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Vanity Fair Series

Country: US
Total Issues: 9?

Issues & Index Sources:  1891: Dime Novel Bibliography

Publishers:   Edward Brandus & Co., 30 Broad St., New York
Formats:   7 x 4¾"
Prices:   25 to 50c
Pagecounts:   300
Mentioned in:   Dime Novel Bibliography

Vargo Statten Science Fiction Magazine

Country: UK
Total Issues: 19

Issues & Index Sources

v1 #1, 1954 – v1 #3, 1954:

Science Fiction Index

v1 #4, 1954 – v1 #5, 1954, as Vargo Statten British Science Fiction Magazine:

Science Fiction Index

v1 #6, 1954 – v1 #12, 1955, as British Science Fiction Magazine:

Science Fiction Index

v2 #1, 1955 – v2 #7, 1955, as British Space Fiction Magazine:

Science Fiction Index

Publishers

Scion to Nov-1954 then Dragon Publications, Luton.

Editors

Alistair Paterson to Nov-1954, then John Russell Fearn

Formats

  v1 #1, 1954 – v1 #3, 1954: small pulp
  v1 #4, 1954 – v1 #9, 1954: large digest
  v1 #11, 1955 – v2 #7, 1955: pocketbook

Prices

1/6d

Pagecounts

v1 #1, 1954 – v1 #3, 1954: 64pp
v1 #4, 1954 – v2 #7, 1955: 128pp

Frequency

mostly monthly, but gaps

Related Sites

Science Fiction Encyclopedia



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Variant

Country: US
Total Issues: 4

Fanzine - the official magazine of the Philadelphia Science Fiction Society.

Issues & Index Sources: Feb-1947 – ?

Publishers:   Allison Williams, Philadelphia
Editors:   Allison Williams
Related Sites:   Fancyclopedia 3

Varieties

Country: UK
Total Issues: 127

Split into two 16 page sections, 1-24 includes Story Varieties supplement which becomes Pictorial Varieties supplement with issue 25.

Issues & Index Sources

20-Feb-1893 – 25-Jul-1896

#becomes The Garland

Publishers

James Henderson

Editors

Alfred W. Barratt?

Pagecounts

32pp

Frequency

weekly

Variety Detective Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 8+8=16

Promising "12 stories for 10c", Variety Detective Magazine only lasted for 8 issues before changing to Lone Wolf Detective Magazine under which it ran for a further 8 issues until wartime shortages brought it to an end.

Issues & Index Sources

Aug-1938 – Dec-1939:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 3

Feb-1940 – Apr-1941, as Lone Wolf Detective Magazine:	Crime Fiction Index
	Pulp Magazine Index 2

Publishers

Ace Magazines

Formats

standard pulp

Prices

10c

Frequency

mostly bimonthly

Mentioned in: The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps, Mystery, Detective, and Espionage Magazines



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Variety Love Stories

Country: US
Total Issues: 54

Issues & Index Sources:  Nov-1938 – May-1949: FictionMags Index (sample issues only)

Publishers:   Periodical House, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   10c
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps



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Variety Love Stories (Canada)

Country: Canada

Canadian reprint edition of Variety Love Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: late 1940s

Formats: pulp


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Variety Novels Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

Probably changed to 12 Adventure Stories.

Issues & Index Sources: Sep-1938:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers:   Ace Magazines
Formats:   standard pulp
Prices:   15c
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Variety Sports Magazine

see under 12 Sports Aces

Variety Story Magazine

Country: US
Total Issues: 2

Probably changed to 10 Action Adventures.

Issues & Index Sources: Jul-1938 – Oct-1938:

Adventure Fiction Index

Publishers:   Magazine Publishers, Inc. (Ace Magazines)
Formats:   standard pulp
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps


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Variety Western

see under Super Western

The Varsity Magazine

Country: Canada

The University of Toronto's Student Newspaper.

Issues & Index Sources: 1880 – present

Website: thevarsity.ca

Varsity (UK)

Country: UK

Cambridge University student newspaper which published J.G. Ballard's first short story, "The Violent Noon" (26 May 1951).

Issues & Index Sources: Apr-1947 – present

Website:   www.varsity.co.uk
Frequency:   weekly?
Related Sites:   Wikipedia

Varsity (US)

Country: US

Subtitled "The Young Man's Magazine" it usually had a piece of ficion in each issue including Theodore Sturgeon's "Wham Bop!" (November 1947) and often featured artwork by Harvey Kurtzman.

Issues & Index Sources: Jun-1947 – 1951?:

FictionMags Index

(sample issues only)

Publishers:   The Parents' Institute, Inc., 4600 Diversey Avenue, Chicago
Editors:   Jeremiah Tax
Prices:   20c
Frequency:   bimonthly (monthly in late 1949)



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Vastarien

Country: UK

A source of critical study and creative response to the corpus of Thomas Ligotti as well as associated authors and ideas.

Issues & Index Sources: Spring 2018 – present:

FictionMags Index

(sample issue only)

Website:   www.vastarien-journal.com
Publishers:   Grimscribe Press
Editors:   Matt Cardin & Jon Padgett
Prices:   $20.00

VB Tech Journal

Country: US

A programmer's technical publication that regularly featured fiction in the first volume (only).

Issues & Index Sources: v1 #1, 1995 – Dec-1997:

Science Fiction Index

(Missing: any after Sep-1995)


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Vector

Country: US
Total Issues: 1

One-shot fanzine.

Issues & Index Sources: Dec-1952:

Science Fiction Index

Editors: Harlan Ellison & Jim Schrieber

Velocities

Country: US

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 1982 – #5, 1988: Science Fiction Index

Publishers:   Velocities, Berkeley, CA
Editors:   Andrew Joron


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