What the magazine stands might have looked like for Fans in years gone by

Sixty years ago – 1963 – would find me on the verge of discovery with the upcoming airing of Fireball XL-5 – which would eventually lead me down the path to Science Fiction Fandom. Meanwhile, […]

Eighty and ninety years ago, the news stands were a changing landscape for fans of the genre.

A look at some “also-rans” in the history of the SF magazine

William McCaffrey, Charles C. Ryan, Galileo and Galaxy and Avenue Victor Hugo all come together in this SF historical nexus

Captain Future, the first and ONLY Science Fiction Hero Pulp!

A short-lived attempt at returning to the field by one of the genre’s first editors.

This is one that I definitely acquired in the Huckster’s Room of a convention…probably a Philcon, probably the 1974 or 1975 Philcon.   (I say “Huckster” because that is what it was affectionately called back then.) […]

Fantastic Universe, one of the more successful digests emerging from the 1953 Boom in SF magazines.

Today, a short-lived action-adventure SF magazine from 1952 that brings back memories of the ice cream truck

Another pulp magazine from the late 1930s that forms part of Marvel Comic’s pre-history

An autobiographical “pulp” celebrating the life and times of Fandom’s Number 1 Fan Personality

Tiny humans still entertaining anthropologists; India’s moon landing; Edelman’s pic from the 51st Worldcon; astronauts return; Fanzine scanning; new Di Filippo release; Garcia makes a case for fanzines; Hunt Valley Inn closing; Star Wars going “from bad to worse” and chickens get dino legs!

Starlog, a very successful media-oriented magazine

Frederik Pohl (and yes, there is no “c” in Froderik) is a personal favorite among the ranks of classic SF authors. But he’s not just one of my favorite authors (and a guy who I […]

Two magazines intertwined with a lot of science fiction history

Infinity Science Fiction published a Hugo Award winning short story in its debut issue, a feat not often repeated.

Another “blast” from my personal  past and another happy discovery on the newsstand (and another magazine I purchased 2 copies of – because the news seller only had two on the stand). Let me share […]

A bit of a surprise debut (for me), Science Fiction Age took the field by storm in the early 90s.

Almost from the very beginning, spaceships have appeared on the covers of science fiction magazine. Here’s a gallery of them, drawn from the V1N1 collection.

Today, a magazine at the top of the markets, Asimov’s Science Fiction, formerly known as Isaac Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine.

From the people who threatened to shoot a dog if they didn’t buy their magazine – National Lampoon’s Sci-Fi Edition

Barry Malzberg’s depiction of Izzinius Fox, fabled collector of Tremensous Stories magazine, is sarcastically spot on

An interesting late 80s semi-professional title that rose to prominence