Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Australian Edition June1964. (British Edition April 1964, No. 8)8

Mills, Robert P. (ed,); var. authors, including Roger Zelazny, Robert Silverberg, Miriam Allen de Ford

Published by Atlas Publishing, London, 1964

About this Item

Octavo, printed wraps, b&w illus, pp 112. Spine lightly worn, pages lightly toned, very good condition. Venture Science Fiction was an American digest-size science fiction magazine, first published from 1957 to 1958, and revived for a brief run in 1969 and 1970. ( A British edition appeared for 28 issues between 1963 and 1965; it reprinted material from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as well as from the US edition of Venture. This is the Australian version of the British edition, which was published two months later in Australia, ) The magazine published some well-known writers, and SF historian Mike Ashley has suggested it was ahead of its time. This issue includes as the featured long story Roger Zelazny's Hugo-nominated "A Rose for Ecclesiastes". It also includes: three short stories by Alfred Bester ("The Men Who Murdered Mohammed"), Miriam Allen de Ford ("Timequake"), and Anthony Boucher ("The Pink Caterpillar"); and four novelettes, including Robert Silverberg's "The Winds of Siros",

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Venture Science Fiction Magazine. Australian Edition June1964. (British Edition April 1964, No. 8)8
• Publisher: Atlas Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 1964
• Binding: Soft cover