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World of Wonder

Country: UK

Incorporates: Treasure from (1971)

Issues & Index Sources:  29-Mar-1970 – ?
Publishers:   IPC Magazines
Pagecounts:   32pp
Frequency:   weekly

World Review

Country: UK

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

Country: US
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 [1950]

Country: US
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
Mentioned in:   Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

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Worlds Beyond [2025]

Country: US
Total Issues: 2 (as at Oct-2025)

Print only science fiction newsprint zine.

Issues & Index Sources:  Mar-2025 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: all issues)
Website:   www.atomicbooks.com/products
Publishers:   Atomic Books, 3620 Falls Rd., Baltimore, MD 21211 USA
Prices:   $5.95
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World's Greatest Love Stories

Country: US

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 – May/Jun/Jul-1989?: FictionMags Index (incomplete)
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

Country: US
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
Mentioned in:   The Adventure House Guide to the Pulps, Ultimate Guide to the Pulps

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Worlds Lost...Time Forgotten

Country: US
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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World's News

Country: Australia

Weekly newspaper that published a lot of fiction.

Issues & Index Sources:  21-Dec-1901 – 31-Dec-1955
Publishers:   The World's News, 60-66 Elizabeth Street, Sydney
Related Sites:   Wikipedia
Online Sources:   Trove
 

Worlds of Fantasy [1950]

Country: UK
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]

Country: US
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 Possibility

Country: US
Total Issues: 6 (as at Jun-2023)

A collection of original stories, art, and poems selected by Julia Rios and sponsored by Julia's subscribers.

Issues & Index Sources:  Aug-2022 – present
Website:   www.juliarios.com
Editors:   Julia Rios

Worlds of Strangeness

Country: UK
Total Issues: 4

Horror/SF/fantasy zine.

Issues & Index Sources:  #1, 2016 – Spring/Summer 2021: Science Fiction Index
Website:   www.worldsofstrangeness.com
Publishers:   Nigel Taylor
Editors:   Nigel Taylor
Formats:   A5
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Worlds of the Universe

Country: UK
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

Country: UK
Total Issues: 5

Issues & Index Sources:  2015 – present: Science Fiction Index (Missing: #4, 2016; #5, 2017)
Publishers:   Spectre Press
Editors:   Jon Harvey

 
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Worlds of Tomorrow

Country: US
Total Issues: 23+3=26

Issues & Index Sources

  Apr-1963 – May-1967: Science Fiction Index

#merges with If

  Summer 1970 – Spring 1971: Science Fiction Index

Frequency

  mostly bimonthly to May-1966, then quarterly

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  Science Fiction Encyclopedia
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