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'''The Science Fiction Critic''' was a science fiction fanzine by Claire P. Beck. | '''The Science Fiction Critic''' was a science fiction fanzine by Claire P. Beck. | ||
| − | ''The Science Fiction Critic'' began life in | + | ''The Science Fiction Critic'' began life in as ''Science Fiction Review''. It was first published in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. from November 1935 till December 1936, and then by The Futile Press in Lakeport, California, U.S.A. It was a digest sized zine of around 14 pages and was published monthly. The first two issues were mimeographed. The third issue, released January 1936, introduces the change of name to ''The Science Fiction Critic'' and is letter pressed and side sewn. |
No. 2, December 1935, included the first appearance of editor Beck's column "Hammer and Tongs" and the article "A Slip-Back in STF" by James Blish ([[The Planeteer]]). | No. 2, December 1935, included the first appearance of editor Beck's column "Hammer and Tongs" and the article "A Slip-Back in STF" by James Blish ([[The Planeteer]]). | ||
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Revision as of 06:15, 5 October 2011
The Science Fiction Critic was a science fiction fanzine by Claire P. Beck.
The Science Fiction Critic began life in as Science Fiction Review. It was first published in Reno, Nevada, U.S.A. from November 1935 till December 1936, and then by The Futile Press in Lakeport, California, U.S.A. It was a digest sized zine of around 14 pages and was published monthly. The first two issues were mimeographed. The third issue, released January 1936, introduces the change of name to The Science Fiction Critic and is letter pressed and side sewn.
No. 2, December 1935, included the first appearance of editor Beck's column "Hammer and Tongs" and the article "A Slip-Back in STF" by James Blish (The Planeteer).
No. 5, June 1936, includes a page by Hogo Gernsback concerning the discontinuation of Wonder Stories.
No. 6, December 1936 is the first issue to be published in Lakeport under the Futile Press imprint.
No. 8 includes contributions by John W. Campbell, Jr.
No. 9, May 1937, includes an article by Sam Moskowitz (Helios) and a letter from Clark Ashton Smith concerning the death of H. P. Lovecraft.
No. 10, July 1937 includes the unsigned article "Some Notes On Lovecraft".
No. 11, October 11937 includes the article "Weinbaum Was Great" by Robert W. Lowdnes.
No. 14, July 1938, is edited by Groo Beck and includes "Science Fiction and Ethics" by R. A. W. Lowdnes.
Contributors included John W. Campbell, Jr., John B. Michel (Terrible Tales of Tittering Terror), William Miller, Jr. (The Planeteer, Fantasy Fiction Pictorial), D.R. Smith, and Louis C. Smith.
