I didn't know Planet Stories lasted this long. The letters column is fascinating. Lots of argument about PS going mainstream, including a bitchy codger who has been reading s-f since 1893 and if these young punks want trimmed edges on their magazines they should go to a stationery store! Also noteworthy is that the January PS published Ray Bradbury's "A Sound of Thunder," which has become iconic. The story doesn't seem to have gone over well with the readers, though.
Artwise, newer artists like Emsh and Freas appear, again not without controversy. And of course there's a discussion of S*E*X in pulp magazines.
Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc. | Editor : Jack O'Sullivan
Notes
Vol. 6, No. 6.
The cover artist is not credited but Strauss, Contento, and Ashley credit Freas.
Interior art credits based on signatures.
"The Land Beyond the Flame" is listed as "Land Beyond the Flame" in the table of contents.
Page: 2
The Vizigraph (Planet Stories, May 1954) - essay by uncredited
Page: 4
Sixty-Year Extension - by Alan E. Nourse
Page: 4
Sixty-Year Extension - interior artwork by Emsh
Page: 19
James P. Crow - by Philip K. Dick
Page: 20
James P. Crow - interior artwork by Emsh
Page: 30
Skeletons of Space - by James McKimmey, Jr.
Page: 31
Skeletons of Space - interior artwork by Eberle
Page: 38
The Land Beyond the Flame - by Evelyn Goldstein
Page: 38
The Land Beyond the Flame - interior artwork by Vestal
Page: 50
The Primus Curse - by Bill Wesley
Page: 50
The Primus Curse - interior artwork by Eberle
Page: 60
Hoydons Aweigh! - by J. W. Groves
Page: 60
Hoydons Aweigh! - interior artwork by Kelly Freas
Page: 72
The Lost Tribes of Venus - by Erik Fennel
Page: 72
The Lost Tribes of Venus - interior artwork by Kelly Freas
Page: 108
Letter (Planet Stories, May 1954): A Bracketteer - essay by Carol McKinney
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