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Farsace published a six part series on the fiction of Ray Cummings titled "Golden Atom Tales"and Fred W. Fischer wrote the column "From The Observation Deck" on stories appearing in the older pulp magazines, and Farcase included bibliographies for them as well. Also included was a reprint of [[Donald Wollheim]]'s [[Curious Stories]], a fan magazine that has previous been published in an edition of 4 copies. | Farsace published a six part series on the fiction of Ray Cummings titled "Golden Atom Tales"and Fred W. Fischer wrote the column "From The Observation Deck" on stories appearing in the older pulp magazines, and Farcase included bibliographies for them as well. Also included was a reprint of [[Donald Wollheim]]'s [[Curious Stories]], a fan magazine that has previous been published in an edition of 4 copies. | ||
| − | Contributors included R. H. Barlow, Benjamin De Cadderes, John W. Campbell, Fred W. Fischer ([[The Southern Star]]), Nora Mae French, [[Nils Helmer Frome]] ([[Supramundane Stories]]), Edmond Hamilton, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz ([[Helios]]), Fred A. Senour, [[Donald Wandrei]], and Roscoe Wright ([[Beyond]]). Poetry was published by Elizabeth Starr Cummings, Jean Howard, [[H.P. Lovecraft]], Clark Ashton Smith, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and others. Letters came from Lovecraft (published posthumously), Clark Ashton Smith, R.H. Barlow, Edmond Hamilton, Ray Cummings, Harold Hersey and Nils Helmer Frome. | + | Contributors included R. H. Barlow, Benjamin De Cadderes, John W. Campbell, Fred W. Fischer ([[The Southern Star]]), Nora Mae French, [[Nils Helmer Frome]] ([[Supramundane Stories]]), Edmond Hamilton, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz ([[Helios]]), Fred A. Senour, [[Donald Wandrei]], and Roscoe Wright ([[Beyond]], [[Viewpoints]]). Poetry was published by Elizabeth Starr Cummings, Jean Howard, [[H.P. Lovecraft]], Clark Ashton Smith, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and others. Letters came from Lovecraft (published posthumously), Clark Ashton Smith, R.H. Barlow, Edmond Hamilton, Ray Cummings, Harold Hersey and Nils Helmer Frome. |
Cover art was contributed by Jean Finley and Virgil Finlay. | Cover art was contributed by Jean Finley and Virgil Finlay. | ||
Revision as of 19:51, 21 April 2011
The Golden Atom was a science fiction fanzine published by Larry Farsace (Litterio B. Farsaci) in Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Named for Ray Cumming's series that began with The Girl in the Golden Atom, the first issue appeared on October 20, 1939. The first ten issues, published from 1939 till 1943, were in letter sized mimeographed format; two special issues, appeared in 1955 and in 1959, were letter press format.
Science Fiction writer and contributor Sam Moskowitz regards The Golden Atom as, "arguably the most valuable repository of new research and reference on SF..." during the time it was initially published.
Farsace published a six part series on the fiction of Ray Cummings titled "Golden Atom Tales"and Fred W. Fischer wrote the column "From The Observation Deck" on stories appearing in the older pulp magazines, and Farcase included bibliographies for them as well. Also included was a reprint of Donald Wollheim's Curious Stories, a fan magazine that has previous been published in an edition of 4 copies.
Contributors included R. H. Barlow, Benjamin De Cadderes, John W. Campbell, Fred W. Fischer (The Southern Star), Nora Mae French, Nils Helmer Frome (Supramundane Stories), Edmond Hamilton, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz (Helios), Fred A. Senour, Donald Wandrei, and Roscoe Wright (Beyond, Viewpoints). Poetry was published by Elizabeth Starr Cummings, Jean Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Stanley G. Weinbaum, and others. Letters came from Lovecraft (published posthumously), Clark Ashton Smith, R.H. Barlow, Edmond Hamilton, Ray Cummings, Harold Hersey and Nils Helmer Frome.
Cover art was contributed by Jean Finley and Virgil Finlay.
