Publication: Thrilling Wonder Stories (UK), May 1950

Publication: Thrilling Wonder Stories (UK), May 1950Publication Record # 379169 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Sam Merwin, Jr.
Date: 1950-05-00
Price:
-/9^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 64
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: Thrilling Wonder Stories (UK), May 1950 by Earle Bergey (variant of Thrilling Wonder Stories, December 1949 1949)
Notes: Vol.1, No.2 This is a reprint of part of the December, 1949 (US edition).

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

3 • Let the Finder Beware • (1949) • novella by James Blish
5 • Let the Finder Beware • (1949) • interior artwork by uncredited
46 • A Blade of Grass • (1949) • short story by Ray Bradbury
50 • The Shroud of Secrecy • [This Island Earth] • (1949) • novelette by Raymond F. Jones