← Search

Planet Stories, Fall 1949

August 1949

Editor Paul L. Payne
Cover art Allen Anderson
Publisher Love Romances Publishing
Price $0.20
Pages 116

Vol. 4, No. 4. Day and Ashley credit Anderson as the cover artist. "Action on Azura" is credited "Richardson Osborne" in ToC, but "Robertson Osborne" on title page "Signal Red" is initialed HBV which are presumed to be those of Vestal. The artwork credit for "Action on Azura" is based upon a difficult to read signature. Publication month from Ashley's "The Time Machines".
Read on Archive.org

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Fall 1949): The Author Speaks Up James Blish
2 Essay Non Fiction The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, Fall 1949) uncredited
4 Short Fiction Fiction Enchantress of Venus Leigh Brackett
43 Short Fiction Fiction The Giants Return Robert Abernathy
53 Short Fiction Fiction Ordeal in Space Ralph Sloan
61 Short Fiction Fiction Captain Midas Alfred Coppel, Jr.
69 Short Fiction Fiction Signal Red Henry Guth
75 Short Fiction Fiction The Wheel Is Death Roger Dee
78 Short Fiction Fiction Action on Azura Robertson Osborne
101 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Fall 1949): The Author Speaks Up Henry Hasse
104 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Planet Stories, Fall 1949): Praise! Praise! Praise! Radell Faraday Nelson

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Planet Stories - 1949 Paul L. Payne
Cover Art Non Fiction Planet Stories, Fall 1949 Allen Anderson
4 Interior Art Non Fiction Enchantress of Venus uncredited
31 Interior Art Non Fiction Enchantress of Venus [2] uncredited
38 Interior Art Non Fiction Enchantress of Venus [3] uncredited
43 Interior Art Non Fiction The Giants Return Bixby
53 Interior Art Non Fiction Ordeal in Space uncredited
61 Interior Art Non Fiction Captain Midas Alden McWilliams
69 Interior Art Non Fiction Signal Red Vestal
75 Interior Art Non Fiction The Wheel Is Death uncredited
78 Interior Art Non Fiction Action on Azura Van Dongen