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.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Imaginative_Tales>
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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>
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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>
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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>
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