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William Lawrence Hamling et al : Fantastic Adventures. November 1946, Volume 8, Number 5

Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, Chicago, IL, 1946

Original publisher's multicolored paper wrappers with a color illustration on the front cover by J. Allen St. John of a woman in Egyptian-inspired dress behind whom is a mummified skeleton who places its hand on her shoulder. Green, yellow, and orange spine. 7" x 10." 178 pages, complete. Black-and-white illustrations, complete. A few pages of advertisements in front and back. Pages are fragile and age-toned. One small piece of tape on front cover and another closing a tear at the bottom of front cover. A Very Good Copy. Fantastic Adventures was a science fiction and fantasy pulp magazine that was published from 1939-1953. Raymond A. Palmer was the magazine's first editor who was later succeeded by Howard Browne in 1949. The November 1946 issue. The following are in the Stories section: a short novel, "Shadow of the Sphinx," by William Lawrence Hamling; three novelettes, "The Moving Finger" by Berkeley Livingston, "Happiness Is Nowhere" by Chester S. Geier, and "The Red Door" by Don Wilcox; and three short stories, "Rocket to Limbo" by Margaret St. Clair, "The Counterfeiter" by Robert Moore Williams, and "The Smiling Wife" by H. B. Hickey. The following are in the Features section: "Presenting the Author" by St. Clair, "The Editor's Notebook" by The Editor, "Transplanting Animal Hearts" by Peter Bogg, "Sight Without Eyes" by R. Clayton, "Vignettes of Famous Scientists" by Alexander Blade, "Bone Study" by Charles Reeves, "Oil Hunters" by C. S. Rice, "Enchanted Arena" by Gary Lee Horton, "Head Spin" by H. A. Everts, "Franklin's Feat" by Cory Blake, and "Solar Energy" by Bogg.. Illustr.: St. John, James Allen. Book. Book Condition: Collectible-Very Good. Binding: Soft cover

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