Publication: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951

Publication: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951Publication Record # 518678 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Robert O. Erisman
Date: 1951-05-00
Publisher: Thorpe and Porter
Price:
1/6^?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: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951 by Norman Saunders (variant of Marvel Science Stories, February 1951)
Notes: Issue undated - date taken from Galactic Central magazine cover art database. Spine states "Number 1". This was the one and only UK issue of this magazine and is a full reprint of the February, 1951 US issue with the adverts replace by British ones. Publisher: contents page is a direct reprint of the US edition showing Stadium Publishing Corporation as publisher, however back cover states, "produced in Great Britain for Thorpe & Porter Ltd, Leicester by the Jenson Book Co. Ltd, Oadby, Leicester." It is assumed Thorpe & Porter are the UK publisher and Jenson Book Co. the printer. Price: UK price was shown by a sticker covering the originally printed US price and obviously varied - cover image shows 2/-, physical verification copy has price of 1/6.

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Editor Title: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951 • [Marvel Science Stories (UK)] • edited by Robert O. Erisman

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

6 • The Man • (1951) • novella by Bryce Walton
37 • The Difference • (1951) • short story by Bryce Walton [as by Kenneth O'Hara]
46 • The Girl Who Practised Aklat • novelette by H. A. DeRosso (variant of The Girl Who Practiced Aklat) [as by H. A. De Rosso]
63 • Trans-Plutonian • (1951) • short story by Milton Lesser
71 • The Red Stuff • (1951) • novelette by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon]
86 • 20 Questions Science Quiz (Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951) • [Science Quiz (Marvel Science Stories)] • (1951) • essay by The Editors
87 • Amazing Science Adventures: Beyond Pluto • (1951) • essay by J. C. Rogers
87 • Amazing Science Adventures: Nature's Giant Cosmic Bombs • (1951) • essay by Frank J. Wellington
88 • Amazing Science Adventures: The Kingslayer • (1951) • essay by Robert Kenneth
88 • Amazing Science Adventures: Interplanetary Astronomy • (1951) • essay by William L. Taylor
89 • Amazing Science Adventures: The Child of Europe • (1951) • essay by William L. Taylor
91 • The Last Spaceman • (1951) • short story by Lester del Rey
99 • The Test Tube • (1951) • essay by The Editors
100 • Forbidden Weapon • (1951) • novella by Alfred Coppel
127 • Under The Lens • (1951) • essay by The Editor

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Publication: Marvel Science Stories (UK), May 1951

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