First magazine to focus solely on fantasy and horror was Weird Tales, which was launched in 1923. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, which appeared in 1930, printed only the most basic adventure stories with minimal scientific content. The period starting in 1938, when John W. Campbell took control of Astounding, is often referred to as the Golden Age of Science Fiction.
About History of US science fiction and fantasy magazines to 1950 in brief
Science-fiction and fantasy magazines began to be published in the United States in the 1920s. The first magazine to focus solely on fantasy and horror was Weird Tales, which was launched in 1923. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, which appeared in 1930, edited by Harry Bates, printed only the most basic adventure stories with minimal scientific content. The period starting in 1938, when John W. Campbell took control of Astounding, is often referred to as the Golden Age of Science Fiction. By the end of the 19th century, science fiction magazines were regularly selling to mainstream book publishers and large book publishers. Very few science-fiction or fantasy pulps were launched after this date; the 1950s was the beginning of the era of the digest magazine, though the leading digest magazines continued until the mid-1950s. Only eight pulp magazines survived World War II; all were still in pulp magazine format except for Astounding which had switched to a digest format in 1943. The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction appeared in October 1950 by the first issue of Galaxy Science Fiction, followed by The Galaxy of Science fiction in October 1951 by the last issue of The Galaxy. The magazine was edited by Raymond Palmer, and is now published by Simon & Schuster. It is the oldest science fiction magazine in the world, having been established in 1872. It was the first to feature a cover story, and the last to feature the cover image of a book.
It has since been replaced by The Science Fiction and Fantasy Magazine, which has been published by Scholastic since 1973. The last issue was published in October 2008. It features the cover story of The Chronicles of Narnia, by Robert E. Howard, which is published by Macmillan Books. The book is published in hardback and is available in hard-back for about $25.99. It also has a soft-cover version of the same price, with a cover of $20.99, and a hard-cover edition of $30.99 for $50. It can be ordered by clicking on the link below: http://www.mailonline.co.uk/sciencefiction/science-fiction-and-fantasy-magazines/magazines-narnia.html#story-page-1. The page includes a photo of the cover of the book, as well as a description of the author and his writing style. The cover story is titled “The Moon Pool,” by Abraham Merritt, despite it being completely unscientific. The story was printed in 1927 by Hugo Gernsback, who wanted the fiction he printed to be scientifically accurate, and educational, and entertaining, but found it difficult to obtain stories that met his goals. In 1926 Weird Tales was joined by Amazing Stories, which printed only science fiction, and no fantasy. In 1933 Astounding was acquired by Street & Smith, and it soon became the leading magazines in the new genre, publishing early classics such as Murray Leinster’s \”Sidewise in Time\” in 1934. In 1939 Ziff-Davis launched Fantastic Adventures, a fantasy companion to Amazing.
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