Dream Quest

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Dream Quest was a science fiction and fantasy fanzine published in the 1940s and 1950s by Don Wilson and Howard Miller in Redlands, California, U.S.A.

Ten issues of this 8 1/2 x 11 inch mimeographed, stapled fanzine were released. The first issue was published in July 1947. The 5th issue was accompanied by Opinion, an 8-page supplement that featured "the results of the 1947 Dreamland Opinionator poll". Issue 11 appeared in 1953, the last issue. A main focus of the magazine was to review the prozines, but it also included articles, essays and poetry.

Contributors included Theophilus Alvor, Redd Boggs (Sky Hook), Gordon Elliot, E. E. Evans (Nova), Ralph Milne Farley, Joe Fortier (Starlight), Roger P. Graham, Robert A. Heinlein, Joe Kennedy (Vampire), Thyril L. Ladd, Francis T. Laney (The Acolyte), Howard Elliot Miller, Sam Moskowitz (New Fandom), Mary Jane Nuttall, Con Pederson, Rog Phillips, Arthur H. Rapp (Spacewarp), Milton Rothman (Fantasy Fiction Telegram), Henry T. Simmons, Rick Sneary (Shangri L'Affaires), Jack Speer, Robert L. Stein, Genevieve K. Stephens (Loki), Gilbert Swenson, Tigrina, and Harry Warner, Jr. (Spaceways).

Poetry was by Lin Carter (Spaceteer) and Genevieve K. Stephens (Loki).

Illustrators included John Grossman (Scientifantasy).

Also included is the article "Lovecraft's Unsung Masterpiece" by Gordon Elliot in the 5th issue of April 1948.