First published 2018
This collection gathers tales from Fantastic Universe, which ran from 1953 through March 1960. The magazine stood among the superior publications that emerged during the science fiction publishing explosion of that era. Leading writers in the field contributed significant works to its pages across those seven years. This oversized volume contains more than 175,000 words of science fiction and fantasy stories. The anthology returns readers to science fiction's golden age through carefully selected pieces that appeared in the magazine's original run. Writers who helped define the genre filled Fantastic Universe's issues with the kind of imaginative storytelling that made the 1950s a landmark decade for speculative fiction.
Genres: science-fiction, 20th-century, adventure, aliens
Vibes: suspenseful, thought-provoking
Tropes: anthology
Period: 1950s
394 pages · Hardcover · Positronic Publishing