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Renewed contributions

This includes all active contribution renewals.

• June-July 1953 (v. 1 no. 1): "Martians Come in Clouds", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions]
• June-July 1953 (v. 1 no. 1): "Time in Thy Flight", by Ray Bradbury [Permissions]
• June-July 1953 (v. 1 no. 1): "It's in the Blood", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• August-September 1953 (v. 1 no. 2): "Full Circle", by Richard Matheson [Permissions]
• August-September 1953 (v. 1 no. 2): "What Price Venus?", by Evan Hunter [Permissions]
• August-September 1953 (v. 1 no. 2): "The Disintegrating Sky", by Poul Anderson [Permissions]
• August-September 1953 (v. 1 no. 2): "The Questing of Foster Adans", by Clifford D. Simak [Permissions] (Title as given in renewal record. FictionMags gives title as 'The Questing of Foster Adams'. We have not examined the issue in question.)
• August-September 1953 (v. 1 no. 2): "A Great Deal of Power", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• October-November 1953 (v. 1 no. 3): "Planet for Transients", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions]
• October-November 1953 (v. 1 no. 3): "Some Kinds of Life", by Philip K. Dick (using the name Richard Phillipps) [Permissions]
• January 1954 (v. 1 no. 4): "The Gambling Ghost", by Dal Stivens (There was no renewal filed for this specific contribution, but FictionMags reports that the story first appeared in the October-November 1951 issue of Lilliput, a British magazine. The story may still be copyrighted if it meets GATT copyright restoration requirements for works first published outside the US.)
• March 1954 (v. 1 no. 5): "The Deckplate Blues", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• May 1954 (v. 1 no. 6): "The Hitch-Hiker's Package", by Jack Williamson [Permissions]
• May 1954 (v. 1 no. 6): "Survey Team", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions] (Issue as given in FictionMags. The only recorded renewal for this story records it as appearing instead in the May 1955 issue. That 1983 renewal may be too late to cover a 1954 publication.)
• May 1954 (v. 1 no. 6): "When Day is Dun", by Richard Matheson [Permissions]
• May 1954 (v. 1 no. 6): "The Goddess of Wisdom", by Robert Bloch [Permissions]
• May 1954 (v. 1 no. 6): "Moon Mad", by Evan Hunter [Permissions]
• July 1954 (v. 2 no. 1): "Rations of Tantalus", by Margaret St. Clair [Permissions]
• July 1954 (v. 2 no. 1): "Short in the Chest", by Margaret St. Clair (using the name Idris Seabright) [Permissions]
• July 1954 (v. 2 no. 1): "Exotic Dawn", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• July 1954 (v. 2 no. 1): "Under Observation", by Evan Hunter [Permissions]
• September 1954 (v. 2 no. 2): "Top Secret Boomerang", by Richard Rein Smith
• September 1954 (v. 2 no. 2): "Dirge for the Sane", by John Jakes
• October 1954 (v. 2 no. 3): "Souvenir", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions] (Issue as given in FictionMags. The only recorded renewal for this story records it as appearing instead in the October 1955 issue. That 1983 renewal may be too late to cover a 1954 publication.)
• October 1954 (v. 2 no. 3): "Dream Damsel", by Evan Hunter [Permissions]
• October 1954 (v. 2 no. 3): "Conqueror's Planet", by Robert Sheckley [Permissions]
• November 1954 (v. 2 no. 4): "Shadow on the Stars", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• November 1954 (v. 2 no. 4): "Miss Katy Three", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• November 1954 (v. 2 no. 4): "Mister Hoskin's Blasting Rod", by Theodore R. Cogswell [Permissions]
• November 1954 (v. 2 no. 4): "Minority Group", by Robert Sheckley [Permissions]
• November 1954 (v. 2 no. 4): "The Tormented Ones", by Richard Rein Smith
• December 1954 (v. 2 no. 5): "The Doll That Does Everything", by Richard Matheson [Permissions]
• December 1954 (v. 2 no. 5): "Compassion Circuit", by John Wyndham [Permissions]
• December 1954 (v. 2 no. 5): "The Stranger Was Himself", by Poul Anderson [Permissions]
• January 1955 (v. 2 no. 6): "House at the End of the Street", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• February 1955 (v. 3 no. 1): "The Unhappy Man", by James E. Gunn
• February 1955 (v. 3 no. 1): "The Fortunate Person", by Robert Sheckley [Permissions]
• February 1955 (v. 3 no. 1): "Behind the Moon", by Sherwood Springer
• March 1955 (v. 3 no. 2): "Meet Miss Universe", by Jack Vance [Permissions]
• March 1955 (v. 3 no. 2): "Thing", by Algis Budrys (using the name Ivan Janvier) [Permissions]
• March 1955 (v. 3 no. 2): "Assassin", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• April 1955 (v. 3 no. 3): "Just Around the Corner", by Algis Budrys (using the name William Scarff) [Permissions]
• April 1955 (v. 3 no. 3): "Who?", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• April 1955 (v. 3 no. 3): "The Quality of Mercy", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• April 1955 (v. 3 no. 3): "Thunderbolt", by Algis Budrys (using the name John A. Sentry) [Permissions]
• May 1955 (v. 3 no. 4): "Terror in the Stars", by Algis Budrys (using the name John A. Sentry) [Permissions]
• May 1955 (v. 3 no. 4): "Genus, Little Monster", by Raymond E. Banks
• May 1955 (v. 3 no. 4): "The Shark", by Algis Budrys (using the name Ivan Janvier) [Permissions]
• May 1955 (v. 3 no. 4): "Inferiority Complex", by Evan Hunter [Permissions]
• May 1955 (v. 3 no. 4): "Survey Team", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions] (Issue as given in renewal record. FictionMags does not record a story with this title or author in this issue, but does record one in the May 1954 issue. The 1983 renewal for this story may be too late to cover a 1954 publication.)
