Series:Amazing Stories
Introduction
Hugo_Gernsback emigrated to the USA in 1904, designed the world's first home radio set, and began a mail-order business to distribute the device. As part of the effort, he began the Telimco catalog. This was followed by a series of radio and electronics magazines: Modern Electrics, Electrical Experimenter (later changed to Science and Invention in 1920), and Radio News (1919).
The reader response to some science fiction stories published in Science and Invention was great, and in 1925 he announced a forthcoming magazine specializing in science fiction called Scientifiction. Response was poor, so Gernsback changed the name of the new magazine to Amazing Stories. Science fiction had been regularly published in Argosy and All-Story Weekly, but there had never been a magazine singularly devoted to the genre.
Amazing had a 69-year run before being declared "officially" dead in 1995 after TSR failed to find a buyer for the magazine. The magazine was revived yet again in 1998, this time with an emphasis on media-related fiction. In late 2000 Amazing moved its operations on-line, halting print production.
Editors
- Hugo Gernsback, April 1926 - April 1929
- Arthur Lynch, May 1929 - October 1929
- T. O'Conor Sloane, November 1929 - April 1938
- Raymond A. Palmer, June 1938 - December 1949
- Howard Browne, January 1950 - August 1956
- Paul W. Fairman, September 1956 - November 1958
- Cele Goldsmith (Lalli), December 1958 - June 1965
- Joseph Ross, August 1965 - October 1967
- Harry Harrison, December 1967 - September 1968
- Barry N. Malzberg, November 1968 - January 1969
- Ted White, March 1969 - February 1979
- Omar Gohagen, May 1979 - August 1980
- Elinor Mavor, November 1980 - September 1982
- George H. Scithers, November 1982 - July 1986
- Patrick Lucien Price, September 1986 - March1991
- Kim Mohan, May 1991 - Winter 1995 and Summer 1998 - Summer 2000
- Dave Gross, September 2004 - December 2004
- Jeff Berkwits, January 2005 - March 2005
Publisher
- Experimenter Publishing Co., April 1926 - June 1929
- Experimenter Publications, Inc., July 1929 - October 1930
- Radio-Science Publications, Inc., November 1930 - August 1931
- Teck Publishing Corp., September 1931 - July 1932
- Teck Publications, Inc., August 1932 - February 1938
- Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, April 1938 - June 1965
- Ultimate Publishing Co., Inc., August 1965 - June 1982
- Dragon Publishing, September 1982 - May 1985
- TSR, Inc., July 1985 - Winter 1995
- Wizards of the Coast, Inc. Summer 1998 - Summer 2000
- Paizo Publishing, September 2004 - March 2005
Essay Series
Book Review Columns
- In the Realm of Books (1929-1938)
- The Spectroscope (1955-1965)
- The Future in Books (1967-1976)
Issues
Cell highlighting temporarily added to identify unverified issues.
Bibliographic Tasks
| Task | Status |
| Data Entry | Complete (1951 thru 1960) |
| Physical Verification | Complete (1951 thru 1960) |
| Merge titles | Complete (1951 thru 1960) |
| Cross check reviews | Complete (1951 thru 1960) |
| Determine canonical names | Complete (1951 thru 1960) |
| Check for pseudonyms | Complete (1951 thru 1960) |
Circulation Statements
All listings are the average of the previous year's paid distribution
- January 1961 (page 116): 48,018
- January 1962 (page 136): 51,110
- January 1963 (page 60): 52,301
- January 1964 (page 96): 43,929
- January 1965 (page 64): 35,471
- January 1966 (page 124): 46,319
- February 1967 (page 12): 47,958
- 1968 (Locus #155): 40,343
- February 1969 (page 47): 38,551
- 1970 (Locus #155): 34,791
- March 1971 (page 61): 30,298
- March 1972 (page 130): 28,500
- March 1973 (page 93): 27,402
- February 1974 (page 67): 26,577
- March 1975 (page 91): 23,631
- May 1975 (page 69): 24,091 (Revised?)
- March 1976 (page 83): 22,825
- March 1977 (page 61): 24,800
- May 1978 (page 81): 25,700
- May 1979 (page 129): 22,784
- May 1980 (page 126): 22,332
- March 1981 (page 71): 17,339
- 1982 (Locus # 265): 17,784
- 1983 (Locus # 265): 11,500
- May 1984 (page 70): 11,286
- May 1985 (page 101): 10,930
- March 1986 (page 161): 12,323
- May 1987 (page 161): 13,183
- May 1988 (page 96): 13,677
- March 1989 (page 37): 14,895
- May 1990 (page 10): 12,638
- May 1991 (page 60): 15,702
- January 1993 (page 93): 6,466
- Winter 1994 (page 52): 7,851
Contributors
- The Mar30, Aug31, Jan40, Sep46, Feb47, Jul48, Nov52, Apr-Jul53, Dec53, Mar54, Nov54, Jan55-Sep55, Jan57, Apr-Jul57, Sep-Oct57, Apr-Jul58, Oct-Nov58, Nov59, Jul60, Feb67-Winter95 data was supplied by Doug Lee.
- The 1946: Jun-Nov, 1947: Jan-Mar, May, Jul-Aug, Nov-Dec, 1948: Feb-Mar, Jul-Aug, 1949: Aug, Nov data was supplied by Guy Sirois.
- The Feb, Jun, Jul, Dec (1930); Jun31, Jun32, Jun, Sep (1933); Apr, Aug (1941); Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Jul, Aug, Nov (1942); Jan43, Dec44, Mar, Jun (1945), Feb46, Jun, Oct (1947); Apr, May, Jun, Oct, Nov, Dec (1948); Jan, Mar, May, Jun, Sep (1949); Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, May, Nov (1950); Jan, May, Sep (1951); and Mar, May (1952) was supplied by Dan Kurdilla.
- The Nov82-May84, as well as Jun76, Sep76, and Jan85 issues were supplied by Michael J. Cross (mike@mjckeh.demon.co.uk).
- The 1961-1966, Feb67, Nov69, Jan70, Sep72, and Nov78 data was supplied by Dave Kauffman.
- Any other data from 1926-1936 comes from Bleiler's Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years, augmented with information from Donald Day's Index to the Science Fiction Magazines (1926-1950).
Image Sources
The cover images for the majority of these magazines supplied by Phil Stephensen-Payne's "Galactic Central"