Science Fantasy was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was launched in 1950 by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova’s New Worlds. The titles were acquired by Roberts & Vinter, who hired Kyril Bonfiglioli to edit Science Fantasy. The last issue of Science Fantasy was published on December 31, 1966.
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Science Fantasy was a British fantasy and science fiction magazine. It was launched in 1950 by Nova Publications as a companion to Nova’s New Worlds. John Carnell edited both magazines until Nova went out of business in early 1964. The titles were acquired by Roberts & Vinter, who hired Kyril Bonfiglioli to edit Science Fantasy. He changed the title to Impulse in early 1966, but the new title led to confusion with the distributors and sales fell, though the magazine remained profitable. The title was changed again to SF Impulse for the last few issues. The final year of Impulse, as it was titled by that time, included some of the best material ever published in a British science fictionMagazine. The last issue of Science Fantasy was published on December 31, 1966. It featured the short story “The Last Dragon” by Brian Aldiss, whose first novel Nonstop appeared in the February 1956 issue. The issue also featured the first appearance of Arthur C. Clarke’s novel, Nonstop, which was published in the March 1956 issue of the magazine. The magazine also published the first issue of C.S. Clarke’s novel, The Fifth Planet, which appeared in February 1956. The first issue was dated Summer 1950, but printing disputes meant that the second issue was delayed until winter. The seventh issue was published with a legal dispute between Carlton Press and Maclaren & Sons Ltd, which ultimately led to the legal dispute being resolved with the Carlton Press taking control of the seventh issue and resolving the dispute in bimonthly.
The eighth and final issue was released on December 30, 1956, and was the last issue to be published under the name Impulse. The ninth issue was the final issue under the title Impulse and was released in January 1957. The tenth issue was issued on December 29, 1957, and the lastissue was released the following month. The 10th and final issues were published on January 31, 1958, and February 8, 1958. The 13th and 14th issues were released on February 15, 1959, and March 8, 1959. The 14th and 15th issues appeared on March 16, 1960, and April 8, 1961. The 16th and 17th issues of the 16th issue were the last issues to be released. The 17th and 18th issue appeared on April 14, 1960. The 19th and 19th issues published were the 20th and 21st issues of both magazines. The 21st and 22nd issues were the 30th and 23rd issues of each issue of each magazine. In the early 1960s the magazine was nominated for three consecutive Hugo awards for best magazine of the year. The Hugo awards were given to John Brunner, Ken Bulmer, and John Wyndham Clarke. The 20th issue was a best-of-the-year issue, published in May 1962. The 23rd issue was an issue that featured a story by Thomas Burnett Swann. The 24th and 25th issue featured a short story by John Stableford. The 25th and 26th issues featured a novelette by Josephine Saxton. The 26th and 27th issues both appeared in September 1962.
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