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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)
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* Contents derived from the
Royal Oak,
Michigan,
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United States of America (USA),c
Americas,:Haffner Press
, 2011 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.-
I'll Take Over,
single work
short story
science fiction
'The spaceship was carrying a most peculiar cargo; and the crew were really unnecessary, more cargo in effect. Unnecessary because the spaceship had a mind of its own. Literally!' (www.bertramchandler.com)
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Super-Science Fiction
Massachusetts
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Headline Publications
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1956-1959
Z995645
1956-1959
periodical
science fiction
(2 issues)
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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