Planet Stories was a pulp science fiction magazine, published by Fiction House with a total of 71 monthly issues appeared between 1939 and 1955. A science fiction magazine is a Magazine that publishes primarily Science fiction, in print or on the internet or both Fiction House is an American Publisher of Pulp magazines and Comic books that existed from the 1920s to the 1950s It featured a particular kind of romantic, swashbuckling adventure in a science fiction context, and was renowned for its colorful covers, typically featuring a young woman in (for the time) rather scanty apparel. For a brief time it was edited by Jerome Bixby. Drexel Jerome Lewis Bixby ( January 11, 1923 Los Angeles California &ndash April 28, 1998 San Bernardino California) Twenty years later many of these stories were reprinted in paperback as space opera or science fantasy. Space opera is a subgenre of Speculative fiction or Science fiction that emphasizes romantic, often Melodramatic adventure set mainly or entirely Science fantasy is a mixed Genre of story which contains some Science fiction and some Fantasy elements
Reprints of Planet Stories, published under the same title, were published in the United Kingdom from March 1950 through September 1954 and in Canada from Fall 1948 through March 1951. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page
Famous contributors
Among the authors who were spotlighted in Planet Stories were:
Planet Stories novels
In 2007, Paizo Publishing announced a line of re-printed classic science fantasy novels also called Planet Stories. Poul William Anderson ( November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was an American Science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Leigh Douglass Brackett ( December 7, 1915, in Los Angeles California &ndash March 18, 1978) was a female writer of Science Ray Douglas Bradbury (born August 22 1920 is an American mainstream, Fantasy, horror, Science fiction and mystery Alfred Coppel, Alfredo Jose de Arana-Marini Coppel (November 9 1921&ndashMay 30 2004 was an American author Paizo Publishing is an American Publishing company located in Bellevue Washington that specializes in game aids and adventures for "the world's most Science fantasy is a mixed Genre of story which contains some Science fiction and some Fantasy elements Their first four books are Almuric by Robert E. Howard, The Anubis Murders by Gary Gygax, City of the Beast/Warrior of Mars by Michael Moorcock, and Black God's Kiss by C.L. Moore. Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, Ernest Gary Gygax ( July 27, 1938 &ndash March 4, 2008) ( IPA:) was an American Writer and Game designer Michael John Moorcock (born 18 December 1939, in London) is an English writer primarily of Science fiction and fantasy who has also Catherine Lucille Moore ( January 24, 1911 – April 4, 1987) was an American Science fiction and Fantasy Paizo Publishing's press release stated the Gygax and Howard novels would be out in August 2007 with the others releasing one at a time over the following months. Other announced authors include Leigh Brackett and Henry Kuttner. Leigh Douglass Brackett ( December 7, 1915, in Los Angeles California &ndash March 18, 1978) was a female writer of Science Henry Kuttner ( April 7 1915 – February 4 1958) was a Science fiction author born in Los Angeles, California.
External links
- Publication details including editors, dates, page counts, prices and some sample covers.
- Paizo Publishing's Planet Stories website.
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