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The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1955

March 1955

Editor Anthony Boucher
Cover art Nicholas Solovioff
Publisher Fantasy House, Inc.
Price $0.35
Pages 132

Vol 8, No 5, Whole No 46. Cover art titled "Hostile planet" as noted on the Contents/copyright page (scanned version from archive.org). "Some Questions and Answers" summarizes the results of a reader poll. This month's "Recommended Reading" revisits the best books reviewed over the past year. Books reviewed in previous issues are not listed.
"The Doctrine of Original Design" is listed as such on the title page of the poem but as "Doctrine of Original Design" in the table of contents. "Coming Next Month" not shown on Contents/copyright page.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
3 Short Fiction Fiction The Short Ones Raymond E. Banks
20 Short Fiction Fiction I Do Not Love Thee, Doctor Fell Robert Bloch
28 Short Fiction Fiction The Golem Avram Davidson
33 Short Fiction Fiction He Had a Big Heart Frank Quattrocchi
43 Essay Non Fiction Some Questions and Answers uncredited
44 Short Fiction Fiction The Thirteenth Floor Frank Gruber
57 Short Fiction Fiction Change the Sky Idris Seabright
70 Essay Non Fiction Recommended Reading (F&SF, March 1955) The Editor
71 Review Non Fiction Shadows in the Sun The Editor & Chad Oliver
71 Review Non Fiction The Big Ball of Wax The Editor & Shepherd Mead
73 Review Non Fiction The Fellowship of the Ring The Editor & J. R. R. Tolkien
73 Review Non Fiction The Man in the Thick Lead Suit The Editor & Daniel Lang
74 Short Fiction Fiction Overlooked E. C. Hornsby
84 Short Fiction Fiction The Book of Your Life James Blish
94 Essay Non Fiction Coming Next Month (F&SF, March 1955) uncredited
95 Short Fiction Fiction Yo Ho Hoka! Poul Anderson & Gordon R. Dickson
118 Poem Fiction The Doctrine of Original Design Winona McClintic
119 Short Fiction Fiction Millennium Fredric Brown
120 Short Fiction Fiction The Bone That Seeks John Anthony

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction - 1955 Anthony Boucher
Cover Art Non Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, March 1955 Nicholas Solovioff