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World of Wonder

Incorporates: Treasure from (1971)

Issues & Index Sources: 29-Mar-1970 – ?

Publishers:   IPC Magazines
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly

World Review

Usually ran a story or two per issue. Published a J.D. Salinger story, "De Daumier-Smith's Blue Period" (1952?) which The New Yorker had rejected; also L.P. Hartley's "W.S." (Jan-1952).

Note that the first 6 issues were entitled World Review of Reviews.

Issues & Index Sources: Mar-1936 – May-1953:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Publishers:   1940 – ?: Hulton Press
Editors:   Edward Hulton; P.M. Fitzgerald
Formats:   review
Prices:   1/6d (in 1950)
Pagecounts:   84pp (in 1950)
Frequency:   monthly

Worlds Apart

Total Issues: 2

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-2006 – Jul-2007?:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   HiTek Designs, Bonsall, CA
Editors:   William L. Rupp
Formats:   digest
Prices:   $3.95
Pagecounts:   48pp


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Worlds at War

Listed in IdxBSF as a magazine, but really an anthology.

Worlds Beyond

Total Issues: 3

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1950 – Feb-1951:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Hillman Periodicals
Editors:   Damon Knight
Formats:   digest
Prices:   25c
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   monthly
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia
Sources:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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World's Greatest Love Stories

Each issue typically contained reprints of five romantic novels specially edited and condensed for inclusion, although there was the occasional original story.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1983 – ?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   Digest Publishing, NJ
Editors:   Lynn Lauber
Formats:   digest
Prices:   $1.75 (although listed as $2.00)
Pagecounts:   144pp
Frequency:   monthly (Jun-1983 - Oct-1983); bimonthly (Nov/Dec-1983 - ?)



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The World's Greatest Stories

Total Issues: 8

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1929 – Sep-1929:

General Fiction Index

(Missing: May-1929; Jun-1929; Jul-1929)

Publishers:   World's Greatest Stories Magazine Publishing Corporation (i.e. Macfadden)
Formats:   bedsheet
Prices:   25c
Sources:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Worlds Lost...Time Forgotten

Total Issues: 3

Fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1980 – #3, 1981:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: #1)

Publishers: John W. Smith
Editors: John W. Smith


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Worlds of Fantasy [1950]

Total Issues: 14

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1950 – #14, 1954:	Science Fiction Index
	Index to British Science Fiction Magazines

Publishers:   John Spencer & Co
Editors:   Maurice Nahum and Sam Assael
Formats:   pocketbook
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   128pp
Frequency:   irregular
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Worlds of Fantasy [1968]

Total Issues: 4

Issues & Index Sources

v1 #1, 1968 – v1 #4, 1971:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

v1 #1, 1968: Galaxy Publishing Corp
v1 #2, 1970 – v1 #4, 1971: Universal Publishing

Editors

v1 #1, 1968 – v1 #2, 1970: Lester del Rey
v1 #3, 1970/1971 – v1 #4, 1971: Ejler Jakobsson

Formats

digest

Prices

v1 #1, 1968: 60c
v1 #2, 1970 – v1 #4, 1971: 75c

Pagecounts

v1 #1, 1968: 128pp
v1 #2, 1970 – v1 #4, 1971: 192pp

Frequency

first trial issue, then quarterly from Fall 1970

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Worlds of Fantasy & Horror

see under Weird Tales

Worlds of If

see under If

Worlds of Strangeness

Total Issues: 2 (as at Apr-2019)

Horror/SF/fantasy zine.

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 2016 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #2, 2017)

Publishers:   Nigel Taylor
Editors:   Nigel Taylor
Formats:   A5
Website:   www.worldsofstrangeness.com


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Worlds of the Universe

Total Issues: 1

Issues & Index Sources: #1, 1953:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Gould-Light Publishing, London
Editors:   probably Norman Light
Formats:   pocketbook
Prices:   1/6d
Pagecounts:   102pp
Related Sites:   Science Fiction Encyclopedia


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Worlds of the Unknown

Total Issues: 5 (as at Apr-2019)

Issues & Index Sources: 2015 – present:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after #3, 2016)

Publishers: Spectre Press
Editors: Jon Harvey



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Worlds of Tomorrow

Total Issues: 23+3=26

Apr-1963 - May-1967, then merged with If; revived Summer 1970 - Spring 1971

Issues & Index Sources

Apr-1963 – May-1967:

Science Fiction Index

Summer 1970 – Spring 1971:

Science Fiction Index

Frequency

mostly bimonthly to May-1966, then quarterly

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Worlds of Tomorrow (UK)

Total Issues: 4

British reprint edition of Worlds of Tomorrow

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 1967 – Winter 1967:

Science Fiction Index

Frequency: quarterly

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World Stories

Total Issues: 86

An adventure magazine with stories almost certainly drawn from the US Clayton pulps. Initially heavy emphasis on westerns but broadened to all kinds of adventure stories.