Fantastic Story Magazine (1950-1955 Best Books) Pulp Vol. 5 #2
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Published Mar 1953 by Best Books.$78.00
View scans- Paper: Cream to off white
- Water damage: Slight. Staple rust: Slight.
$48.00
View scans- Paper: Off white to white
- Back cover detached 5%. Water damage: Slight.
$43.00
View scans- Paper: Off white
- Back cover detached 10%. Staple rust: Slight.
Volume 5, Issue 2 - March, 1953. Cover by Alex Schomburg. Stories by Leigh Brackett, L. Sprague de Camp, Henry Kuttner, Horace L. Gold, Carl Jacobi, Richard Matheson and Joseph Slotkin. A book-length science-fiction classic: "Shadow Over Mars" by Leigh Brackett - How would Rick fulfill the prophecy that linked his name with the destiny of a dying world? He was a man without a planet, and he owed allegiance to nothing -- except his lust for power! Other classic stories: "The Best Laid Scheme" by L. Sprague de Camp - A gardener and a poet run a cloak-and-dagger race through Time; "Baby Face" (a novelet) by Henry Kuttner - The tough Marine sergeant swapped places with a diapered demon; "Hero" by Horace L. Gold - They flung roses -- and loneliness -- everywhere along his path; and "The War of the Weeds" by Carl Jacobi - They'd all go mad before they could stop this weird influence. New stories: "Death Ship" by Richard Matheson - The captain had lost all authority over his men, over the ship; and "Too Bad You Died" by Joseph Slotkin - When you're born, you cry -- and when you leave, we cry for you! Plus features: Cosmic Encores and Have You Heard -- ? Softcover, 7-in. x 9-in., 148 pages, B&W. Cover price $0.25.
