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1 y separately published work icon Imaginative Tales Space Travel William L. Hamling (editor), 1954 Evanston : Greenleaf Publishing Company , Z1688075 1954 periodical (3 issues) Imaginative Tales was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine launched in September 1954 by William L. Hamling's Greenleaf Publishing Company. It was created as a sister magazine to Imagination, which Hamling had acquired from Raymond A. Palmer's Clark Publishing in 1951. Both Imagination and Imaginative Tales ceased publication at the end of 1958.

The final three issues of Imagainative Tales were published under the title Space Travel.
1 y separately published work icon Imagination William L. Hamling , Raymond Palmer (editor), 1950 Evanston : Clark Publishing Company Greenleaf Publishing Company , 1950-1958 Z1698374 1950 periodical (4 issues) An American fantasy and science fiction magazine operating between 1950 and 1958, Imagination was first published in October 1950 by Clark Publishing Company and edited by its owner, Raymond Palmer. The following year, after just two issues, the magazine was sold to William L. Hamling's Greenleaf Publishing Company. Hamling subsequently edited Imagination through until it was forced to close down following the liquidation of its distributor, American News Company.

Although short-lived, Imagination was nevertheless more successful than most other science fiction magazines from this era, lasting a total of 63 issues. The magazine has been dismissed by some modern literary critics, for its low-quality space opera and adventure fiction, despite becoming popular for this type of reading entertainment. While few of the stories from Imagination have received recognition, the magazine did publish Robert Sheckley's first professional sale, "Final Examination" (May 1952) and printed fiction by Philip K. Dick, Robert A. Heinlein and John Wyndham. Among the Australian or Australian-based authors to have their works published in the magazine was A. Bertram Chandler.
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