Sci-Fi fanzine FANTASY REVIEW OMNIBUS #1-3 (reprints issues #1-18: 1947-1950)

Description: Facsimile reprint (not retyped) of the 1940s British Science Fiction fanzine FANTASY REVIEW. This fanzine ran for 18 issues and was originally published as a digest size 5 1/2" x 8 1/2" fanzine averaging 20 pages to 40 pages an issue with very few ads. Each issue had articles, book reviews and interviews (with the top names in science fiction in the 1940s). This omnibus reprint is done in 3 volumes (150 to 176 pages per volume) and the three volumes together contain the complete run of the fanzine. This reprint is enlarged 135% so that each page is 8 1/2 x 11. These reprints are photocopies, 8 1/2 x 11, side-stapled with heavy glossy covers. FANTASY REVIEW was a highly regarded fanzine of its time and each issue covered the major names in the field at the time (and have never been reprinted anywhere before). The only addition I have made to these reprints is to create a table of contents for each issue as they were originally published without any content guide. This makes it easier to find the famous author interviews and the reviews of such books as SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS and DARK CARNIVAL. FANTASY REVIEW was an early promoter of the works of Ray Bradbury. Many features and book review here are of books which originated in the US. The British magazine NEW WORLDS is covered in this magazine, though, as well as some SF from British publishers. The final two issues were titled SCIENCE-FANTASY REVIEW and an announcement in the final issue stated that it was being absorbed into a new magazine titled SCIENCE FANTASY, but that turned out to be a digest size science fiction magazine which was nothing like FANTASY REVIEW. This listing is for all 3 volumes. I have other listings for the volumes individually. FANTASY REVIEW omnibus reprint #1 (reprints issues 1-8 from February 1947 through April 1948). Review of SKULL-FACE AND OTHERS. Interview with A. Bertram Chandler. Obit for Otis A. Kline. Review of A.E. van Vogt's SLAN. Interview with Arthur C. Clarke. "The Building of Arkham House" by August Derleth. "The Shaver Mystery" by Nigel Lindsay. "The Birth of NEW WORLDS" by John Carnell. An interview with A.E. van Vogt. Reprint of article on science fiction from HARPER'S MAGAZINE. Article by David H. Keller on his writing career. Profile of Arthur Machen. Arthur Hillman reviews 25 years of WEIRD TALES magazine. A tribute to the works of Stanley Weinbaum. An interview with E.E. Smith, and more. -- 176 pages. FANTASY REVIEW omnibus reprint #2 (reprints issues 9-14 from 1948 and 1949). "The Story of ASTOUNDING" by Thomas Sheridan. THE BRONX JEER: Eric Frank Russell on Charles Fort. Reviews of two Richard Shaver books. "First of the Fantastics" by Bob Frazier (on the FRANK READE LIBRARY). Forrest Ackerman interviews Edgar Rice Burroughs. The story of WONDER magazine by Thomas Sheridan (parts 1, 2, and 3). Review of Clark Ashton Smith's GENIUS LOCI. Review of L. Ron Hubbard's SLAVES OF SLEEP. Review of Robert Heinlein's SPACE CADET. Walter Gillings on the science fiction which appeared in the British boys magazines like SCOOPS, PLUCK and BOYS' FRIEND. British reaction to Ray Bradbury. The revival of NEW WORLDS magazine. An article by Arthur C. Clarke. Arthur F. Hillman on Clark Ashton Smith. Reviews of two L. Sprague de Camp books. -- 164 pages. FANTASY REVIEW omnibus reprint #3 (reprints issues #15-18 from 1949 & 1950). An interview with Ray Bradbury. The Story of Wonder by Thomas Sheridan (Parts 4 and 5). Review of L. Sprague de Camp's LEST DARKNESS FALL. Review of Theodore Sturgeon's WITHOUT SORCERY. Willy Ley recalls GERMANY'S 'CAPTAIN FUTURE.' Profile of M.P. Shiel. Review of Stanley Weinbaum's A MARTIAN ODYSSEY. Forrest Ackerman reviews George Orwell's NINETEEN EIGHTY-FOUR (which was then a brand new book!). Review of L. Ron Hubbard's TRITON. Letters columns. "The Palmer Hoax" by Thomas Sheridan. An interview with Jack Williamson. Review of Chesley Bonestell's THE CONQUEST OF SPACE. A letter from Hugo Gernsback. Forrest J. Ackerman reports on DESTINATION MOON. Profile of Hugo Gernsback. Arthur C. Clarke examines the "Spaceships Of Fiction." Profile of A. Merritt. Review of H.P. Lovecraft's SOMETHING ABOUT CATS. Review of E.E. Smith's FIRST LENSMAN. Review of Edmond Hamilton's THE STAR KINGS and many more book reviews in these issues. -- 148 pages. Buyer pays for priority mail, or media mail (sent in a box). Outside the US use the Ebay Global Shipping Program. Pay me securely with any major credit card through PayPal! More than just a pretty picture. Try Vendio Image Hosting.

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