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Edited by W.W. Scott, Super-Science Fiction (which ran to a total of eighteen issues) was not, according to Mike Ashley, a good science-fiction periodical; since Scott could not distinguish good science fiction from bad, the magazine's quality was distinctly variable.
Towards the end of its run, the magazine embraced the contemporary film trend of monster threats: each of the final four issues included the large banner 'Special Monster Issue'.
[Source: Mike Ashley, Transformations: The Story of the Science-fiction Magazines from 1950 to 1970, Liverpool University Press, 2005.]
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In 2011, Robert Silverberg published Tales of Super-Science Fiction, comprising stories from Super-Science Fiction.
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Tales from Super Science Fiction
Robert Silverberg
(editor),
Royal Oak
:
Haffner Press
,
2011
Z1854561
2011
anthology
short story
With this collection of 14 stories from Super-Science Fiction, Robert Silverberg traces the genesis of the magazine from it's beginnings as an outlet for numerous colonization/expedition stories to its conclusion with such stories as 'Creatures of the Green Slime,' 'Beasts of Nightmare Horror' and 'Vampires from Outer Space' (ctd. Ed Gorman's Blog http://newimprovedgorman.blogspot.com.au)
PeriodicalNewspaper Details
Frequency:
Bi-monthly
Range:
Vol 1, No 1 (Dec. 1956) - Vol 3, No 6 (Oct. 1959)
Price:
Thirty-five cents
Last amended 9 Jan 2012 13:47:25
