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Publication: Wonder Stories, October 1935

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  • Publication: Wonder Stories, October 1935Publication Record # 62265 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: Hugo Gernsback
  • Date: 1935-10-00
  • Publisher: Continental Publications
  • Price:
    $0.15?$: US dollar
  • 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: Wonder Stories, October 1935 by Frank R. Paul [as by Paul]
  • Notes:
    • Page numbers run 513-640.
    • Contents page states publication on the 1st of the preceding month.
    • Cover illustrates "The Cosmic Pantograph."
    • Cover art is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Interior art is credited at the start of each story.
    • Story art for "The Perfect World (Part 1 of 3)" on page 518 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Prize Winners" gives the results of the July 1935 cover story contest. Winners inclde Kenneth Sterling, Thomas S. Gardner, and John B. Michel.
    • Story art for "The Cosmic Pantograph" on page 554 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • Story art for "Martian Gesture" on page 560 is credited to and signed "Schneeman."
    • Story art for "The Sex Serum" on page 588 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork is signed "Lumen Winter." Page 596 reproduces two short newspaper articles.
    • Story art for "World of the Mist (Part 2 of 2)" on page 602 is credited to and signed "Paul."
    • "What Is Your Science Knowledge?" is a list of questions about science facts. With each is listed the story page number on which the answer can be found.
    • "The Science Fiction League" is a monthly department that discusses news related to or of interest to the club. It includes correspondence from readers.
    • Ferguson's and Blish's essays are published in "The Science Fiction League." They are partial responses to the Second Science Fiction Test published in the July 1935 issue.
    • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
    • "The Slithering Horror" is a letter in "The Reader Speaks" but is a very short work of fiction. According to Schwartz/Weisinger, Postlethwaite is the pseudonym of Kenneth Sterling.
    • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.
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Editor Title: Wonder Stories - 1935 • [Wonder Stories] • (1935) • edited by Hugo Gernsback

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