• June 1955 (v. 3 no. 5): "The Riddle of Ragnarok", by Theodore Sturgeon [Permissions]
• June 1955 (v. 3 no. 5): "The Last Trump", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions] (The online copyright renewal record for this contribution says that it ran in the April 1955 issue, but it actually appeared in the June 1955 issue. My thanks to Charles G. Waugh for checking this.)
• July 1955 (v. 3 no. 6): "A Surface Raid", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions]
• July 1955 (v. 3 no. 6): "Proof", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• August 1955 (v. 4 no. 1): "Operation Triplan", by Mack Reynolds [Permissions]
• September 1955 (v. 4 no. 2): "The Undiscovered Country", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• September 1955 (v. 4 no. 2): "The Sun Hunters", by Joe L. Hensley [Permissions]
• October 1955 (v. 4 no. 3): "Hawks Over Shem", by Robert E. Howard [Permissions] and L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
• October 1955 (v. 4 no. 3): "Souvenir", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions] (Issue as given in renewal record. FictionMags does not record a story with this title or author in this issue, but does record one in the October 1954 issue. The 1983 renewal for this story may be too late to cover a 1954 publication.)
• November 1955 (v. 4 no. 4): "So Near the Darkness", by Theodore Sturgeon [Permissions]
• November 1955 (v. 4 no. 4): "The First Sweet Sleep of Night", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• November 1955 (v. 4 no. 4): "Wild Flower", by John Wyndham [Permissions]
• December 1955 (v. 4 no. 5): "Conan, Man of Destiny", by Robert E. Howard [Permissions] and L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions] (Renewal record also gives alternate title 'The Road of the Eagles'.)
• December 1955 (v. 4 no. 5): "The Entity", by Arthur Porges [Permissions]
• December 1955 (v. 4 no. 5): "The Quetenestal Towers", by Robert F. Young [Permissions] (Title as spelled in renewal record. FictionMags gives title as 'The Quetenestel Towers'. We have not examined the issue in question.)
• January 1956 (v. 4 no. 6): "The Minority Report", by Philip K. Dick [Permissions]
• January 1956 (v. 4 no. 6): "Wednesday's Child", by William Tenn [Permissions]
• January 1956 (v. 4 no. 6): "You Got to Have Brains", by Robert Bloch [Permissions]
• February 1956 (v. 5 no. 1): "A Woman's Right", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• March 1956 (v. 5 no. 2): "The Other Kids", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• March 1956 (v. 5 no. 2): "The Skag Castle", by Gordon R. Dickson [Permissions]
• April 1956 (v. 5 no. 3): "Sole Solution", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• May 1956 (v. 5 no. 4): "Show Your Might", by Richard Wilson [Permissions]
• May 1956 (v. 5 no. 4): "The Strength of Ten", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• May 1956 (v. 5 no. 4): "The Bloodless Laws", by Henry Slesar [Permissions]
• May 1956 (v. 5 no. 4): "Hell Fire", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
• June 1956 (v. 5 no. 5): "The Mechanical Man", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• June 1956 (v. 5 no. 5): "Blind Lightning", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions]
• June 1956 (v. 5 no. 5): "The Triangulated Izaak Walton", by Mack Reynolds [Permissions]
• June 1956 (v. 5 no. 5): "The Death Wish", by Margaret St. Clair [Permissions]
• July 1956 (v. 5 no. 6): "Requiem in Granite", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• July 1956 (v. 5 no. 6): "The Movie Makers", by Henry Slesar [Permissions]
• July 1956 (v. 5 no. 6): "The Rewrite Man", by Ward Moore [Permissions]
• July 1956 (v. 5 no. 6): "Absolutely Inflexible", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• August 1956 (v. 6 no. 1): "So Bright the Vision", by Clifford D. Simak [Permissions]
• August 1956 (v. 6 no. 1): "Fair Exchange", by Mack Reynolds [Permissions]
• August 1956 (v. 6 no. 1): "The Macauley Circuit", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• September 1956 (v. 6 no. 2): "The Big Wheel", by James E. Gunn
