FANTASTIC STORY (JOEL TOWNSLEY ROGERS; FREDRIC BROWN; MURRAY LEINSTER; L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP; STEVE CARTMILL; COLIN G. JAMESON SR. & JR.; SAM MERWIN, JR.; RICHARD MATHESON; PHILIP K. DICK) — Fantastic Story: July 1953
NY, Better Publications. 1953. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 6 No. 1. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Walter Popp. Includes Four Novelet Classics: "Through the Blackboard" by Joel Townsley Rogers; "Pi in the Sky" by Fredric Brown; "Dead City" by Murray Leinster; "The Gnarly Man" by L. Sprague de Camp. Short Story Classic: "Visiting Yokel" by Steve Cartmill. Four New Stories: "The Corollary Effect" by Colin G. Jameson Sr. & Jr.; "There's Always Amanda" by Sam Merwin, Jr.; "Lazarus II" by Richard Matheson; "The Indefatigable Frog" by Philip K. Dick. Features: "Cosmic Encores"; "Have You Heard-?" by Dixon Wells; "Abbot and Costello Spoof Space Travel" by Pat Jones; "Star-Bent" (poem) by A. Kulik. Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, Peter Pouton, Emsh, Orban, and others. Small losses to front cover at edges, else very nice. Very Good-.
