Novae Terrae

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(Did you mean the fanzine published by Temple and Clarke?)

The earliest British fanzine, it was the clubzine of the Nuneaton SFL with its first issues in March, 1936.

Shortly afterwards, the first British SF convention was held in Leeds and Novae Terrae became the Official Organ of the newly formed Science Fiction Association.

It was first edited by Maurice Hanson with Dennis Jacques as assistant editor. Later co-editors and assistant editors included Maurice T. Crowley, Arthur C. Clarke, William Temple and John Carnell. It ran for 29 issues before Hanson handed the editorship over to John Carnell, who arranged to have it professionally published and retitled it New Worlds and reverted to Vol. 1 No. 1 with the March 1939 issue and did four issues.

Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.

Issue Date Pages Notes
V1.1 March 1936 9
V1.2 April 1936 10
V1.3 May 1936 18 includes a Nuneaton Science Fiction League Supplement and a Rockets Through Space Supplement
V1.4 June 1936 12
V1.5 July 1936 14
V1.6 August 1936 20
V1.7 September 1936 16
V1.8 November 1936 20
V1.9 December 1937 -- January 1937 32 Includes New Worlds supplement
#10 V1.10 February 1937 24 Includes pamphlet
#11 V1.11 April 1937 20 M. K. Hanson is now sole editor
#12 V1.12 May 1937 20
#13 V2.1 June 1937 20
#14 V2.2 June 1937 18
#15 V2.3 July 1937 20
#16 V2.4 August-September 1937 20
#17 V2.5 October 1937 24
#18 V2.6 November 1937 20
#19 V2.7 December 1937 20
#20 V2.8 January 1938 24
#21 V2.9 March 1938 20
#22 V2.10 April 1938 20
#23 V2.11 May 1938 20
#24 V2.12 June 1938 20
#25 V3.1 August 1938 48
#26 V3.2 September 1938 26
#27 V3.3 November 1938 26 Includes fiction supplement
#28 V3.4 December 1938 24 Includes Rubaiyat of a Science Fiction Fan
#29 V3.4 January 1939 24 Final issue. Includes fiction supplement



Publication 19361939
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