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Argosy (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Argosy, with some stories from elsewhere.

Issues & Index Sources:  in 1940s: General Fiction Index (sample issues only)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Pulpster #11, 2001
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The Argosy [1926]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 164+407=571

Predominantly a reprint magazine of the world's best short stories, much in the style of the US Golden Book, in later years it frequently published new fiction, notably "Bianca's Hands" by Theodore Sturgeon.

Absorbs Suspense in May-1961.

Issues & Index Sources

  Jun-1926 – Jan-1940: General Fiction Index
  Feb-1940 – Feb-1974, as Argosy: General Fiction Index

Publishers

  1926 – 1927: Cassells
  1927 – Sep-1959: The Amalgamated Press
  Oct-1959 – Jan-1969: Fleetway Publications
  Feb-1969 – Feb-1974: IPC Magazines

Editors

  1926 – 1935?: E.V. Odle
  in 1939: Clarence Winchester
  1941 – 1944: Harold W. Snoad
  1945 – 1964: Dorothy M. Sutherland
  1965 – 1974: Lawrence Hammond

Formats

  Jun-1926 – Jan-1940: pulp
  Feb-1940 – Feb-1974: digest

Prices

  May-1940 – Sep-1941: 1/-
  Mar-1942 – Dec-1947: 1/3d
  Feb-1948 – May-1956: 1/6d
  Jun-1956 – Dec-1958: 2/-
  Jan-1959 – Jun-1964: 2/6d
  Jul-1964 – Jul-1970: 3/6d
  Aug-1970 – Jan/Feb-1971: 4/-
  Mar-1971 – Apr-1971: 20p
  May-1971 – Feb-1974: 25p

Pagecounts

  May-1940: 192pp
  May-1941: 160pp
  Jun-1941 – Nov-1942: 128pp
  Feb-1944 – Nov-1946: 112pp
  Dec-1946 – Apr-1947: 128pp
  May-1947 – Jul-1947: 96pp
  Aug-1947 – May-1949: 128pp
  Jun-1949 – Jul-1949: 144pp
  Aug-1949 – Aug-1951: 160pp
  Sep-1951 – Jan-1962: 144pp (except Apr-1958, Dec-1958 & May-1960 were 160pp & Nov-1959 was 152pp)
  Feb-1962 – Apr-1964: 136pp
  May-1964: 152pp
  Jun-1964 – Sep-1966: 168pp
  Oct-1966 – Jan-1968: 160pp
  Feb-1968 – Mar-1969: 144pp
  Apr-1969 – Feb-1974: 128pp

Frequency

  monthly (but no issue for Aug-1959 and double issue for Jan/Feb-1971)

Mentioned in:   The Age of the Storytellers
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Argosy [2013]

Country: UK
Total Issues: 3

"Revival of the classic pulp format for the digital age, publishing low-cost, quality pulp fiction in ebook format".

Issues & Index Sources:  Dec-2013 – Aug-2016: General Fiction Index
Website:   www.argosymagazine.co.uk
Publishers:   Argosy Magazine, Herons Rise, Andover, Kent
Editors:   Daniel Bazinga
Formats:   paperback (#1-#2); ebook (#3)
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Argosy Weekly

see under The Argosy

Ariel

Country: UK

Issues & Index Sources:  1890 – 1892
Editors:   Israel Zangwill
Frequency:   weekly?


Ariel Library

Country: US
Total Issues: 29?

Issues & Index Sources:  1890 – 1893: Dime Novel Bibliography (incomplete)
Publishers:   F.J. Schulte & Co., 198 Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
Formats:   Paperback
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   350
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography


Ariel Library Series

Country: US

A successor to the earlier Ariel Library which has a similar title but different contents.

Issues & Index Sources:  Jul-1894 – 1897: Dime Novel Bibliography (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Schulte Publishing Company, 334 Dearborn St., Chicago, IL
Prices:   50c
Frequency:   quarterly
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Ariel: A Quarterly Review of Arts and Letters in Israel

Country: Israel

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1962 – ?: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Publishers:   Ministry for Foreign Affairs
Formats:   trade paperback


Ariel: The Book of Fantasy

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Emphasis on artwork and graphics. Attracted good writers but fiction took a back seat. Authors include Michael Moorcock, Harlan Ellison, Roger Zelazny, Larry Niven.

Issues & Index Sources

  v1, 1976 – v4, 1978: Science Fiction Index

Publishers

  1976: Morning Star Press, Leawood, Kansas
  1977: Ballantine
  1978: Ariel Books/Ballantine, Kansas City, MO

Editors

  Thomas Durwood

Formats

  large size (122 x 9")

Prices

  1976: $5.95
  1977 – 1978: $6,95
  1978: $7.95

Pagecounts

  80pp (96pp last two)

Frequency

  irregular

Related Sites

  Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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Arioch

Country: US

Fanzine that featured a Roger Zelazny story in the first issue.

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1967 – ?
Publishers:   Doug Lovenstein, 425 Collville Ridge, Athens, OH 45701
Editors:   Doug Lovenstein

Arion

Country: US

Classics journal that occasionally publishes fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  1962 – present: FictionMags Index (sample issue only)
Website:   www.bu.edu/arion/
Publishers:   @University of Texas (1962-1972); Boston University (1970s - present);
Editors:   Herbert Golder (in 2018)
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

Arizona Quarterly

Country: US

Arizona Quarterly: A Journal of American Literatures, Culture, and Theory publishes articles offering a variety of scholarly approaches to canonical and non-canonical works of American literature and film. The journal sponsors an annual symposium, bringing together senior scholars, advisory board members, and newly established academics, to renew our commitment to the study of American texts.

Issues & Index Sources:  Spring 1945 – present: Index to (American) Little Magazines (to 1947 at least)
Website:   azq.arizona.edu
Publishers:   1731 E. Second Street, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ 85721-0014 (in 2005)
Editors:   Albert F. Gegenheimer at outset; Edgar A. Dryden (in 2005)
Prices:   $5 (in 2005)

Arizona Western

Country: UK
Total Issues: 1?

Issues & Index Sources:  Jan-1949: Western Fiction Index
Publishers:   Brown Watson
Prices:   1/-
Pagecounts:   32pp

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Ark

Country: Australia

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-1974 – Dec-1974
Editors:   Ron & Sue Clarke

Arkansas Review: A Journal of Delta Studies

see under Kansas Magazine/Quarterly

The Arkansaw Traveler

Country: US

Humour magazine that published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  1882 – 1916: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)
Publishers:   Daily Story Publishing Co., Chicago, IL
Editors:   Harry Stephen Keeler
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

The Arkham Collector

Country: US
Total Issues: 10

A house booklet for Arkham helping promote books, published some short fiction including first/early stories by Brian Lumley, James Wade, Alan Dean Foster, Gary Myers.

The publisher held back a limited number of each issue and, after the tenth issue was published, issued bound sets.

Issues & Index Sources:  Summer 1967 – Summer 1971: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Arkham House, Sauk City, WI
Editors:   August Derleth
Formats:   small digest booklet
Prices:   50c
Pagecounts:   24pp-48pp
Frequency:   twice yearly
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The Arkham Sampler [1948]

Country: US
Total Issues: 8

An attempt at a fantasy literary review with emphasis on non-fiction but a high quota of fiction, mostly Lovecraftian or Weird Tales school.

Issues & Index Sources:  Winter 1948 – Fall 1949: Science Fiction Index
Publishers:   Arkham House, Sauk City, WI
Editors:   August Derleth
Formats:   large digest (9" x 6")
Prices:   $1.00
Pagecounts:   96pp-128pp
Frequency:   quarterly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps
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