Imaginative Tales was an American fantasy and science fiction magazine launched in September 1954 by William Hamling's Greenleaf Publishing Company. It began as a vehicle for novel-length humorous fantasy, with initial issues featuring stories by Charles F. Myers and Robert Bloch. After a year, Hamling switched the focus to science fiction, and it became similar in content to its sister magazine Imagination, publishing routine space operas. In 1958, with public interest in space high, Hamling changed the title to Space Travel, but there was little effect on sales. Magazine circulation was suffering because of the rise of the paperback, and the liquidation in 1957 of American News Company, a major magazine distributor, made it even harder for small magazines to survive. Hamling eventually folded both Imaginative Tales and Imagination in 1958, preferring to invest the money in Rogue, a men's magazine he had started in imitation of Playboy in 1955.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1841:

Thomas Cook, founder of the travel company Thomas Cook & Son, organised his first excursion, escorting about 500 people from Leicester to Loughborough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Cook

1946:

Named after Bikini Atoll, the site of the nuclear weapons test Operation Crossroads in the Marshall Islands, the modern bikini was introduced at a fashion show in Paris. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bikini

1954:

Elvis Presley recorded his first single, "That's All Right", at Sun Records in Memphis, Tennessee. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/That%27s_All_Right

2006:

The United Nations Security Council held an emergency meeting hours after North Korea reportedly tested at least seven separate ballistic missiles. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006_North_Korean_missile_test

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

coffee table book: A large book, usually with lavish illustrations, typically displayed on a coffee table. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coffee_table_book

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

The instinct of nearly all societies is to lock up anybody who is truly free. First, society begins by trying to beat you up. If this fails, they try to poison you. If this fails too, they finish by loading honors on your head.   --Jean Cocteau https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Jean_Cocteau