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Science Fiction Age

Country: US
Total Issues: 46

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1992 – May-2000: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Sovereign Media Co., Herndon, VA
Editors:   Scott Edelman
Formats:   slick
Prices:   $4.95
Pagecounts:   100pp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia

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Science Fiction Chronicle

Country: US
Total Issues: 267

Science fiction news magazine that occasionally published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources

  Oct-1979 – Aug-2002
  Sep-2002 – Sep-2006, as Chronicle: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers

  DNA Publications, Inc. (in 2006)

Editors

  Andy Porter (in 1979), Warren Lapine (in 2006)

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Science Fiction Classics [1931]

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

A large-size paperbound book, given away as a subscription premium. It was first advertised in the May 1931 issue of Wonder Stories.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1931: Science Fiction Index
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Science Fiction Classics [1942]

Country: US
Total Issues: 6

Booklet series, first advertised in Future Feb '43 (on sale in Dec '42).

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1942 – #6, 1942: Science Fiction Index
Prices:   10c each or six for 50c
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Science Fiction Classics [1967]

Country: US
Total Issues: 6+2+6+6+10+12=42

These issues were the starting point for the most complex sequence of Ultimate's reprint magazines, a sequence which underwent two title changes and spun off two additional titles. Since the exact sequence of issues and interrelationships of these titles seems little understood, this would seem an appropriate place to summarize them.

Following the sixth issue a bewildering sequence of title changes began. The seventh issue was titled SF Adventure Classics. This was followed by Strange Fantasy: #s 8, 9 and 10. After that SF Adventure Classics #8 was issued, which had the retroactive effect of splitting off the Strange Fantasy issues into their own sequence, which continued through #13.

SF Adventure Classics #8 was followed by Space Adventures #9, 10 and 11. A title change back to SF Adventure Classics appeared to take place with the next issue, #12. However, shortly afterward a Space Adventures #12 also appeared and continued the original sequence, eventually concluding with #14. Thus was the second sequence of SF Adventure Classics retroactively split off to form its own sequence, which continued for several more years.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1967 – #6, 1968: Science Fiction Index
  #7, 1969 – #8, 1969, as Science Fiction Adventure Classics: Science Fiction Index
  #8, 1969 – #13, 1970, as Strange Fantasy: Science Fiction Index
  #9, 1970 – #14, 1971, as Space Adventures (Classics): Science Fiction Index
  #12, 1970 – #21, 1972, as Science Fiction Adventure Classics: Science Fiction Index
  #22, 1973 – #34, 1973, as Science Fiction Adventures: Science Fiction Index
  #25, 1973 – #31, 1974, as Science Fiction Adventures Classics: Science Fiction Index
  #32, 1974 – #33, 1974, as Science Fiction Adventures: Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Ultimate Publishing

Editors

  1967 – 1968: Ralph Adris (Herb Lehrman)
  1968 – 1969: Herb Lehrman (pseudonymously)
  1970 – 1974: Sol Cohen (pseudonymously)

Formats

  digest

Prices

  50c

Pagecounts

  128pp

Frequency

  mostly quarterly, but bimonthly from Jan-1972

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia (Science Fiction Classics)
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia (Space Adventures)
  Science Fiction Encyclopedia (Strange Fantasy)
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Science Fiction Classics [2014]

Country: US
Total Issues: 20?

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-2014 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #3, #4)
Website:   www.angelfire.com/film/locationbooks/sfclassics.htm
Publishers:   Pulp Tales Press
Formats:   quarto

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Science Fiction Classics Annual

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Reprint magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  1970: Science Fiction Index
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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Science Fiction Collaboration

see under Wavelength

The Science Fiction Collector [1930s]

Country: US
Total Issues: 30

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources

  May-1936 – Winter 1941: Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  May-1936 – Jun-1937: Morris Scott Dollens, 126 Twelfth Avenue, North St., Paul, Minnesota
  Jul-1937 – Jan/Feb-1940: Comet Publications, 1700 Frankford Ave, Philadelphia, PA
  Winter 1941: Stellar Press, 333 East Belgrade Street, Philadelphia, PA

Editors

  May-1936 – Jun-1937: Morris Scott Dollens
  Jul-1937 – Winter 1941: John V. Baltadonis

Prices

  5c to 10c

Pagecounts

  16-24pp

Related Sites

  ZineWiki
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The Science-Fiction Collector [1970s]

Country: US
Total Issues: 15

Fanzine with excellent checklists and author bibliographies.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1976 – #8, 1979: FictionMags Index
  #9, 1980 – #13, 1981, as Megavore: FictionMags Index
  #14, 1981 – #15, 1981, as The Science Fiction Collector: FictionMags Index

Publishers

  Pandora's Books Ltd., Box 54, Neche, ND 58265

Editors

  Grant Thiessen
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Science Fiction Digest [1932]

Country: US
Total Issues: 39

One of the high-quality printed fanzines of the Thirties that regularly featured fiction by professional writers. Titled changed to Fantasy Magazine with the January 1934 issue. The installments of the Cosmos round-robin were not printed in the issues themselves but as separately-bound supplements.

Issues & Index Sources

  Sep-1932 – Dec-1933: Science Fiction Index
  Jan-1934 – Jan-1937, as Fantasy Magazine: Science Fiction Index

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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Science Fiction Digest [1951]

Country: US
Total Issues: 7?

Fanzine. From Sep-1951 published with Cosmag.

Issues & Index Sources:  1951 – Sep-1952?: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #1, 1951; #2, 1951)
Publishers:   The Atlanta Science Fiction Organization
Editors:   Henry G. Burwell
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Science Fiction Digest [1954]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

A form of 'best of' selection.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1954 – #2, 1954: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Specific Fiction Corp, NY
Editors:   Chester Whitehorn
Formats:   digest
Prices:   35c
Pagecounts:   160pp
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Science Fiction Digest [1981]

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Oct-1981 – Sep-1982: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Davis Publications
Editors:   Shawna McCarthy
Formats:   digest (size varied)
Prices:   $1.95 (price varied)
Pagecounts:   192pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia

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Science Fiction Eye

Country: US
Total Issues: 15

Review magazine. v1 #3 (1988) was a special fiction issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1987 – Fall 1997: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   'Til You Go Blind Cooperative, Washington, DC.
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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The Science Fiction Fan

Country: US
Total Issues: 58

SF fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1936 – 15-Apr-1941: FictionMags Index
Publishers:   Olon F. Wiggins
Editors:   Olon F. Wiggins, Denver, Colorado

Science Fiction Fortnightly

see under Authentic Science Fiction

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