A FASCIMILE OF THE JULY 1939 ISSUE OF ASTOUNDING
by Campbell John W., editor
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine in fine dust jacket./fine
- ISBN 10
- 0809309912
- ISBN 13
- 9780809309917
- Seller
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About This Item
Carbondale: : Southern Illinois University Press,, (1981). Hardcover first edition -. Fine in fine dust jacket.. First printing. A facsimile reprint of the entire July 1939 issue of Astounding Science Fiction (including ads), one that is widely considered to be the first great issue under the editorship of John W. Campbell, Jr. "It begins with the cover story, 'Black Destroyer,' the first published work of A. E. van Vogt and also features 'Trends' by Isaac Asimov, his first sale to Astounding. . . and stories by some of the best-known writers in the field: Nat Schachner, 'City of the Cosmic Rays'; Nelson S. Bond, 'Lightship Ho!'; Ross Rocklynne, 'The Moth'; C. L. Moore (one of the first women to achieve prominence in writing science fiction), 'Greater than Gods'." In addition this book includes a preface by Stanley Schmidt and 3 epilogues by Isaac Asimov, A. E. van Vogt, and Ross Rocklynne commenting on the stories and the magazine. Illustrated. 180 pp.
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- Title
- A FASCIMILE OF THE JULY 1939 ISSUE OF ASTOUNDING
- Author
- Campbell John W., editor
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover first edition -
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine in fine dust jacket.
- Jacket Condition
- fine
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0809309912
- ISBN 13
- 9780809309917
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press,
- Place of Publication
- Carbondale:
- Date Published
- (1981)
- Bookseller catalogs
- Science Fiction and Fantasy;
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