Publication: Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930

Publication: Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930Publication Record # 253582 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Hugo Gernsback
Date: 1930-03-15
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, Spring 1930 by Frank R. Paul
Notes:
- Page numbers run 289-432.
- Contents page states publication on 15 March.
- Cover illustrates "The Stone from the Moon."
- Cover art is not credited; the artwork shows no signature. Cover artist taken from Bleiler G, magazine section, pg 579. Miller/Contento lists as (?).
- Interior art is credited below each art item.
- An opening essay on page 293 describes the "What I Have Done to Spread Science Fiction" contest announced in the Fall 1929 issue of Science Wonder Quarterly. This issue includes the three second-round winners, with their submissions following this essay. Raymond A. Palmer was awarded the First Prize of $100.00; Conrad H. Ruppert was awarded the Second Prize of $50.00, and Allen Glasser won the Third Prize of $20.00. Their letters are entered here as "prize winner."
- Story art for "The Stone from the Moon" is credited to "Paul." Art on pages 294, 303, 350, 353, and 356 is signed "Paul"; that on pages 310-311, 327, 332, 336, 346, and 357 shows no signature. The diagram on page 342 is uncredited and unsigned.
- Story art for "Within the Planet" on page 360 is credited to "Leonard"; the artwork shows no signature.
- Story art for "Via the Hewitt Ray" on page 370 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork shows no signature.
- Story art for "The Mechanical Bloodhound" on page 384 is credited to "Ruger"; the artwork is signed "Jno Ruger."
- Story art for "The Ape Cycle" on page 388 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork is signed "KAW.".
- Story art for "The Mad Destroyer" on page 406 is credited to "Ruger"; the artwork shows no signature.
- Story art for "The Thought Materializer" in page 414 is credited to and signed "Paul."
- Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story; they are unsigned except for those of Gail, Arnold, and Pratt which are signed "B."
- "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.

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Editor Title: Science Wonder Quarterly - 1930 • [Wonder Stories Quarterly] • (1929) • edited by Hugo Gernsback

Contents (view Concise Listing)

293 • What I Have Done to Spread Science Fiction • essay by uncredited
294 • The Stone from the Moon (Complete Novel) • [
Der Schuß ins All^?Der Schuss ins All
• 2] • serial by Otto Willi Gail (trans. of Der Stein vom Mond 1926)
294 • The Stone from the Moon (Complete Novel) • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul [as by Paul]
360 • Within the Planet • novelette by Wesley Arnold
360 • Within the Planet • interior artwork by Leonard
370 • Via the Hewitt Ray • novelette by M. F. Rupert
370 • Via the Hewitt Ray • interior artwork by Lumen Winter [as by Winter]
384 • The Mechanical Bloodhound • [Professor Diel • 2] • short story by Frank J. Brueckel, Jr. [as by Frank Bridge]
384 • The Mechanical Bloodhound • interior artwork by Jno Ruger [as by Ruger]
388 • The Ape Cycle • novelette by Clare Winger Harris
388 • The Ape Cycle • interior artwork by K. A. W. [as by Winter (II)]
406 • The Mad Destroyer • short story by Fletcher Pratt
406 • The Mad Destroyer • interior artwork by Jno Ruger [as by Ruger]
414 • The Thought Materializer • interior artwork by Frank R. Paul [as by Paul]
414 • The Thought Materializer • short story by Frank Belknap Long [as by F. B. Long, Jr.]
422 • Letter (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930): Developed the Science Correspondence Club (prize winner) • essay by Raymond A. Palmer
422 • Letter (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930): Started Science Fiction Week (prize winner) • essay by Conrad H. Ruppert
422 • Letter (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930): The Scienceers Is His Medium (prize winner) • essay by Allen Glasser
424 • The Reader Speaks (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930) • [The Reader Speaks] • essay by various
424 • Letter (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930): The Scienceers • essay by Allen Glasser
429 • Letter (Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930): The Cause of Insomnia • [Letters: Forrest J. Ackerman] • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman (variant of Letter (The Cause of Insomnia)) [as by Forrest Ackerman]

Primary Verifications

Verifier	Date	Type	Last User Activity Date
Ldb001	2017-04-26 09:25:20	Permanent	2022-09-11

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Source	Status	Verifier	Date
Bleiler Early Years	Verified	Rtrace	2018-05-09 22:22:03
Bleiler Supernatural	Not Verified
Bleiler1 (Gernsback)	Verified	Dragoondelight	2010-05-30 15:05:12
Bleiler78	Not Verified
Clute/Grant	Not Verified
Clute/Nicholls	Verified	Rtrace	2018-05-09 22:22:03
Contento1 (anth/coll)	Not Verified
Currey	Not Verified
Locus1	Not Verified
Miller/Contento	Verified	Dragoondelight	2010-05-30 15:05:12
OCLC/Worldcat	Not Verified
Reginald1	Not Verified
Reginald3	Not Verified
Tuck	Verified	Rtrace	2019-04-21 18:54:06

Publication: Science Wonder Quarterly, Spring 1930

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