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SCIENCE FICTION, FANTASY, AND WEIRD FICTION:
AMAZING STORIES

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AMAZING STORIES
	Amazing Stories was the first American pulp magazine devoted solely to science fiction, and it helped define and launch SF as a new publishing genre.
Hugo Gernsback Founding publisher & editor		Raymond A. Palmer Editor, 1938-1949	APRIL 1926	MAY 1926	JUNE 1926
JULY 1926	AUG. 1926	SEPT. 1926	OCT. 1926	NOV. 1926	DEC. 1926
JAN. 1927	FEB. 1927	MARCH 1927	APRIL 1927	MAY 1927	JUNE 1927
JULY 1927	AUG. 1927	SEPT. 1927	OCT. 1927	NOV. 1927	DEC. 1927
JAN. 1928	FEB. 1928	MARCH 1928	APRIL 1928	MAY 1928	JUNE 1928
JULY 1928	AUG. 1928	SEPT. 1928	OCT. 1928	NOV. 1928	DEC. 1928
JAN. 1929	FEB. 1929	MARCH 1929	APRIL 1929	MAY 1929	JUNE 1929
JULY 1929	AUG. 1929	SEPT. 1929	OCT. 1929	NOV. 1929	DEC. 1929
JAN. 1930	FEB. 1930	MARCH 1930	APRIL 1930	MAY 1930	JUNE 1930
JULY 1930	AUG. 1930	SEPT. 1930	OCT. 1930	NOV. 1930	DEC. 1930
JAN. 1931	FEB. 1931	MARCH 1931	APRIL 1931	MAY 1931	JUNE 1931
JULY 1931	AUG. 1931	SEPT. 1931	OCT. 1931	NOV. 1931	DEC. 1931
JAN. 1932	FEB. 1932	MARCH 1932	APRIL 1932	MAY 1932	JUNE 1932
JULY 1932	AUG. 1932	SEPT. 1932	OCT. 1932	NOV. 1932	DEC. 1932
JAN. 1933	FEB. 1933	MARCH 1933	APRIL 1933	MAY 1933	JUNE 1933
					Frank R. Paul Cover Artist
JULY 1933	AUG./SEPT. 1933	OCT. 1933	NOV. 1933	DEC. 1933
JAN. 1934	FEB. 1934	MARCH 1934	APRIL 1934	MAY 1934	JUNE 1934
JULY 1934	AUG. 1934	SEPT. 1934	OCT. 1934	NOV. 1934	DEC. 1934
					Jules Verne
JAN. 1935	FEB. 1935	MARCH 1935	APRIL 1935	MAY 1935
					H. G. Wells
JUNE 1935	JULY 1935	AUG. 1935	OCT. 1935	DEC. 1935
FEB. 1936	APRIL 1936	JUNE 1936	AUG. 1936	OCT. 1936	DEC. 1936
FEB. 1937	APRIL 1937	JUNE 1937	AUG. 1937	OCT. 1937	DEC. 1937
			Edmond Hamilton	Jack Williamson	Edgar Rice Burroughs
FEB. 1938	APRIL 1938	JUNE 1938
				Clifford D. Simak	E. E. “Doc” Smith
AUG. 1938	OCT. 1938	NOV. 1938	DEC. 1938
JAN. 1939	FEB. 1939	MARCH 1939	APRIL 1939	MAY 1939	JUNE 1939
JULY 1939	AUG. 1939	SEPT. 1939	OCT. 1939	NOV. 1939	DEC. 1939
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JULY 1942	AUG. 1942	SEPT. 1942	OCT. 1942	NOV. 1942	DEC. 1942
JAN. 1943	FEB. 1943	MARCH 1943	APRIL 1943	MAY 1943	JUNE 1943
				Ray Cummings	Murray Leinster
JULY 1943	AUG. 1943	SEPT. 1943	NOV. 1943
					David H. Keller
JAN. 1944	MARCH 1944	MAY 1944	SEPT. 1944	DEC. 1944
				Richard S. Shaver	Richard Sharpe Shaver  (1907–1975) authored the notorious “Shaver Mystery” stories, with the collaboration of editor Ray Palmer. The theme was that ancient extraterrestrials with advanced technology survived in hidden underground caverns.
