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Publication: The Thrill Book, August 15, 1919

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  • Publication: The Thrill Book, August 15, 1919Publication Record # 292137 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Ronald Oliphant
  • Date: 1919-08-15
  • Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 164
  • Format:
    pulp?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: The Thrill Book, August 15, 1919 by Sidney Riesenberg [as by Sidney H. Riesenberg]
  • Notes: Vol. II No. 4. Cover illustrates "The Heads of Cerberus" by Francis Stevens. Speculative fiction content only. Data from the Bleilers' "Science-Fiction: The Early Years" and Richard Bleiler's "The Annotated Index to The Thrill Book". Richard Bleiler qualifies the Riesenberg credit with a "?". Nongenre fiction titles include: "A Dangerous Girl" by Charlotte Mish is a three-line "love" story. "The Conquerer" by Tod Robbins is the story of a composer who creates one last work and then commits suicide. "The Terror of the Rats" (Part 1 of 2) by Wyndham Martyn writing as Croydon Heath is a thriller taking place mostly in China. "Very Short Story" by Charlotte Mish is a vignette about a man who commits suicide rather than go to war. "The Opium Ship" (Part 3 of 4) by H. Bedford-Jones is a sea thriller. Nongenre poems include: "Simple Flowers" by Charles Kiproy (possibly a pseudonym of Harold Hersey). "The Heart's Horizon" by Philip Kennedy (possibly a pseudonym of Harold Hersey).
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Primary Verifications

Verifier Date Type Last User Activity Date
Swfritter 2022-04-28 20:46:29 Permanent 2022-09-03

Secondary Verifications

Source Status Verifier Date
Bleiler Early Years Verified Rtrace 2018-04-23 21:28:56
Bleiler Supernatural Verified Rtrace 2018-12-05 16:59:51
Bleiler1 (Gernsback) Not Verified    
Bleiler78 Not Verified    
Clute/Grant Verified Bluesman 2017-05-11 13:12:14
Clute/Nicholls Verified Bluesman 2017-05-11 13:12:14
Contento1 (anth/coll) Not Verified    
Currey Not Verified    
Locus1 Not Verified    
Miller/Contento Verified Rtrace 2011-11-19 08:24:54
OCLC/Worldcat Not Verified    
Reginald1 Not Verified    
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Tuck Verified Bluesman 2017-05-11 13:12:14
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