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Publication: Fantasy, Number 3

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  • Publication: Fantasy, Number 3Publication Record # 311077 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: T. Stanhope Sprigg
  • Date: 1939-00-00
  • Publisher: George Newnes
  • Price:
    1/-?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
  • Pages: 132
  • 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: Fantasy, Number 3 by Serge Drigin [as by S. R. Drigin]
  • Notes:
    • No 3.
    • Subtitled "Thrilling Science Fiction" on the cover and "A Magazine of Thrilling Science-Fiction" on the contents page.
    • Contents page states "1939" with no month given.
    • Page numbers run 1-128.
    • Trimmed edges.
    • The Editor is not credited.
    • Cover art is credited to "S. R. Drigin"; the artwork is signed "S. Drigin."
    • Interior art is not credited by individual story, but the contents page states "Illustrations by S. R. Drigin, G. Blow, and H. Turner."
    • Story art for "Derelict of Space" on pages 2-3 and 11 is signed "S. Drigin."
    • Story art for "The Stick Men" on pages 21 and 27 is signed "Geo W Blow."
    • Story art for "Whom the Rat Bites" on page 33 is signed "GWB."
    • Artwork for "Impossibilities" on page 45 is signed "Turner."
    • Story art for "The Man Outside" on page 50 is signed "S. Drigin."
    • Story art for "The Cold Comet" on page 69 consists of two illustrations; one is signed "B," the other is unsigned.
    • Story art for "Mightier Yet" on pages 76-77 is signed "S. Drigin."
    • Story art for "Child of Power" on page 89 shows no signature.
    • Story art for "Invaders from the Void" on pages 106-107 and 115 is signed "Geo. W. Blow."
    • "Stranger Than Fiction" consists of several current news items.
    • "The Future of 'Fantasy'" describes plans to convert the magazine to a quarterly, with the next issue planned for 27 October.
    • "Contributors to 'Fantasy'" includes short profiles of some of the authors in this issue (Walsh, Wright, Wallis, Stranger).
    • "'Winged Terror': Results of Last Issue's Scientific Theory Contest" presents the winning essay by James Harper for the contest in issue 2. It is preceded by a short editorial introduction.
    • "Fantasy's Critical Commentary" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Fantasy, Number 3 • [Fantasy] • edited by T. Stanhope Sprigg

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