The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a US fantasy and science
fiction magazine initially published by Lawrence E. Spivak (pictured),
with regular issues from 1949 to the present. Under editors Anthony
Boucher and J. Francis McComas, it became a leader in the science
fiction and fantasy field, publishing literary material and including
more diverse stories than its competitors. Well-known stories from its
early years include Richard Matheson's "Born of Man and Woman" and Ward
Moore's Bring the Jubilee. After McComas left in 1954, Boucher continued
as sole editor until 1958, winning the Hugo Award for Best Magazine that
year, a feat his successor, Robert Mills, repeated in the next two
years. Mills was responsible for publishing "Flowers for Algernon" by
Daniel Keyes, Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, Starship Troopers by Robert
Heinlein, and the first of Brian Aldiss's "Hothouse" stories. At the
start of 1966, after short stints by Avram Davidson and Joseph Ferman,
Edward Ferman began a 25-year career as editor. He published many well-
received stories, including Fritz Leiber's "Ill Met in Lankhmar", Robert
Silverberg's "Born with the Dead", and Stephen King's The Dark Tower
series.
Read more:
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Magazine_of_Fantasy_%26_Science_Fiction>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1793:
Inventor Diego Marín Aguilera, the "father of aviation" in
Spain, flew one of the first gliders for about 300 yd (270 m).
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Mar%C3%ADn_Aguilera>
1850:
Members of the 1st Cavalry Regiment of the United States
Cavalry massacred at least 135 Pomo Indians in Lake County, California.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloody_Island_massacre>
1904:
Russo-Japanese War: After striking several mines off Port
Arthur, the Japanese battleships Hatsuse and Yashima sank.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_battleship_Yashima>
1970:
During a confrontation with a group of Jackson State College
students protesting the Vietnam War, specifically the United States
invasion of Cambodia, police opened fire, killing two students and
injuring twelve.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jackson_State_killings>
1990:
Vincent van Gogh's Portrait of Dr. Gachet was sold at auction
in Christie's New York office for US$82.5 million, at the time the
world's most expensive painting.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Dr._Gachet>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
parentcraft:
The skills and knowledge used by parents in raising children.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/parentcraft>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Se um dia alguém perguntar por mim Diz que vivi para te amar.
Antes de ti, só existi Cansado e sem nada para dar. If one day someone
asks about me Tell them I lived to love you. Before you, I only existed
Tired and with nothing to give.
--Luísa Sobral
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Lu%C3%ADsa_Sobral>