A snapshot/slice of a time long past...notable that the most famous story in this issue of Weird Tales would be the most famous and among the most influential stories to be published in any of the issues cited here, one which posits that "Jack the Ripper" has found a means of achieving literal immortality through his crimes. Got a top-line banner, though not the cover illustration (albeit, to be fair, the story is not so very much Newsstand Illustration-friendly for the times).
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- Unknown Worlds [v7 #1, June 1943] (25¢, 164pp, trimmed pulp) [] edited by John W. Campbell, Jr
- · [illustrations] · Newton Alfred · il
- · [illustrations] · Ralph Hall · il
- · [illustrations] · Isip · il
- · [illustrations] · William A. Kolliker · il
- · [illustrations] · Frank Kramer · il
- · [illustrations] · Paul Orban · il
- 6 · Of Things Beyond · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed
- 9 · Wheesht! · Cleve Cartmill · nv; illustrated by Paul Orban
- 35 · The Wishes We Make · E. Mayne Hull · ss; illustrated by Ralph Hall
- 48 · Blind Alley · Malcolm Jameson · nv; illustrated by Frank Kramer
- 71 · A Bargain in Bodies · Moses Schere · ss; illustrated by Isip
- 81 · Sriberdegibit · Anthony Boucher · nv; illustrated by Ralph Hall
- 102 · The Rabbit and the Rat · Robert Arthur · ss; illustrated by Paul Orban
- 115 · The Devil Is Not Mocked · Manly Wade Wellman · ss; illustrated by Newton Alfred
- 120 · Eight Ball · Hugh Raymond · ss; illustrated by William A. Kolliker
- 126 · The Green-Eyed Monster · Theodore Sturgeon · ss; illustrated by Frank Kramer
- 138 · The Hounds of Kalimar · P. Schuyler Miller · nv; illustrated by Isip
- 156 · Prophets and Critics · Anthony Boucher · ar
The most famous story here, I'd say, is the Wellman. I've certainly seen it collected and anthologized the most. Though the Sturgeon is probably a not too distant second...
- Fantastic Adventures [v5 #7, July 1943] (25¢, 212pp, pulp, cover by Robert Gibson Jones) []
- B. G. Davis - Editor: Fantastic Adventures, May 1939 – Jan 1947.
- Raymond A. Palmer - Managing Editor: Fantastic Adventures, May 1939 – Jan 1947. (Palmer was the actual editor of the magazine at this time. TM)
- Howard Browne - Assistant Editor: Fantastic Adventures, Dec 1942 – Jul 1945 (And Browne succeeded Palmer as editor when Palmer left to start his own publishing company. TM)
- 10 · Craig’s Book · Don Wilcox · na
- 88 · Vignettes of Famous Scientists: Bessel · Alexander Blade · bg
- 89 · Vignettes of Famous Scientists: Aristarchus · Alexander Blade · bg
- 90 · Little Yowlie · Warren A. Reed · ss
- 94 · If You Believe · Chester S. Geier · ss
- 108 · Caverns of Time · Carlos M. McCune · na
- 160 · The Goon from Rangoon [Lefty Feep] · Robert Bloch · ss
- 174 · What Are Hormones? · [uncredited] · ar
- 176 · Nazi, Are You Resting Well? · Leroy Yerxa · ss
- 182 · Other Worlds · Walton Blodgett · nv
- 200 · Introducing the Author: Carlos M. McCune · Carlos M. McCune · bg
- 208 · Warriors of Other Worlds: [Venus] · Morris J. Steele · ar
Editors:
This issue can be read here. ISFDB index here. (Bloch's light-hearted, pun-laden "Lefty Feep"-series story might well be the best-remembered story in this issue.)
- 8 · The Iron Star · John Taine · n. Dutton, 1930
- 116 · Doorway Into Time · C. L. Moore · ss
- 128 · Dwellers in the Mirage · Nanek · pm [Ref. A. Merritt]
- 130 · The Yellow Sign · Robert W. Chambers · nv The King in Yellow by Robert W. Chambers, F. Tennyson Neely, 1895
- · [letter from West Virginia] · Eugene W. Allbright · lt
- · [letter from Hertfordshire, England] · Frank Edward Arnold · lt
- · [letter from Illinois] · Ronald Clyne · lt
- · [letter from Minnesota] · Raymond Grumbo · lt
- · [letter from California] · Harry Honig · lt
- · [letter] · Mrs. Edward Honkanen · lt
- · [letter from South Dakota] · G. H. Laird · lt
- · [letter] · Nanek · lt
- · [letter] · John A. Savage · lt
- · [letter from Rhode Island] · Loren Sinn · lt
- Famous Fantastic Mysteries [Vol. V No. 4, September 1943] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Virgil Finlay) []
Editor: Mary Gnaedinger
This issue can be read here. ISFDB index here. The Catherine L. Moore story would be the best remembered of the new fiction in this issue...even if by default. Chambers has had a spike in interest in part from television taking elements from his fiction and/or name-checking it in such series as True Detective, From, and Good Omens, the last in its turn based on the novel by Terry Pratchett and Alan Moore which also pays homage to Chambers, and apparently also Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which I have yet to see.
This issue can be read here. ISFDB index here. The Bloch story is (just barely) the most widely-reprinted here. More to come in this post. Please see Patti Abbott's blog for more Short Story Wednesday links. |
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