• September 1956 (v. 6 no. 2): "Quiz Game", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• September 1956 (v. 6 no. 2): "Lords of Gestation", by Sherwood Springer
• September 1956 (v. 6 no. 2): "Wireroad", by Lee Correy
• September 1956 (v. 6 no. 2): "The Celebrated No-Hit Inning", by Frederik Pohl [Permissions]
• October 1956 (v. 6 no. 3): "A Way of Life", by Robert Bloch [Permissions]
• October 1956 (v. 6 no. 3): "First Law", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
• October 1956 (v. 6 no. 3): "Messenger", by Henry Slesar [Permissions]
• October 1956 (v. 6 no. 3): "Where Hesperus Falls", by Jack Vance [Permissions]
• November 1956 (v. 6 no. 4): "Fall Guy", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• November 1956 (v. 6 no. 4): "The Golden Pyramid", by Sam Moskowitz [Permissions]
• December 1956 (v. 6 no. 5): "Wish Upon a Star", by Robert F. Young [Permissions] (Title as given on issue cover. Online renewal record gives title as 'Wish Upona Star'.)
• December 1956 (v. 6 no. 5): "Strictly Confidential", by Gordon R. Dickson [Permissions]
• January 1957 (v. 7 no. 1): "A Thing of Custom", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
• January 1957 (v. 7 no. 1): "Eye of the Beholder", by John Brunner [Permissions]
• February 1957 (v. 7 no. 2): "Success Story", by Richard Wilson [Permissions]
• February 1957 (v. 7 no. 2): "Invasion", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions]
• March 1957 (v. 7 no. 3): "Whirlpool", by Arthur Porges [Permissions]
• April 1957 (v. 7 no. 4): "The Artifact Business", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• April 1957 (v. 7 no. 4): "Pfui on Psi", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
• May 1957 (v. 7 no. 5): "The Muted Horn", by Dorothy Salisbury Davis
• May 1957 (v. 7 no. 5): "Fillmore Y. Brightforks", by Howard Schoenfeld
• June 1957 (v. 7 no. 6): "Ape's Eye View", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• June 1957 (v. 7 no. 6): "Commuter's Problem", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions]
• June 1957 (v. 7 no. 6): "Terror Over Hollywood", by Robert Bloch [Permissions]
• June 1957 (v. 7 no. 6): "Versus", by Edward D. Hoch [Permissions]
• July 1957 (v. 8 no. 1): "The Seal of the Damned", by August Derleth [Permissions] (Title as stated on issue cover. The renewal record for the Derleth story in this issue states the title as 'The Seal of R'lyeh'.)
• July 1957 (v. 8 no. 1): "The Machine", by Robert Sheckley [Permissions]
• July 1957 (v. 8 no. 1): "Landing for Midge", by Lee Correy
• July 1957 (v. 8 no. 1): "Song of Death", by Harlan Ellison (using the name Cordwainer Bird) [Permissions] (Renewal record also gives additional title 'Rock of Ages IX'.)
• July 1957 (v. 8 no. 1): "Terror Over Hollywood", by Robert Bloch [Permissions] (Issue as stated in renewal record (a separate renewal record from the one above stating a contribution with the same title and author in the June 1957 issue). FictionMags does not report a piece with this title appearing in this issue. We have not examined the issue in question.)
• August 1957 (v. 8 no. 2): "Grieve for a Man", by Tom Purdom
• August 1957 (v. 8 no. 2): "John Robert and the Egg", by Thomas N. Scortia
• August 1957 (v. 8 no. 2): "Coffin Run", by Lee Correy (Magazine as stated in renewal record. FictionMags does not report a story with this title or author in this issue, but does note one in the August 1957 issue of Fantastic, a different magazine.)
• September 1957 (v. 8 no. 3): "Conan the Victorious", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions] and Björn Nyberg (Both authors are credited on the issue cover, but the online renewal record only mentions De Camp.)
• September 1957 (v. 8 no. 3): "The Unrare Earths", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
• October 1957 (v. 8 no. 4): "Soldier From Tomorrow", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions] (Renewal record also gives additional title 'Soldier'.)
