Futuria Fantasia: Winter 1940

By Ray Bradbury

Revisit the glorious Futuria Fantasia, the groundbreaking science fiction fanzine by a young Ray Bradbury. First released in 1939 after Bradbury graduated from high school when he was 18 years old, Futuria Fantasia was published with the assistance of Forrest J Ackerman, who loaned Bradbury $90.00 for publication of the fanzine. One year earlier, Ackerman had included in his own zine, Imagination!, the first published story written by Bradbury, "Hollerbochen's Dilemma". Issue four, appearing in Fall 1940, was the fanzine's final publication and includes an editorial by Bradbury and, writing as "Ron Reynolds", a short story called "The Piper", and as anonymous,"The Flight of the Good Ship Clarissa". It also includes "Heil!", a short story by Robert A. Heinlein writing as "Lyle Monroe", his only story published in a fanzine, and "The Symphonic Abduction", written by Hannes Bok and published anonymously. There were also short stories by Henry Kuttner and Damon Knight. The issue also included poems by Hannes Bok, J. Harvey Haggard, and Joseph E. Kelleam.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1511576324
• ISBN13: 9781511576321
• Release Date: April 2015
• Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.0" x 0.1" x 6.0"