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Cover of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1953

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1953

August 1953

Editor Anthony Boucher , J. Francis McComas
Cover art Jack Coggins
Publisher Fantasy House, Inc.
Price $0.35
Pages 132
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Vol. 5, No. 2. Cover art for wrap-around cover titled "Erecting a communications tower on Triton: Uranus in background" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). Errata in October 1953 points out that the planet should be Neptune. "Coming..." not shown on Contents/copyright page.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Short Fiction Fiction Gratitude Guaranteed Kris Neville & R. Bretnor
23 Short Fiction Fiction Rustle of Wings Fredric Brown
28 Short Fiction Fiction Mr. Kinkaid's Pasts J. J. Coupling
37 Short Fiction Fiction One Other Manly Wade Wellman
50 Short Fiction Fiction Manuscript Found in a Vacuum P. M. Hubbard
52 Short Fiction Fiction Captive Audience Ann Warren Griffith
63 Short Fiction Fiction Measure of a Man Ward Moore
69 Essay Non Fiction Coming... (F&SF, August 1953) uncredited
70 Short Fiction Fiction Told Under Oath Lord Dunsany
77 Short Fiction Fiction Open Ears Ralph Robin
83 Short Fiction Fiction Randall Lavinia R. Davis
95 Poem Fiction The Unquiet Grave Winona McClintic
96 Review Non Fiction Against the Fall of Night The Editors & Arthur C. Clarke
96 Essay Non Fiction Recommended Reading (F&SF, July 1953) The Editors
96 Review Non Fiction The Undying Fire The Editors & Fletcher Pratt
96 Review Non Fiction To the End of Time The Editors & Olaf Stapledon
97 Review Non Fiction Baby is Three The Editors & Theodore Sturgeon
97 Review Non Fiction Battle on Mercury The Editors & Erik Van Lhin
97 Review Non Fiction Children of Wonder The Editors & William Tenn
97 Review Non Fiction Iceworld The Editors & Hal Clement
97 Review Non Fiction Mystery of the Third Mine The Editors & Robert W. Lowndes
97 Review Non Fiction Prize Science Fiction The Editors & Donald A. Wollheim
97 Review Non Fiction The Robot and the Man The Editors & Martin Greenberg
98 Review Non Fiction The Brass Bottle The Editors & F. Anstey
98 Review Non Fiction The End of the World The Editors & Kenneth Heuer
99 Short Fiction Fiction The Cerebrative Psittacoid H. Nearing, Jr.
114 Short Fiction Fiction At the Door Ben Ray Redman
117 Short Fiction Fiction A Warning to the Furious Eando Binder

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1953 Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas
Cover Art Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, August 1953 Jack Coggins
76 Interior Art Non Fiction Cartoon: Why Don't They Move or Say Something? A. F. Wiles