MARCH 1945	JUNE 1945	SEPT. 1945	DEC. 1945
				Louise Taylor Hansen  (1897–1976) was one of the early women writers of science fiction, though she hid behind a male persona during much of her career. She wrote a science column for Amazing Stories beginning in 1941.	L. Taylor Hansen
FEB. 1946	MAY 1946	JUNE 1946	JULY 1946
					Robert Moore Williams
AUG. 1946	SEPT. 1946	OCT. 1946	NOV. 1946	DEC. 1946
JAN. 1947	FEB. 1947	MARCH 1947	APRIL 1947	MAY 1947	JUNE 1947
JULY 1947	AUG. 1947	SEPT. 1947	OCT. 1947	NOV. 1947	DEC. 1947
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JULY 1948	AUG. 1948	SEPT. 1948	OCT. 1948	NOV. 1948	DEC. 1948
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JULY 1949	AUG. 1949	SEPT. 1949	OCT. 1949	NOV. 1949	DEC. 1949
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JULY 1952	AUG. 1952	SEPT. 1952	OCT. 1952	NOV. 1952	DEC. 1952
			Howard Browne Editor, 1950-1956	The March 1953 issue of Amazing Stories was the last to be published in the larger “pulp” format. The digest size began with the next issue, to match the younger sister magazine Fantastic, and the digest format was maintained, with some size variations, through 1995.	Cele Goldsmith Lalli Editor, 1958-1965
JAN. 1953	FEB. 1953	MARCH 1953
APRIL 1953	JUNE 1953	AUG. 1953	OCT. 1953	DEC. 1953	Manly Banister
MARCH 1954	MAY 1954	JULY 1954	SEPT. 1954	NOV. 1954	Walter M. Miller, Jr.
JAN. 1955	MARCH 1955	MAY 1955	JULY 1955	Stuart J. Byrne	Milton Lesser
SEPT. 1955	NOV. 1955	DEC. 1955	Philip K. Dick	Don Wilcox	William P. McGivern
JAN. 1956	FEB. 1956	MARCH 1956	APRIL 1956	MAY 1956	JUNE 1956
JULY 1956	AUG. 1956	SEPT. 1956	OCT. 1956	NOV. 1956	DEC. 1956
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JULY 1964	AUG. 1964	SEPT. 1964	OCT. 1964	NOV. 1964	DEC. 1964
JAN. 1965	FEB. 1965	MARCH 1965	APRIL 1965	MAY 1965	JUNE 1965
					SEE ALSO:   FANTASTIC   FANTASTIC ADVENTURES
AUG. 1965	OCT. 1965	DEC. 1965	Theodore Sturgeon	Fritz Leiber
FEB. 1966	APRIL 1966	JUNE 1966	AUG. 1966	OCT. 1966	DEC. 1966
FEB. 1967	APRIL 1967	JUNE 1967	AUG. 1967	OCT. 1967	DEC. 1967
					SEE ALSO: AMAZING STORIES QUARTERLY AMAZING STORIES ANNUAL
FEB. 1968	JUNE 1968	JULY 1968	SEPT. 1968	NOV. 1968
JAN. 1969	MARCH 1969	MAY 1969	JULY 1969	SEPT. 1969	NOV. 1969
JAN. 1970	MARCH 1970	MAY 1970	JULY 1970	SEPT. 1970	NOV. 1970
JAN. 1971	MARCH 1971	MAY 1971	JULY 1971	SEPT. 1971	NOV. 1971
JAN. 1972	MARCH 1972	MAY 1972	JULY 1972	SEPT. 1972	NOV. 1972
JAN. 1973	MARCH 1973	JUNE 1973	AUG. 1973	OCT. 1973	DEC. 1973
FEB. 1974	APRIL 1974	JUNE 1974	AUG. 1974	OCT. 1974	DEC. 1974
MARCH 1975	MAY 1975	JULY 1975	SEPT. 1975	NOV. 1975	Ted White Editor, 1968-1978
JAN. 1976	MARCH 1976	JUNE 1976	SEPT. 1976	DEC. 1976	Harlan Ellison
MARCH 1977	JULY 1977	OCT. 1977	A. Bertram Chandler	Christopher Anvil	Barry N. Malzberg
JAN. 1978	MAY 1978	AUG. 1978	NOV. 1978	Fred Saberhagen	Gregory Benford
FEB. 1979	MAY 1979	AUG. 1979	NOV. 1979	Philip José Farmer	Richard A. Lupoff
FEB. 1980	MAY 1980	AUG. 1980	NOV. 1980	George R. R. Martin	Lisa Tuttle
JAN. 1981	MARCH 1981	MAY 1981	JULY 1981	SEPT. 1981	NOV. 1981
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