Venture Science Fiction was an American science fiction magazine published from 1957 to 1958, and revived for a brief run in 1969 and 1970. There were ten issues of the 1950s version, and six in the second run. Robert P. Mills edited the 1950s version, and Edward L. Ferman was editor for the second run. A British edition ran for 28 issues between 1963 and 1965 reprinting material from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as well as from the US edition of Venture. An Australian edition was identical to the British version but dated two months later. The 1950's version was only moderately successful, failing due to poor sales within two years. The publisher, Joseph W. Ferman, said that he wanted well-told stories of action and adventure; the resulting fiction contained more sex and violence than was usual for the genre in the late 1950s, and science fiction historian Mike Ashley has noted that the magazine was ahead of its time. The second US version was also unsuccessful, with poorer cover art and little in the way of notable fiction. By the end of 1970, Venture had ceased publication permanently.
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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1885:
Sino-French War: French troops under General Oscar de Négrier defeated a larger Qing Chinese force at the Battle of Núi Bop in northern Vietnam. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_N%C3%BAi_Bop
1936:
Billboard magazine published its first music hit parade. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billboard_%28magazine%29
1972:
Rose Heilbron became the first female judge to sit at the Central Criminal Court of England and Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rose_Heilbron
2004:
Spirit, the first of two rovers of NASA's Mars Exploration Rover mission, successfully landed on Mars. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_%28rover%29
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shorthand: 1. A rough and rapid method of writing by substituting symbols for letters, words, etc. 2. (by extension) Any brief or shortened way of saying or doing something. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/shorthand
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
To every action there is always opposed an equal reaction; or the mutual actions of two bodies upon each other are always equal, and directed to contrary parts. --Isaac Newton https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton