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Publication: Science Wonder Quarterly, Winter 1930

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  • Publication: Science Wonder Quarterly, Winter 1930Publication Record # 253580 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Hugo Gernsback
  • Date: 1929-12-15
  • Publisher: Stellar Publishing Corporation
  • Price:
    $0.50?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 148
  • Format:
    bedsheet?8.5" by 11.25" magazines, e.g. early issues of Amazing; or the 1942-43 issues of Astounding.
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Cover: Science Wonder Quarterly, Winter 1930 by Frank R. Paul
  • Notes:
    • Vol. 1, No. 2
    • Page numbers run 145-288 excluding covers.
    • Contents page states publication on 15 December.
    • Cover illustrates "The Moon Conquerors."
    • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is credited below each art item.
    • An opening essay on page 149 describes the "What I Have Done to Spread Science Fiction" contest announced in the Fall 1929 issue of Science Wonder Quarterly. Submissions from the top three winners follow this essay. Walter Dennis was awarded the First Prize of $100.00; Victor Szanton was awarded the Second Prize of $50.00; Julius Unger won the Third Prize of $20.00.
    • Story art for "The Moon Conquerors" is credited to "Paul." Art on pages 150, 157, 159, 168, 198-199, and 210 is signed "Paul"; that on pages 162, 179, 188, and 214 is unsigned. The diagrams on pages 155 and 185 are uncredited and unsigned. One lunar photo appears on page 184.
    • Story art for "The Osmotic Theorem" on page 234 is credited to and signed "Barker."
    • Story art for "Into the 28th Century" on pages 250, 256, 260, and 264 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "Underground Waters" on page 268 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story; all are unsigned.
    • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
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Editor Title: Science Wonder Quarterly - 1930 • [Wonder Stories Quarterly] • edited by Hugo Gernsback

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