FERMAN, Joseph W(olfe)

(1906-1974)

   US publisher and editor, born in Lithuania. After a long career with the magazine American Mercury, JWF became involved with The MAGAZINE OF FANTASY AND SCIENCE FICTION from its inception, was listed Aug1954-Oct 1970 as Publisher and Dec 1964-Dec 1965 as Editor, a position to which his son, Edward L. FERMAN, succeeded him. He also founded VENTURE SCIENCE FICTION as a companion to FSF; it ran 1957-8 under the editorshipof Robert P. MILLS, with a second series being published 1969-70 under the editorship of Edward L. Ferman. JWF edited an anthology of stories from Venture: No Limits (anth 1964).

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