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'''''Tops in Science Fiction''''' was a [[prozine]] published in 1953 by Fiction House. There were two issues in the [[US]], while the [[British]] edition published three issues (the first two British issues containing stories from the first US issue, and the third containing stories from the second U.S. issue).  
 
'''''Tops in Science Fiction''''' was a [[prozine]] published in 1953 by Fiction House. There were two issues in the [[US]], while the [[British]] edition published three issues (the first two British issues containing stories from the first US issue, and the third containing stories from the second U.S. issue).  
  
According to ''[[Fantasy Times]]'' 184 ([https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fantasy_Times/fantasy_times_184_v8n16_taurasi_1953-08-02.pdf Spring 1953]), “The first issue of Tops In Science Fiction was dated Spring 1953, was regular [[pulp]] size, 128 pages and 25¢.”
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According to ''[[Fantasy Times]]'' 184 ([https://www.fanac.org/fanzines/Fantasy_Times/fantasy_times_184_v8n16_taurasi_1953-08-02.pdf August 1953]), “The first issue of Tops In Science Fiction was dated Spring 1953, was regular [[pulp]] size, 128 pages and 25¢.”
  
 
The second issue, in Fall 1953, contained reprints of ''[[Planet Stories]]'' [[fiction]] by [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Leigh Brackett]], [[Robert Abernathy]] and others. It was [[digest]]-sized, 128 pages and 35¢.
 
The second issue, in Fall 1953, contained reprints of ''[[Planet Stories]]'' [[fiction]] by [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Leigh Brackett]], [[Robert Abernathy]] and others. It was [[digest]]-sized, 128 pages and 35¢.

Revision as of 13:13, 20 April 2023

Cover of Fantasy Times 184 (Spring 1953) announcing Tops.

Tops in Science Fiction was a prozine published in 1953 by Fiction House. There were two issues in the United States, while the British edition published three issues (the first two British issues containing stories from the first US issue, and the third containing stories from the second U.S. issue).

According to Fantasy Times 184 (August 1953), “The first issue of Tops In Science Fiction was dated Spring 1953, was regular pulp size, 128 pages and 25¢.”

The second issue, in Fall 1953, contained reprints of Planet Stories fiction by Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett, Robert Abernathy and others. It was digest-sized, 128 pages and 35¢.



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