Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1940

Overview:

  • Title: Thrilling Wonder Stories, March 1940
  • Author: Mort Weisinger
  • Year: 2013
  • ISBN-10: 9781597983518
  • Publisher: Adventure House
  • Price: $14.95
  • Pages: 130
  • Binding: Trade Paperback
  • Type: Anthology
  • Title Reference: Perfect Murder
  • Notes:
    • Date of publication from Amazon.com as of 2013-03-14.
    • Facsimile reprint of the science fiction pulp magazine, including the magazine's ads.
    • Reprints Volume XV (15), Number 3.
    • ”Renegade From Saturn” is a solve-it-yourself puzzle story. The story's ending is published on page 118. There is also a short biography and a black-and-white photograph of the author published with the story on page 33.
    • All artwork other than the cover is uncredited. Credit is assigned by author's signature.
    • Cover illustrates the story “Renegades from Saturn” by Raymond Z. Gallun
    • The title of “Science Quiz” has the “z” is a combination of a “z” and a “?”, and it is listed on the contents page only as “Science Quiz: A Fascinating Knowledge Test”.
    • The Thought Materializer” is the fifth Thrilling Wonder Stories contest winner, and it is accompanied with a short biography and a black-and-white photograph of the author.
    • ”The Story Behind the Story” is a column with a long uncredited column, probably by the editor, that is then followed with three separate column long articles by the authors describing their stories that are published in this issue.
    • The original pulp cost $0.15 and the new facsimile reprint costs $15.95 in Canada.