Science Fiction Quarterly was an American pulp science fiction magazine, published from 1940 to 1943 and again from 1951 to 1958. Robert A. W. Lowndes edited all but the first two issues. It was launched by publisher Louis Silberkleit during a boom in science fiction magazines, but fell prey in 1943 to slow sales and paper shortages. Silberkleit relaunched it when the market improved, and was able to obtain reprint rights to several books by Ray Cummings and two early science fiction novels. The budget was minuscule, but Lowndes was able to call on his friends in the Futurians, a group of aspiring writers that included Isaac Asimov, James Blish, and Donald Wollheim. Among the better-known stories that ran were "Second Dawn" by Arthur C. Clarke, "The Last Question" by Isaac Asimov, and "Common Time" by James Blish. By 1958, Science Fiction Quarterly was the last surviving science fiction pulp.

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_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1791:

The Priestley Riots began, in which Joseph Priestley and other religious Dissenters were driven out of Birmingham, England. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Priestley_Riots

1950:

In an early battle of the Korean War, North Korean troops began attacking the headquarters of the American 24th Infantry Division in Taejon, South Korea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Taejon

1965:

The NASA spacecraft Mariner 4 flew past Mars, collecting the first close-up pictures of another planet. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mariner_4

2016:

A man deliberately drove a truck into crowds in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2016_Nice_truck_attack

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

l'esprit de l'escalier: The phenomenon when a conversational rejoinder or remark only occurs to someone after the opportunity to make it has passed. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/l%27esprit_de_l%27escalier

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I'm gonna tell all you fascists, you may be surprised People all over this world are getting organized You're bound to lose You fascists are bound to lose.   --Woody Guthrie https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Woody_Guthrie