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The Rambler [1750]

Issues & Index Sources: 1750 – 1752

Editors:   Samuel Johnson
Frequency:   twice-weekly
Sources:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 1

The Rambler [1848]

Total Issues: 180

Serialised several novels, e.g. Cecilia Caddell's "Seymour's Curse".

Issues & Index Sources

1-Jan-1848 – May-1862:

The Wellesley Index to Victorian Periodicals Volume 2

Publishers

James Burn (later Burns & Lambert) to May-1862, then Williams & Norgate

Editors

  1848 – 1852: John Moore Capes
  1852 – Sep-1854: James Spencer Northcote
  Oct-1854 – Feb-1859: Richard Simpson
  Mar-1859 – Jul-1859: John H. Newman
  Aug-1859 – ?: Sir John Acton

Frequency

  1-Jan-1848 – 26-Aug-1848: weekly
  Sep-1848 – Feb-1859: monthly
  Mar-1859 – ?: bimonthly

Sources:   British Literary Magazines Vol. 3

The Rambler Magazine [2004]

A magazine of good writing and good conversation featuring interviews as well as selections of fiction, poetry, essays, original drawings, and photography.

Issues & Index Sources

Jan/Feb-2004 – Jul/Aug-2005, as The Village Rambler:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Sep/Oct-2005 – Mar/Apr-2009, as The Rambler Magazine:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers

Rambler Publications, LLC, PO Box 5070, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-5001

Editors

Elizabeth Oliver

Formats

quarto

Prices

$4.95

Pagecounts

64pp

Frequency

bimonthly

Ramparts

A glossy illustrated American political and literary magazine which occasionally published some fiction.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1962 – 1975:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Editors: Robert Scheer
Related Sites: Wikipedia

Rampike

"An important outlet for Canadian poetry and fiction".

Issues & Index Sources: 1979 – present

Publishers:   81 Thornloe Crescent, Sault Ste. Marie, ON, P6A 4J4
Editors:   Karl E. Jirgens
Formats:   chapbook
Website:   www.uwindsor.ca/rampike

Ranch Love Stories

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1950:

Western Fiction Index

Publishers:   Interstate
Formats:   standard pulp
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western


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Ranch Romances

Total Issues: 884?

The "last of the pulps," it continued throughout the 1960s and into the early 1970s as a quasi-pulp, although in 1967 the magazine went entirely reprint.

In early 1958 the issue numbering went from v209 #1 to v210 #2. It is unclear if this was a temporary glitch or not; if not the count of issues should be reduced to 880.

Issues & Index Sources

Dec-1924 – Nov-1968:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Feb-1969 – Nov-1971, as Ranch Romances & Adventures:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers

  Dec-1924 – May-1931: Western Stories Publishing (Clayton Magazines)
  Jun-1931 – Sep-1933: Clayton Magazines
  Nov-1933 – Sep-1950: Warner Publications, Inc.
  Oct-1950 – Feb-1955: Best Books, Inc.
  Mar-1955 – 1958: Literary Enterprises, Inc
  1959 – Nov-1971: Popular Library, Inc.

Editors

  Dec-1924 – 20-Nov-1953: Fanny Ellsworth
  4-Dec-1953 – 27-Dec-1957: Helen Tono (nee Helen Davidge)
  17-Jan-1958 – 1968: Jim Hendryx, Jr.
  Feb-1970 – Nov-1971: Sharon Moore

Formats

standard pulp

Frequency

  Dec-1924 – ?: monthly
  ? – 17-Jan-1958: fortnightly
  Jun-1958 – Jan-1959: irregular
  May-1959 – 1971: quarterly

Related Sites

The Pulp Magazines Project

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, The Pulp Western



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Ranch Romances (Australia)

see under American Ranch Romances

Ranch Romances (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Ranch Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: America News Company
Formats: standard pulp



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Ranch Romances (UK)

Total Issues: 8+5=13

British reprint edition of Ranch Romances.

Issues & Index Sources

1952 – Feb-1954:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: #1; #3; #4; #6)

Sep-1956 – Jan-1957:

Western Fiction Index

#merges with Thrilling Western (UK)

Publishers

1952 – Feb-1954: Pemberton's (of Manchester) Ltd.
Sep-1956 – Jan-1957: Atlas Publishing & Distributing

Formats

standard pulp



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Random Realities

Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1992 – #8, 1995:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers: The Graphos Fiction Writers Group of Norcross, Georgia (#1); Random Realities Publications, Norcross, GA (#2-#8)
Editors: Jeff Dennis, Norcross, GA.



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Rangeland Love Stories [1950]

Total Issues: 24

In some ways a revival of Rangeland Love Stories after it separated from Rangeland Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: Aug-1950 – Sep-1954:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: Apr-1952 to Aug-1952; Aug-1953 to Feb-1954)

Publishers:   Popular Publications
Formats:   standard pulp
Frequency:   bimonthly
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Rangeland Love Stories [1950] (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Rangeland Love Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1950s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: standard pulp


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Rangeland Love Stories [1933]

see also under Rangeland Stories

Rangeland Love Stories [1936]

see also under Rangeland Romances

Rangeland Love Story Magazine

see under Rangeland Stories

Rangeland Love Story Magazine (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Rangeland Love Story Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1930s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Formats: standard pulp


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Rangeland Romances

Total Issues: 14+10+191+3=218

After Dec-1955 absorbed by Dime Western Magazine.

Issues & Index Sources

Jun-1935 – Jul-1936:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Aug-1936 – May-1937, as Rangeland Love Stories:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Jun-1937 – May-1955, as Rangeland Romances:

Western Fiction Index

(incomplete)

Aug-1955 – Dec-1955, as Western Story Roundup:

Western Fiction Index

#merges with Dime Western Magazine

Publishers

Jun-1935 – May-1955: Popular Publications, Inc.
Aug-1955 – Dec-1955: New Publications (imprint of Popular Publications, Inc.)

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c (rising to 15c in 1940s)

Frequency

mostly bimonthly

Sources: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps




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Rangeland Romances (Canada)

Canadian reprint edition of Rangeland Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: in 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers: Popular Publications Canada
Formats: pulp



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Rangeland Romances (UK)

British reprint edition of Rangeland Romances.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s:

Western Fiction Index

(Missing: all issues)

Publishers: Thorpe & Porter
Formats: pulp

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