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MAGAZINE OF F&SF 1953,October

Tight and almost square; spine is flat with raised wrinkle (as printed) at top half, and light wear to bottom 1". Some 1" fold-traces at right top/bottom corners of front cover; otherwise very little wear. Stamp at bottom of contents page and page 85. Age-tanning is slightly less than usual for this vintage.

The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: October 1953 (Volume 5, Number 4)
Cover by Ed Emshwiller ("Letter to a Tiger.")

Stories: "Attitudes" by Philip Jose Farmer ("Father John Carmody" series)
"Long Distance" by Esther Carlson
"The Ruum" by Arthur Porges
"The Chessplayers" by Charles L. Harness
"The Bronze Door" by Raymond Chandler (novelet; reprint from 1939)
"The Tronk and the Trumpet" by Bill Brown
Serial: "Three Hearts and Three Lions" (Part 2 of 2) by Poul Anderson
Story: "Letter to a Tiger" by Kay Rogers.

Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas are Editors. Book Reviews by "the editors." The first 4 issues of F&SF were quarterly, then it was bimonthly until August 1952, then monthly… for decades.


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