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Spaceship [Volume 1, Number 1, April 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 10¢, 8pp, 5½″ x 8″, cover by Robert Silverberg)
Limited to 20 copies. Issue partially indexed.

· [unknown story] [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ss

· [unknown story] [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ss

· [unknown story] [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Silverberg · ss

Spaceship [Volume 1, Number 2, May 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 10¢, 10pp, 5½″ x 8″, cover by Robert Silverberg)
Limited to 20 copies. Issue partially indexed.

· [unknown story] [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ss

· [unknown story] [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ss

· [unknown story] [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Silverberg · ss

· [unknown story] · Robert Silverberg · vi

· Second Genesis · Robert Silverberg · vi

Spaceship [Volume 1, Number 3, June 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 10¢, 11pp, 6″ x 8″, cover by Robert Silverberg)
Issue partially indexed.

· [unknown story] · Saul Diskin · ss

· [unknown story] · Saul Diskin · ss

· [unknown story] · Robert Silverberg · ss

Spaceship [Volume 1, Number 4, September 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 5¢, 10pp, 6″ x 8″, cover by Robert Silverberg)
Limited to 30 copies. Issue partially indexed.

· Editorial · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

· [unknown story] · Robert Silverberg · ss; illustrated by Robert Silverberg

· Soapbox · The Readers · lc

· Saul’s Spot · Saul Diskin · cl

· Pros and Cons · [uncredited] · rv

Spaceship [Volume 2 Number 1, Issue 5, October 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 5¢, 12pp, 6″ x 8″, cover by James Lewis)
The Table of Contents lists a poem (“The Adventurer”) by Todd Conwell on page 13, but the issue examined only had 12 pages.

1 · Editorial · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

2 · Incident at Midnight · Charles L. Morris · ss

4 · Scientist Proves Old Stf Theme · The Editors · ar

5 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

6 · Saul’s Spot: “Vermin of the Skies”: The Asteroids · Saul Diskin · cl

7 · Multiple Choice · Robert Silverberg · ss

bc. · [back cover] · Robert Silverberg · cv

Spaceship [Volume 2 Number 2, Issue 6, December 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 2pp, 6″ x 8″)
This issue was only distributed to FAPA and contains a list of pennames compiled by Silverberg.

Spaceship [Volume 2 Number 3, Issue 7, January 1950] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 5¢, 14pp, 6″ x 8″, cover by Stan Segal)

1 · Editorial · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

2 · Rays of Madness · Charles L. Morris · ss

4 · [cartoon] · James Lewis · ct

5 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

6 · Behold the Man · Selwyn Roberts · ss

11 · Evolution of a Stf Fan · Robert Silverberg · hu

12 · Saul’s Spot · Saul Diskin · cl

13 · An Interview with Sam Merwin · [uncredited] · iv [Ref. Sam Merwin]

14 · Martian Mysteries · Alan M. Grant · ar

Spaceship [Volume Two Number Four, Issue 8, April 1950] ed. Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Bob Silverberg, 5¢, 16pp, 6″ x 8″, cover by James Lewis)

2 · Editorial · Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

3 · “On a Silver Platter” [Part 1 of 2] · August Argyll · ss

9 · Preview…? · James Lewis · ct

10 · The Visitor · Todd Conwell · pm

11 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

12 · The Toils of Time · Charles L. Morris · ss

14 · Saul’s Spot: Electricity in Medicine · Saul Diskin · cl

15 · Overconfidence · Bob Silverberg · vi

Spaceship [Issue Number Nine, July 1950] ed. Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Bob Silverberg, 5¢, 16pp, 6″ x 8″, cover by James Lewis)

2 · Editorial · Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

3 · “On a Silver Platter” [Part 2 of 2] · August Argyll · ss

11 · 2029 A.D. · Peter B. Clarke · pm

11 · Night · Todd Conwell · pm

12 · Cancelled · Saul Diskin · ss; subtitled “A Dianetic fantasy”.

