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Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1951

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1951

August 1951

Editor Anthony Boucher , J. Francis McComas
Cover art Chesley Bonestell
Publisher Fantasy House, Inc.
Price $0.35
Pages 132
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Vol. 2, No. 4. Cover art titled "Space ship in trouble with meteor swarm; Europa and Jupiter in background" as noted on Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). The book review for "The City of Frozen Fire" incorrectly credits Vaughan Williams as the author.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Short Fiction Fiction Superiority Arthur C. Clarke
12 Short Fiction Fiction Prolog John P. McKnight
15 Short Fiction Fiction Wilfred Weem, Dreamer Robert Arthur
28 Short Fiction Fiction A Peculiar People Betsy Curtis
40 Short Fiction Fiction The Punishing of Eddie Jungle-Spit Garrett Oppenheim
52 Short Fiction Fiction The Embarrassing Dimension H. Nearing, Jr.
61 Short Fiction Fiction Solitary Confinement Philip MacDonald
65 Short Fiction Fiction The Man Who Could Smell Land John Langdon
74 Short Fiction Fiction The Daughter of the Tree Miriam Allen deFord
82 Poem Fiction Untitled Herman Mudgett
83 Review Non Fiction City at World's End The Editors & Edmond Hamilton
83 Review Non Fiction Prelude to Space The Editors & Arthur C. Clarke
83 Essay Non Fiction Recommended Reading (F&SF, August 1951) The Editors
83 Review Non Fiction The Day of the Triffids The Editors & John Wyndham
83 Review Non Fiction The Moon Is Hell The Editors & John W. Campbell, Jr.
84 Review Non Fiction Is Another World Watching? The Editors & Gerald Heard
84 Review Non Fiction The City of Frozen Fire The Editors & Vaughan Wilkins
84 Review Non Fiction The Cometeers The Editors & Jack Williamson
84 Review Non Fiction The Illustrated Man The Editors & Ray Bradbury
84 Review Non Fiction The Selected Prose and Poetry of Edgar Allen Poe The Editors & Edgar Allan Poe
84 Review Non Fiction The Standard Dictionary of Folklore, Mythology, and Legend The Editors & Maria Leach
84 Review Non Fiction Utopia The Editors & Sir Thomas More
85 Short Fiction Fiction John Thomas's Cube John Leimert
93 Short Fiction Fiction The Collector H. F. Heard
116 Short Fiction Fiction The Rat That Could Speak Charles Dickens
120 Short Fiction Fiction Cattivo Alan Nelson

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1951 Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas
Cover Art Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1951 Chesley Bonestell