Super Science Stories
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| Title: | Super Science Stories |
| Also known as: | Super Science Novels |
| Tables of contents: | ISFDB, Galactic Central |
| More information: | Wikipedia article; Wikidata |
| First issue: | March 1940 (v. 1 no. 1) |
| First renewed issue: | March 1940 (v. 1 no. 1); see 1967 |
| First renewed contribution in: | March 1940 (v. 1 no. 1); see 1967 July-December |
| Last issue: | August 1951 (v. 8 no. 3) |
Renewed issues
This includes all active issue renewals.
- March 1940 (v. 1 no. 1)
- May 1940 (v. 1 no. 2)
- July 1940 (v. 1 no. 3)
- September 1940 (v. 1 no. 4)
- November 1940 (v. 2 no. 1)
- January 1941 (v. 2 no. 2)
- March 1941 (v. 2 no. 3)
- May 1941 (v. 2 no. 4)
- August 1941 (v. 3 no. 1)
- November 1941 (v. 3 no. 2)
- February 1942 (v. 3 no. 3)
- May 1942 (v. 3 no. 4)
- August 1942 (v. 4 no. 1)
- November 1942 (v. 4 no. 2)
- February 1943 (v. 4 no. 3)
- May 1943 (v. 4 no. 4)
Renewed contributions
This includes all active contribution renewals.
- March 1940 (v. 1 no. 1): "Trans-Plutonian Trap", by Ross Rocklynne [Permissions]
- March 1940 (v. 1 no. 1): "Emergency Refueling", by James Blish [Permissions]
- May 1940 (v. 1 no. 2): "Let There Be Light", by Robert A. Heinlein (using the name Lyle Monroe) [Permissions]
- May 1940 (v. 1 no. 2): "Bequest of the Angel", by James Blish [Permissions]
- September 1940 (v. 1 no. 4): "Invisible One", by Neil R. Jones
- September 1940 (v. 1 no. 4): "The Girl in the Bottle", by Jack Williamson [Permissions]
- September 1940 (v. 1 no. 4): "Strange Playfellow", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
- November 1940 (v. 2 no. 1): "Asokore Power", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions]
- January 1941 (v. 2 no. 2): "Collision Course", by Ross Rocklynne [Permissions]
- March 1941 (v. 2 no. 3): "Genus Homo", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions] and P. Schuyler Miller
- March 1941 (v. 2 no. 3): "History", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
- March 1941 (v. 2 no. 3): "Captives of the Durna Rangue", by Neil R. Jones
- August 1941 (v. 3 no. 1): "Service of the Lord", by L. Sprague De Camp [Permissions] (Title as given in CCE renewal record. FictionMags gives title of the author's story in this issue as 'Invaders From Nowhere'.)
- November 1941 (v. 3 no. 2): "Lost Legion", by Robert A. Heinlein (using the name Lyle Monroe) [Permissions] (Title as given on cover. CCE renewal record gives title as 'Lost Legacy (Lost Legion)'.)
- February 1942 (v. 3 no. 3): "The Wicked People", by Ross Rocklynne [Permissions]
- May 1942 (v. 3 no. 4): "Sunken Universe", by James Blish (using the name Arthur Merlyn) [Permissions]
- August 1942 (v. 4 no. 1): "Victory Unintentional", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
- August 1942 (v. 4 no. 1): "Return From Zero", by Ross Rocklynne [Permissions]
- November 1942 (v. 4 no. 2): "The Imaginary", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions]
- February 1943 (v. 4 no. 3): "For Sale: One World", by Ross Rocklynne [Permissions]
- May 1943 (v. 4 no. 4): "New Day on Aurora", by Damon Knight (using the name Stuart Fleming) [Permissions]
- November 1949 (v. 6 no. 1): "Child of Void", by Margaret St. Clair [Permissions]
- November 1949 (v. 6 no. 1): "Impossible", by Ray Bradbury [Permissions]
- November 1949 (v. 6 no. 1): "Appointment for Tomorrow", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
- November 1949 (v. 6 no. 1): "The Sleepers", by John D. MacDonald (using the name John Wade Farrell) [Permissions]
- November 1949 (v. 6 no. 1): "Parasite Planet", by Neil R. Jones
- March 1950 (v. 6 no. 3): "Rogue Ship", by A. E. Van Vogt [Permissions]
- March 1950 (v. 6 no. 3): "Outcast of the Stars", by Ray Bradbury [Permissions]
- March 1950 (v. 6 no. 3): "The Ultimate One", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
- March 1950 (v. 6 no. 3): "World Without Darkness", by Neil R. Jones
- May 1950 (v. 6 no. 4): "By the Stars Forgot", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
- May 1950 (v. 6 no. 4): "Gift of Darkness", by John D. MacDonald (using the name Peter Reed) [Permissions]
- July 1950 (v. 7 no. 1): "Half-Past Eternity", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
- July 1950 (v. 7 no. 1): "Vengeance, Unlimited", by Fredric Brown [Permissions]
- July 1950 (v. 7 no. 1): "Escape to Fear", by John D. MacDonald (using the name Peter Reed) [Permissions]
- September 1950 (v. 7 no. 2): "Ultimate Quest", by Jack Vance (using the name John Holbrook) [Permissions]
- September 1950 (v. 7 no. 2): "Obedience", by Fredric Brown [Permissions] (Title as given in CPRS renewal record. ISFDB notes 'Obedience' as a variant title of 'The Undying Ones', which appears in this issue.)
- September 1950 (v. 7 no. 2): "The Mind Masters", by Neil R. Jones
- November 1950 (v. 7 no. 3): "Sunken Universe", by James Blish (using the name Arthur Merlyn) [Permissions]
- January 1951 (v. 7 no. 4): "Hand From the Void", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
- January 1951 (v. 7 no. 4): "Destiny Preferred", by John D. MacDonald (using the name John Wade Farrell) [Permissions] (Title as given in CPRS renewal record. FictionMags gives title as 'Destiny Deferred'.)
- January 1951 (v. 7 no. 4): "Satisfaction Guaranteed", by Isaac Asimov [Permissions] (Title and issue as given in CPRS renewal record. ISFDB says a story with this title first appeared in the April 1951 issue of Amazing Stories, and that the Asimov story in the January 1951 issue of Super-Science Stories was 'Victory Unintentional', reprinted from a 1942 issue of this magazine.)
- June 1951 (v. 8 no. 2): "Escape to Chaos", by John D. MacDonald [Permissions]
- June 1951 (v. 8 no. 2): "Cosmic Knot", by John D. MacDonald (using the name Peter Reed) [Permissions]
- August 1951 (v. 8 no. 3): "The Star Killers", by Neil R. Jones
Additional notes
Issues from March to August 1941 were published as Super Science Novels magazine.
Publication was suspended between May 1943 and January 1949.
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