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Startling Science Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 32+39=71

Issues & Index Sources

  Aug-1997 – Mar-2000: Science Fiction Index
  Apr-2000 – Jun-2003, as Alien Worlds: Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Fading Shadows, Inc.; Seymour, TX

Editors

  Tom & Virginia Johnson

Formats

  octavo

Prices

  $5.00 (in Dec-2000)

Pagecounts

  84pp

Frequency

  monthly
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Startling Space Stories

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-2007 – Jan-2014
Website:   www.rainfallsite.com/Chapbooks01.html
Publishers:   Rainfall Books

 
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Startling Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 99+14+2=115 (as at Apr-2024)

Issues & Index Sources

  Jan-1939 – Fall 1955: Science Fiction Index
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: Science Fiction Index
  2021 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after v34 #2, 2022)

Website:   www.wildsidepress.com

Publishers

  Jan-1939 – Jul-1949: Better Publications, Inc., Chicago
  Sep-1949 – Mar-1951: Better Publications, Inc., Springfield, MA
  Winter 1951 – Winter 1955: Better Publications, Inc., Kokomo, IN
  Spring 1955 – Fall 1955: Standard Magazines, Inc., Kokomo, IN
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: Wild Cat Books
  2021 – present: Wildside Press

Editors

  Jan-1939 – May-1941: Mort Weisinger
  Jul-1941 – Fall 1944: Oscar J. Friend
  Winter 1945 – Sep-1951: Sam Merwin, Jr.
  Nov-1951 – Fall 1954: Sam Mines
  Winter 1955 – Fall 1955: Alexander Samalman
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: Ron Hanna
  2021 – present: Douglas Draa

Formats

  Jan-1939 – Fall 1955: standard pulp
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: paperback

Prices

  initially 15c (rose to 25c by Nov-1948)
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: $10.00
  2021 – present: $19.99

Pagecounts

  initially 128pp (varied from 112pp - 144pp)
  #1, 2007 – Summer 2012: 64pp
  2021 – present: 252pp

Frequency

  bimonthly, but quarterly Jun-1943 - Fall 1946, and monthly Jan-1952 - Jun-1953

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia

Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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Startling Stories (Canada)

Country: Canada
Total Issues: 7+3+12=22

Canadian reprint edition of Startling Stories.

Issues & Index Sources

  Summer 1945 – Fall 1946: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)
  May-1948 – Sep-1948: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all except May-1948)
  Mar-1949 – Jan-1951: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)

Publishers

  Summer 1945 – Fall 1946: Publication Enterprises Ltd., Toronto
  May-1948 – Sep-1948: Pines Publications Ltd., Toronto
  Mar-1949 – Jan-1951: Better Publications of Canada Ltd., Toronto

Formats

  standard pulp

Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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Startling Stories (UK)

Country: UK
Total Issues: 18

Issues & Index Sources:  Jun-1949 – May-1954: Science Fiction Index
Index to British Science Fiction Magazines
Publishers:   Pembertons of Manchester
Prices:   1/-

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Startling Stories (Australia)

Country: Australia

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

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)
Formats:   pulp
Prices:   2/6d
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Startling Stories (New Zealand)

Country: New Zealand

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

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1950s: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any before #13; #15; #17)
Formats:   pulp
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 30

Largely filled with articles about the cast, characters and other features of the third Star Trek series. Most issues contain what are described as "synopses," which are brief prose adaptations of the show's scripts, analogous to the ones James Blish did for the original series.

Issues & Index Sources

  #1, 1993 – #25, 1998: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #2, 1993)

Publishers

  #1, 1993 – #9, 1994: Starlog Communications International, New York
  #10, 1995 – #25, 1998: Starlog Group, Inc.; New York

Editors

  David McDonnell
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Star Trek Explorer

Country: US
Total Issues: 11 (as at Apr-2024)

Mostly filled with articles about the cast, characters and other features of the various Star Trek series. Each issue also contains two original stories, with another two in a subscriber-only digital supplement.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 2021/2022 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: any after #11, Apr-2024)
Website:   www.titan-comics.com/magazines
Publishers:   Titan Publishing
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Star Trek Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 4?

Star Trek fanzine which featured some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1970s
Publishers:   U.F.P., St. Petersburg Chapter of the Star Trek Federation of Fans
Editors:   Richard Clabaugh
Related Sites:   FanLore

Star Trek: The Next Generation

Country: US
Total Issues: 30

Mostly filled with articles about the cast, characters and other features of the "revived" Star Trek series. All issues contain some number of stories, each one a brief prose version of one of the scripts.

Issues & Index Sources

  v1, 1987 – v30, 1994: Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  Dec-1987 – Jun-1989: O'Quinn Studios, New York
  Dec-1989 – May-1990: Starlog Communications International, New York

Editors

  David McDonnell, Carr D'Angelo
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Star Trek: Voyager Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 19

Largely filled with articles about the cast, characters and other features of the fourth Star Trek series. Most issues contain what are described as "synopses", which are brief prose adaptations of the show's scripts, analogous to the ones James Blish did for the original series. The magazine ceased publication at the end of the fourth season; all the episodes up to that point had been adapted.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1995 – #19, 1998: Science Fiction Index
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Starward Shadows Quarterly

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

"An online dark speculative fiction magazine dedicated to exploring the twisted recesses of the imagination." Changed to a cumulative webzine in 2023.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 2021 – Winter 2021: Science Fiction Index
Website:   www.starwardshadows.com
Editors:   Desmond Rhae Harris and Erica Ciko Campbell
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Star Wars Gamer

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

Star Wars Gamer was a bi-monthly magazine focusing on all forms of Star Wars gaming, including role-playing games, video games, board games, etc.

Issues & Index Sources:  Sep-2000 – May-2002: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Wizards of the Coast
Related Sites:   Wookieepedia
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Star Wars Insider

Country: US
Total Issues: 159 (as at Sep-2015)

Star Wars magazine that occasionally published fiction. Initially entitled The Lucasfilm Fan Club Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Fall 1987 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Website:   www.titanmagazines.com/t/star-wars-insider
Publishers:   Paizo Publishing; Titan Magazines
Related Sites:   Wookieepedia

Star Weekly

Country: Canada

A Canadian newspaper-supplement weekly which became a primary market for American and British fiction writers in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. Authors included Lester Dent, John Russell Fearn, etc. Often referred to as The Toronto Star Weekly.

Issues & Index Sources:  1910 – 1969: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Formats:   tabloid
Frequency:   weekly
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