Imagination (prozine)

(For other Imaginaria, see Imagination.)

Imagination was a "minor prozine of modern times" (as Fancyclopedia 2 described it in 1959), running for 63 issues from October 1950 to October 1958. Its first two issues were edited by Raymond A. Palmer and thereafter by William L. Hamling who purchased it from him. Its full title was initially Imagination: Stories of Science and Fantasy, and starting in late 1955, it became Imagination Science Fiction. Sometimes it was nicknamed "Madge."

Imagination was similar in content to Amazing Stories, featuring mostly space opera, and never really established its own identity – one critic {who?} described it as "more of the same." Writers who often contributed to Imagination included Daniel F. Galouye, Kris Neville, Milton Lesser, Edmond Hamilton, and Dwight V. Swain.

Mari Wolf wrote a fandom/fanzine-review column, "Fandora's Box," from April 1951 to April 1956.

• Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
• "SF Magazines: Imagination" by Jon D. Swartz in the September 2016 issue of The National Fantasy Fan (Volume 75, Number 9; pages 4–6).

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Publication

1950—1958

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