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MAGAZINE OF F&SF 1959,September
1/8" spine tilt, slightly dished - which may be a printing defect since 1/8" of page block opposite bulges out to match. Faint line next to spine (otherwise the matte-finish covers have resisted wear.)
The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction: September 1959 (Volume 17, Number 3)
Cover by Mel Hunter: "Project Vega."
Stories: "The Red Hills of Summer" by Edgar Pangborn (novelet)
"Quintet" by Sonny Powell, John Cunningham, Nina Pettis, Billy Waton, Mary Austin [2 are written by children under 12, the others by Alfed Bester, Theodore Sturgeon, Jane Rice "in the manner of..."]
"The Devil's Garden" by Robert Arthur (reprint from 1941)
"To Give Them Beauty for Ashes" (verse) by Winona McClintic
"Who Is Going to Cut the Barber's Hair?" by Will Stanton
"Nor Custom Stale" by Joanna Russ [her first SF story!]
"Snip, Snip" (verse) by Hilbert Schenck, Jr.
"Interview with a Dead Man" by Robert Graves (reprint from 1950)
"The Makers of Destiny" by Edward S. Aarons
"Game With a Goddess" by Leslie Bonnet.
Science: "Varieties of the Infinite" by Isaac Asimov.
Joseph W. Ferman is Publisher, Robert P. Mills is Editor. "Through Time and Space with Ferdinand Feghoot: XVIII" by Grendel Briarton (Reginald Bretnor.)
