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 The surrealist cover of Beyond Fantasy Fiction #1, July 1953 by Richard M. Powers | |
| Editor | H. L. Gold |
|---|---|
| Categories | fantasy magazine |
| Frequency | bimonthly |
| Publisher | Robert Guinn |
| First issue | July 1953 |
| Final issue Number | January, 1955 Volume 2 No 4 |
| Company | Galaxy Publishing Corporation |
| Country | United States |
Beyond Fantasy Fiction was a US fantasy fiction magazine edited by H. L. Gold, with only ten issues published from 1953 to 1955. The last two issues carried the cover title of Beyond Fiction, but the publication's name for copyright purposes remained as before.[1]
Although not a commercial success, it included several short stories by authors such as Isaac Asimov, Ray Bradbury and Philip K. Dick.[2] The publication has been described by critics as a successor to the tradition of Unknown, a fantasy magazine that ceased publication in 1943. It was noted for printing fantasy with a rational basis such as werewolf stories that included scientific explanations. A selection of stories from Beyond was published in paperback form in 1963, also under the title Beyond.
James E. Gunn, a historian of science fiction, regarded the magazine as the best of the fantasy magazines launched in the early 1950s, and science fiction encyclopedist Donald H. Tuck contended it printed very good material. Not every critic viewed Beyond as completely successful, however; P. Schuyler Miller, in a 1963 review, commented that the stories were most successful when they did not try to emulate Unknown.
- ^ See the individual issues, and also the index at "Issue Grid: Beyond Fantasy Fiction". ISFDB. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
- ^ Asimov's "Kid Stuff" and Dick's "The King of the Elves" appeared in the September 1953 issue: ""Kid Stuff" & "The King of the Elves"". Beyond Fantasy Fiction. 1 (2): 121, 142. September 1953. Bradbury's "The Watchful Poker Chip" appeared in the March 1954 issue: "The Watchful Poker Chip". Beyond Fantasy Fiction. 1 (5): 128. March 1953.. These and more may be found via an online index: "Issue Grid: Beyond Fantasy Fiction". ISFDB. Retrieved 2017-03-04.
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