Science Fiction Adventures was a US science fiction magazine, published from 1956 to 1958 by Royal Publications as a companion to Infinity Science Fiction and edited by Larry Shaw for all 12 issues. It printed action-adventure stories, focusing on fiction longer than Infinity's. Historian Mike Ashley considers it better than similarly edited magazines Imagination and Imaginative Tales. Robert Silverberg contributed prolifically, sometimes pseudonymously. He collaborated with Randall Garrett in the first issue. Occasionally contributing writers included Harlan Ellison, Cyril M. Kornbluth, Algis Budrys, and Harry Harrison. Ed Emshwiller contributed cover art for nine issues (example pictured), with John Schoenherr doing one other. Canceled due to disappointing sales, the magazine's last issue was for June 1958; Infinity only lasted a few months longer. A British reprint edition commenced in early 1958, edited by John Carnell and continued for 32 issues by using reprints and original material.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_Adventures_%281956_magazine%29
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1646:
Franco-Spanish War: French and Spanish fleets fought the inconclusive Battle of Orbetello, with sailing vessels of both sides having to be towed into action by galleys due to light winds. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Orbetello
1846:
Settlers in Sonoma began rebelling against Mexico, later proclaiming the California Republic and raising a homemade flag with a bear and a star. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Republic
1940:
The Soviet Union issued an ultimatum to Lithuania demanding that the Red Army be allowed to enter the country and form a pro-Soviet government. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_ultimatum_to_Lithuania
1949:
Albert II became the first monkey in space, reaching an altitude of 134 km (83 mi) in a V-2 rocket. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeys_and_apes_in_space
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
epistemic: 1. (philosophy) Of or relating to cognition or knowledge, its scope, or how it is acquired. 2. (by extension, linguistics) Of or relating to how cognition or knowledge is expressed in language. 3. (philosophy) Of or relating to epistemology (“the branch of philosophy dealing with the study of knowledge”); epistemologic or epistemological. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/epistemic
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