Publication: Cosmos: Science-Fantasy Review, April 1969

Publication: Cosmos: Science-Fantasy Review, April 1969Publication Record # 590960 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: Walter Gillings
Date: 1969-04-00
Publisher: Walter Gillings
Price:
2/-^?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: 20
Format:
octavo^?5.5" by 8.5" magazine, usually saddle-stapled, instead of side-stapled or glued
Type: FANZINE
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: No. 1. Wraps, saddle stapled, glossy pages. Page numbers include covers. Cover shows a B&W photograph of Arthur C. Clarke outside MGM studios; inset next to him is a scene from the film "2001: A Space Odyssey". "Horror's Best on Film" reviews the magazine Supernatural. "Space Pin-Ups" is a review of two charts, "The Moon" and "The Conquest of Space" by Berne Hallwag. "Cosmic Comeback" is a brief resume for Walter Gillings.

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Editor Title: Cosmos: Science-Fantasy Review - 1969 • [Cosmos: Science-Fantasy Review] • edited by Walter Gillings

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3 • The Eternal Quest • essay by uncredited
4 • Dead Author Inspires New SF Venture • essay by Walter Gillings [as by Thomas Sheridan]
5 • A New World of SF Writing • essay by John Carnell
8 • Horror's Best on Film • essay by Tim Stout
9 • Cover of the first issue of 'Supernatural' magazine • interior artwork by uncredited
10 • The Myth of 2001 • essay by Arthur C. Clarke
11 • Insignia of Wonder Stories Science Fiction League • interior artwork by uncredited
12 • It's a Hard Sell—But the Price Is Right! • essay by Walter Gillings [as by Geoffrey Giles]
14 • Book Reviews (Cosmos: Science-Fantasy Review, April 1969) • essay by Walter Gillings
14 • Review: The Promise of Space by Arthur C. Clarke • review by Walter Gillings
14 • Review of 'Soviet Space Exploration: The First Decade' by William Shelton • essay by Walter Gillings [as by Thomas Sheridan]
15 • Space Pin-Ups • essay by Walter Gillings [as by Thomas Sheridan]
15 • Review: World's Best Science Fiction: 1968 by Terry Carr and Donald A. Wollheim • review by Walter Gillings (variant of World's Best Science Fiction) [as by Geoffrey Giles]
16 • Pick of the Paperbacks • interior artwork by uncredited
16 • Review: Masters' Choice 1 & 2 by Laurence M. Janifer • review by Walter Gillings [as by Goeffrey Giles]
16 • Review: Frontier of Going by John Fairfax • review by Walter Gillings (variant of Frontier of Going: An Anthology of Space Poetry) [as by Thomas Sheridan]
17 • Review of 'The Black Arts' by Richard Cavendish • essay by Walter Gillings [as by Herbert Hughes]
18 • Cosmic Comeback • essay by uncredited

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Publication: Cosmos: Science-Fantasy Review, April 1969

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