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Lawrence Spivak, the magazine's first publisher

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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a US fantasy and science fiction magazine initially published by Lawrence E. Spivak (pictured), with regular issues from 1949 to the present. Under editors Anthony Boucher and J. Francis McComas, it became a leader in the science fiction and fantasy field, publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors. Well-known stories from its early years include Richard Matheson's "Born of Man and Woman" and Ward Moore's Bring the Jubilee. After McComas left in 1954, Boucher continued as sole editor until 1958, winning the Hugo Award for Best Magazine that year, a feat his successor, Robert Mills, repeated in the next two years. Mills was responsible for publishing "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes, Rogue Moon by Algis Budrys, Starship Troopers by Robert Heinlein, and the first of Brian Aldiss's "Hothouse" stories. At the start of 1966, after short stints by Avram Davidson and Joseph Ferman, Edward Ferman began a 25-year career as editor. He published many well-received stories, including Fritz Leiber's "Ill Met in Lankhmar", Robert Silverberg's "Born with the Dead", and Stephen King's The Dark Tower series. (Full article...)

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-'''''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]''''' (usually referred to as '''''F&SF''''') is a US [[fantasy fiction magazine|fantasy]] and [[science fiction magazine]] first published in 1949 by Fantasy House, a subsidiary of [[Lawrence E. Spivak|Lawrence Spivak]]'s [[Mercury Press]].  Editors [[Anthony Boucher]] and [[J. Francis McComas]] had approached Spivak in the mid-1940s about creating a fantasy companion to Spivak's existing mystery title, ''[[Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine]]''.  The first issue was titled ''The Magazine of Fantasy'', but the decision was quickly made to include science fiction as well as fantasy, and the title was changed correspondingly with the second issue.  ''F&SF'' was quite different in presentation from the existing science fiction magazines of the day, most of which were in pulp format: it had no interior illustrations, no letter column, and text in a single column format, which in the opinion of science fiction historian [[Mike Ashley (writer)|Mike Ashley]] "set ''F&SF'' apart, giving it the air and authority of a superior magazine". ''F&SF'' quickly became one of the leading magazines in the science fiction and fantasy field, with a reputation for publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors.  Well-known stories that appeared in its early years include [[Richard Matheson]]'s "[[Born of Man and Woman]]", and [[Ward Moore]]'s  ''[[Bring the Jubilee]]'', a novel of an alternative history in which the South has won the [[American Civil War]].  McComas left for health reasons in 1954, but Boucher continued as sole editor until 1958, winning the [[Hugo Award]] for Best Magazine that year, a feat his successor, [[Robert P. Mills|Robert Mills]], repeated in the next two years.  Mills was responsible for publishing "[[Flowers for Algernon]]" by [[Daniel Keyes]], ''[[Rogue Moon]]'' by [[Algis Budrys]], ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]], and the first of [[Brian Aldiss]]'s "[[Hothouse (novel)|Hothouse]]" stories.  The first few issues mostly featured cover art by [[George Salter]], Mercury Press's art director, but other artists soon began to appear, including [[Chesley Bonestell]], [[Frank Kelly Freas|Kelly Freas]], and [[Ed Emshwiller]]. In 1962, Mills was succeeded as editor by [[Avram Davidson]].  When Davidson left at the end of 1964, [[Joseph W. Ferman|Joseph Ferman]], who had bought the magazine from Spivak in 1954, took over briefly as editor, though his son, [[Edward L. Ferman|Edward Ferman]], soon began doing the editorial work under his father's supervision.  At the start of 1966 Edward Ferman was listed as editor, and four years later he acquired the magazine from his father and moved the editorial offices to his house in Connecticut.  Ferman remained editor for over 25 years, and published many well-received stories, including [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "[[Ill Met in Lankhmar]]", [[Robert Silverberg]]'s "[[Born with the Dead]]", and [[Stephen King]]'s "[[The Dark Tower (series)|The Dark Tower]]" series.  In 1991 he turned the editorship over to [[Kristine Kathryn Rusch]], who began including more [[Horror fiction|horror]] and [[dark fantasy]] than had appeared under Ferman.  In the mid-1990s circulation began to decline; most magazines were losing subscribers and ''F&SF'' was no exception.  [[Gordon Van Gelder]] replaced Rusch in 1997, and bought the magazine from Ferman in 2001, but circulation continued to fall, and by 2011 it was below 15,000.  [[Charles Coleman Finlay]] took over from Van Gelder as editor in 2015.{{TFAFULL|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
+'''''[[The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction]]''''' is a US [[fantasy fiction magazine|fantasy]] and [[science fiction magazine]] initially published by [[Lawrence E. Spivak]] ''(pictured)'', with regular issues from 1949 to the present. Under editors [[Anthony Boucher]] and [[J. Francis McComas]], it became a leader in the science fiction and fantasy field, publishing literary material and including more diverse stories than its competitors.  Well-known stories from its early years include [[Richard Matheson]]'s "[[Born of Man and Woman]]" and [[Ward Moore]]'s ''[[Bring the Jubilee]]''. After McComas left in 1954, Boucher continued as sole editor until 1958, winning the [[Hugo Award]] for Best Magazine that year, a feat his successor, [[Robert P. Mills|Robert Mills]], repeated in the next two years.  Mills was responsible for publishing "[[Flowers for Algernon]]" by [[Daniel Keyes]], ''[[Rogue Moon]]'' by [[Algis Budrys]], ''[[Starship Troopers]]'' by [[Robert A. Heinlein|Robert Heinlein]], and the first of [[Brian Aldiss]]'s "[[Hothouse (novel)|Hothouse]]" stories. At the start of 1966, after short stints by [[Avram Davidson]] and [[Joseph W. Ferman|Joseph Ferman]], [[Edward L. Ferman|Edward Ferman]] began a 25-year career as editor. He published many well-received stories, including [[Fritz Leiber]]'s "[[Ill Met in Lankhmar]]", [[Robert Silverberg]]'s "[[Born with the Dead]]", and [[Stephen King]]'s ''[[The Dark Tower (series)|The Dark Tower]]'' series. {{TFAFULL|The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction}}
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