Super-Science Fiction was an American digest science fiction magazine published from 1956 to 1959, edited by W. W. Scott and published by Feature Publications. Robert Silverberg and Harlan Ellison were already selling crime stories to Scott for his other magazines, Trapped and Guilty, and started bringing him scores of science fiction stories as well. Many of the magazine's stories were sent in by literary agents, and generally comprised material rejected by other magazines first, though Scott did obtain two stories from Isaac Asimov. After a couple of years Feature switched the focus to monster stories, hoping to cash in on the trend that was making Famous Monsters of Filmland a success at that time, and four more issues appeared before Super-Science Fiction was discontinued in 1959. The magazine is not highly regarded by critics, though Silverberg considers the material he wrote for Scott to have helped him learn his trade as a writer.
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1851:
William Lassell discovered the Uranian moons Umbriel and Ariel. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ariel_%28moon%29
1918:
The Battle of Vittorio Veneto, the last major engagement on the Italian front of World War I, began. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Vittorio_Veneto
1945:
The UN Charter, the constitution of the United Nations, entered into force after being ratified by the five permanent members of the Security Council and a majority of the other signatories. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_of_the_United_Nations
1960:
A prototype of the Soviet R-16 intercontinental ballistic missile exploded on the launch pad at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in the Kazakh SSR. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nedelin_catastrophe
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coin of the realm: 1. (law, dated) The legal money of a country. 2. (figurative) Something that is valued like money within a particular context. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coin_of_the_realm
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