur online magazine. Switched to blogzine format from September 2004.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1994 – Jun-2004

Editors: Andrew G. McGann
Website: www.planetmagazine.com.

Plane Tree Library

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s

Planet Relish

Total Issues: 35

Amateur online magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: #0, 1999 – #33, 2003

Editors: Mark Rapacioli

Planet Stories

Total Issues: 71

Issues & Index Sources

Winter 1939 – Summer 1955:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

Love Romances imprint of Fiction House

Editors

  Winter 1939 – Summer 1942: Malcolm Reiss
  Fall 1942 – Fall 1945: Malcolm Reiss & Wilbur S. Peacock
  Winter 1945 – Summer 1946: Chester Whitehorn
  Fall 1946 – Spring 1950: Paul Lawrence Payne
  Summer 1950 – Jul-1951: Jerome Bixby
  Sep-1951 – Summer 1955: Jack O'Sullivan

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

Winter 1939 – Jan-1951: 20c
Mar-1951 – Summer 1955: 25c

Pagecounts

  Winter 1939 – Spring 1949: 128pp
  Summer 1949 – May-1954: 112pp
  Summer 1954 – ?: 96pp

Frequency

  Winter 1939 – Fall 1950: quarterly
  Nov-1950 – May-1954: bimonthly
  Summer 1954 – Summer 1955: quarterly

Related Sites

  The Pulp Magazines Project
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Planet Stories (Australia)

Australian reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: all except #7 & #8)

Formats: pulp


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Planet Stories (Canada)

Total Issues: 12

Canadian reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent US issues, except for Canadian pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: Fall 1948 – Mar-1951:

Science Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   American News Company of Toronto
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Pulpster #11, 2001



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Planet Stories (New Zealand)

New Zealand reprint edition of Planet Stories. Identical to the equivalent British reprint issues, except for pricing.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any before #7; #8)

Formats: pulp



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Planet Stories (UK) [1950]

Total Issues: 12

British reprint edition of Planet Stories.

There were Australian and New Zealand reprint editions of some of the issues (at least 1 in Australia and 7 in New Zealand) but it is thought these simply had different covers and prices to the UK editions.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1950 – Sep-1954:	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
	Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Mar-1950 – Sep-1954: Pembertons of Manchester
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   9d or 1/-
Pagecounts:   66pp



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Planet Stories (UK) [1954]

Total Issues: 1?

British reprint edition of Planet Stories. Only one, undated, issue is known which is a partial reprint of the November 1952 US issue.

Issues & Index Sources: c. 1954:	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
	Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Streamline Publications, 105 Curtain Road, London EC2
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   9d
Pagecounts:   68pp


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Play

Subtitled "Girls on Parade". Contained pin-ups but no fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Jan-1942 – ?

Publishers: White Publications

Play Book Series

Total Issues: 169

Issues & Index Sources: 1903 – 1923

Publishers: J.S. Ogilvie Publishing Company
Sources: Dime Novel Bibliography

Playboy

Total Issues: 752 (to Mar/Apr-2018)

Men's magazine which has always published considerable fiction and during Ray Russell's editorship included a lot of sf, fantasy and horror. Authors include Evelyn Waugh, Carl Sandburg, Nelson Algren and many in the sf/horror fields.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1953 – present:	Destiny Reference Guide	(Missing: any after Mar/Apr-2018)
	FictionMags Index	(Missing: any after Mar/Apr-2018)

Publishers

HMH Publishing, Playboy Building, 919 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL 60611 (in 1998 - 2002)

Editors

  ?: Jack Kessie
  1955 – 1960: Ray Russell
  1965 – 1966: Frank DuBlois
  1967 – 1976: Robie Macauley
  1976 – 1979: Victoria Hayden-Chen
  1980 – 2000?: Alice Turner

Formats

standard slick

Frequency

monthly

Related Sites

  Wikipedia
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Sources:   O. Henry Awards Website (in 2002)
Website:   www.playboy.com/



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