• November 1957 (v. 8 no. 5): "Lesson in Biology", by Lloyd Biggle [Permissions]
• November 1957 (v. 8 no. 5): "The Bluebird Planet", by Robert F. Young [Permissions]
• December 1957 (v. 8 no. 6): "Ignatius Donnelly, Pseudomath", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
• January 1958 (v. 9 no. 1): "Madness in Aezaeliet", by Margaret S. Hunt
• March 1958 (v. 9 no. 3): "The Bounty Hunter", by Avram Davidson [Permissions]
• March 1958 (v. 9 no. 3): "Hands of Steel", by Dean McLaughlin
• April 1958 (v. 9 no. 4): "Deadly Silence", by James E. Gunn
• April 1958 (v. 9 no. 4): "Birthright", by Margaret St. Clair [Permissions]
• April 1958 (v. 9 no. 4): "Judgment Day", by Lloyd Biggle [Permissions]
• April 1958 (v. 9 no. 4): "A Spudget for Thwilbert", by Theodore R. Cogswell [Permissions]
• June 1958 (v. 9 no. 6): "There's Always Tomorrow", by Eric Frank Russell [Permissions]
• June 1958 (v. 9 no. 6): "Zoo", by Edward D. Hoch [Permissions]
• July 1958 (v. 10 no. 1): "The Pair", by Joe L. Hensley [Permissions]
• July 1958 (v. 10 no. 1): "Egghead", by Robert Bloch [Permissions]
• July 1958 (v. 10 no. 1): "Road to Nightfall", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• July 1958 (v. 10 no. 1): "The Children's Hour", by Harlan Ellison (using the name Wallace Edmondson) [Permissions]
• August 1958 (v. 10 no. 2): "Ka, the Appalling", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
• August 1958 (v. 10 no. 2): "Back to the Drawing Boards", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions] (Renewal record also gives additional title 'The Fortunes of Space'.)
• September 1958 (v. 10 no. 3): "Be My Guest", by Damon Knight [Permissions]
• November 1958 (v. 10 no. 5): "Nerves", by Christopher Anvil [Permissions]
• January 1959 (v. 11 no. 1): "Trade Mission", by Daniel F. Galouye [Permissions]
• January 1959 (v. 11 no. 1): "In Lonely Lands", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions]
• March 1959 (v. 11 no. 2): "The Number of My Days", by John Brunner [Permissions]
• March 1959 (v. 11 no. 2): "His Brother's Weeper", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• March 1959 (v. 11 no. 2): "Interview With an Open Mind", by Dean McLaughlin
• May 1959 (v. 11 no. 3): "Traveling Salesman", by Lloyd Biggle [Permissions]
• May 1959 (v. 11 no. 3): "Sunrise on Mercury", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions] (Issue as stated in online record for a renewal filed in 1987. FictionMags does not report a story with this title or author in this issue, but does mention a story with that title and author appearing in other magazines, beginning with the May 1957 issue of Science Fiction Stories. A 1987 renewal may be too late to cover that publication, however.)
• July 1959 (v. 11 no. 4): "One for the Road", by Kate Wilhelm
• July 1959 (v. 11 no. 4): "Leisure Class", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• September 1959 (v. 11 no. 5): "Round Trip", by John Brunner [Permissions]
• September 1959 (v. 11 no. 5): "Rain, Rain, Go Away", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
• September 1959 (v. 11 no. 5): "The Outbreeders", by Robert Silverberg (using the name Calvin B. Knox) [Permissions]
• October 1959 (v. 11 no. 6): "Condemned to Death", by Poul Anderson [Permissions]
• October 1959 (v. 11 no. 6): "A Friend to Man", by Harlan Ellison [Permissions]
• October 1959 (v. 11 no. 6): "Two Thousand Years of Space Travel", by Sam Moskowitz [Permissions]
• October 1959 (v. 11 no. 6): "Bell, Book and Candle", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
• October 1959 (v. 11 no. 6): "Counterpart", by Robert Silverberg [Permissions]
• November 1959 (v. 12 no. 1): "Halloween for Mr. Faulkner", by August Derleth [Permissions]
• November 1959 (v. 12 no. 1): "I've Been Trying to Tell You", by Gordon R. Dickson [Permissions]
• November 1959 (v. 12 no. 1): "City of the Tiger", by John Brunner [Permissions]
• November 1959 (v. 12 no. 1): "Minor Offense", by Daniel F. Galouye [Permissions]
• December 1959 (v. 12 no. 2): "The Girl in the Bottle", by Algis Budrys [Permissions]
• December 1959 (v. 12 no. 2): "Curative Telepath", by John Brunner [Permissions]
• February 1960 (v. 12 no. 4): "To Mars and Venus in the Gay Nineties", by Sam Moskowitz [Permissions]
• March 1960 (v. 12 no. 5): "Beep No More, My Lady", by Robert Bloch [Permissions]

Additional note

Some issues include reprints from other publications, sometimes from outside the US. We have not systematically checked the copyright status of those original publications.

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