SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY
- SCIENCE FICTION QUARTERLY
US PULP MAGAZINE. Summer 1940-Spring 1943 (10 issues) and May 1951-Feb 1958 (28 issues), published by Columbia Publications. \#1-\#2 of the 1st series were ed Charles HORNIG, all others by Robert A.W. LOWNDES.In its 1st incarnation SFQ - a companion to SCIENCE FICTION and FUTURE FICTION -featured a complete novel in every issue, most reprints from varied sources; 5 were by Ray CUMMINGS. Many of the short stories were original, and the magazine, under Lowndes, was an important market for members of the FUTURIANS, notably C.M. KORNBLUTH under various pseudonyms. 2 undated reprint editions of the Summer 1940 and Winter 1941-2 issues were published in the UK in 1943. The 2nd version published a number of notable articles, including the series Science in Science Fiction by James BLISH (May 1951-May 1952) and "The Evolution of Science Fiction" by Thomas D.CLARESON (Aug 1953). Notable stories included Blish's "Common Time" (Aug 1953) and Isaac ASIMOV's "The Last Question" (Nov 1956). When SFQ died in 1956 it was the last of the sf pulp magazines, and an era had come to an end.Some stories from series 1 were reprinted in the UK as part of SCIENCE FICTION LIBRARY (a 1960 pocketbook series). Winter 1942 was reprinted as\#15 of SWAN AMERICAN MAGAZINE in 1950. 10 numbered undated issues of series 2 were published by Thorpe \& Porter in the UK during 1952-5.
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