fanscient the fall 1949 edited (1 risultati)

Small octavo, single issue, illustrations, offset from typewritten copy, pictorial wrappers, stapled. The ninth of the fourteen issues of this fanzine. "According to Harry Warner, Jr., this magazine was one of the leading serious publications of the period. It provided 'an enormous amount of material about the most important professional writers of fantasy and their works, some good fiction, and articles with principally serious slants' (Warner 1). The main feature was 'Author! Author!' which contained autobiographical sketches by noted authors such as Jack Williamson, Murray Leinster, Ray Bradbury, Anthony Boucher and David H, Keller, accompanied by complete bibliographies of their work." - Tymn and Ashley (eds), Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Weird Fiction Magazines, pp. 820-21. The "Author, Author" featured in this issue is Robert A. Heinlein. Pavlat and Evans, Fanzine Index (1965), p. 33. A fine copy. (#177059).