Raymond Palmer Raymond Palmer i(A144412 works by) (a.k.a. Raymond A. Palmer)
Gender: Male
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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.
1 y separately published work icon Fantastic Adventures Howard Browne (editor), Raymond Palmer (editor), 1939 Chicago New York (City) : Ziff-Davis , 1939-1953 Z1848199 1939 periodical science fiction fantasy adventure (1 issues) Fantastic Adventures was founded by editor Raymond A. Palmer in 1939 as a companion to Amazing Stories and was initially published in a large size format to emulate the early Amazing Stories magazines. The magazine was published by the Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, initially out of Chicago, Illinois, and from 1950 out of New York. Following its demise in 1953,the magazine was absorbed by Fantastic magazine.

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