Wonder Stories, June 1934

Overview:

  • Title: Wonder Stories, June 1934
  • Author: Hugo Gernsback
  • Year: 1934
  • Publisher: Continental Publications
  • Price: $0.25
  • Pages: 132
  • Binding: pulp
  • Type: MAGAZINE
  • Title Reference: The Doorbell
  • Notes:
    • Volume 6, Number 1, June 1934. [This Publication Record].
    • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1934-05-01
    • "Hugo Gernsback (over) Editor" at top right front cover.
    • TOC page 2.
    • 128 pages paginated. 132 by magazine count.
    • "On the Cover this month we see the people of Calora, the electron-world, sacrificing their mortal bodies so that they may live forever as indestructible flames of immortality. (From Into the Infinitesimal by Kaye Richmond.) Cover by Paul." Signature at bottom right. Note there are cover differences from that used and that verified. A matter of more on the right bottom and less on the left side.
    • Secondary header on page 5 before editorial essay. States. Hugo Gernsback, Editor-in-Chief. Charles D. Hornig, Managing Editor. Frank R. Paul, Art Editor. C. P. Mason, Associate Editor.
    • Illustration on page 6 has (illustration by Schneeman) at bottom left under art. Also captioned.
    • Into the Infinitesimal starts with a prologue essay to set up story, which ends with Kaye Raymond.
    • Illustration on page 52, under left bottom art, states (Illustration by Winter) and is captioned.
    • Illustration on page 64 has (Illustration by Paul) below bottom left art and is captioned.
    • Illustration on page 78 has "Paul" at bottom left art. Below art left is "(Illustration by Paul)" with captioning below.
    • "Druso" "By Friedrich Freksa" "(Translated from the German by Fletcher Pratt)" on page 79.
    • Illustrators from Bleiler (Gernsback) author/story section, paged to story.
    • Science Questions and Answers editorial letter response forum.
    • The Science Fiction League appears to be another letter response forum, with an 'executive directors' list and interstitial commentary. Not signed.
    • Letter by Bob Tucker is headed "He Murdered His Facts" ending with Bob Tucker (over) Bloomington, Ill., followed by short Editor comment.
    • Letter by Forrest J. Ackerman is headed "The Scientifunnyarn" ending with Forrest J. Ackerman (over) San Francisco, Calif., followed by short Editor comment.
    • Letter by David A. Kyle, is headed "From A Young Fan" ends with David A. Kyle (over) Monticello, N. Y., followed by short Editor comment.
    • Letter by Milton Kaletsky, is headed "Expert Criticism" ends with Milton Kaletsky (over) Bronx, N. Y., longer Editor comment.
    • Letter by Henry Lewis, Jr., is headed "From A Hobo Reader" ends with Henry Lewis, Jr. (over) La Roche, S. D., followed by very short comment.
    • Letter by Milton Rothman, in 'Science Questions and Answers' forum, is headed "Our Unbounded Finite Universe", ends with Milton Rothman (over) Philadelphia, Pa., followed by short Editor comment.
    • Letter by Milton S. Rothman, is headed "He Takes It Back", ends with Milton S. Rothman (over) Philadelphia, Pa., followed by medium length Editor commentary.