14 · The Ungrammatical Venusians · Jim Adams · pm

Spaceship [Issue Number Ten, October 1950] ed. Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 10pp, quarto, cover by James Lewis)

2 · Editorial · Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

3 · Saul’s Spot · Saul Diskin · cl

4 · The Exterminators · David English · vi

5 · My Castle on Venus · David English · pm

6 · Dianetics: Fact or Fantasy? · Robert Silverberg · ar

8 · Negative Solution · Richard K. Verdan · ss

10 · Fantasy · John Gallinari Whidding · pm Nature April 1945

Spaceship [Issue Number Eleven, January 1951] ed. Bob Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 16pp, quarto, cover by James Lewis)
Issue partially indexed.

· [unknown story] · Charles L. Morris · ss

· [unknown story] · Michael DeAngelis · ss

· [unknown poem] · Lee Hoffman · pm

· [three articles] · Bob Silverberg · ar

Spaceship [Issue Number Twelve, April 1951] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto, cover by Raul Garcia Capella, Jr.)
Issue partially indexed.

· The Man with Hyper-Hearing · Jim Adams · ss

· [short article about the early days of fandom] · Harry Warner, Jr. · ar

· [unknown article] · Bob Silverberg · ar

Spaceship [Issue Number Thirteen, July 1951] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto, cover: Interstellar Empire by Raul Garcia Capella, Jr.)
Subtitled “combined with Wylde Star”.

3 · Destination: 1965 · Redd Boggs · ar

6 · A Matter of Fundamentals · Richard Knight Verdan · vi

8 · News from Heaven · Norman Ashfield · br

9 · A “Beloved Critic” Speaks · Bob Tucker · ar

11 · Mirage of the City · Orma McCormick · pm

12 · Review of the S-F Fanzines · [uncredited] · lr

13 · The Dark Other · Bob Silverberg · br [Ref. Stanley Weinbaum]

16 · All the Stars · William Berger · vi

17 · Man, Progress, and Robots · Barbara Chandler · ar

18 · Fanzine Biography #1: Quandry · Lee Hoffman · ar

20 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

22 · Counterblast from a Non-Skeptic · Marion Bradley · ar

24 · Behind the Flying Saucers · Scully · br

25 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

Spaceship [Issue Number Fourteen, October 1951] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto, cover by Raul Garcia Capella, Jr.)
Issue partially indexed.

· Make the First Ones Short! · Mack Reynolds · ar

· [article on the N3F] · Ev Winne · ar

· Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

Spaceship [Issue Number Fifteen, December 1951] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto, cover by Raul Garcia Capella, Jr.)
Issue partially indexed.

· [article on the birth of his comic strip] · Russ Winterbotham · ar

· [article on Astounding] · Bob Silverberg · ar

Spaceship [Issue Number Sixteen, February 1952] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto, cover by Richard Z. Ward)
Issue partially indexed.

· [unknown item] · Morton D. Paley · ??

· [unknown item] · Lilith Lorraine · ??

Spaceship [#17, April 1952] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 40pp, quarto, cover by Richard Z. Ward)
Third Anniversary Issue.

3 · David H. Keller’s The Ivory Tower · Sam Moskowitz · ar [Ref. David H. Keller]; a book preview.

8 · Love in the Cornfield · Walt Willis · ar

10 · The Man Who Might Have Been · Redd Boggs · ss

13 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

15 · Soft Rain · Morton D. Paley · vi

17 · “For the Fans”: Ray Palmer; “Sez Who”: Richard Elsberry · Richard Elsberry · ar [Ref. Ray Palmer]

21 · Fans We All Know · Lee Hoffman · ct

22 · Hag’s Miracle · Orma McCormick · pm

22 · Invasion · Isabelle Dinwiddie · pm

23 · Science-Fiction Artfolio · Richard Z. Ward & Henry W. Chabot · pi

28 · Review: Unknown World · Arthur Steward · mr

29 · The New Frontier · Fred Chappell · vi

30 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

33 · Resurrection · Paul Stephens · vi

35 · Backtalk: Three Years of Spaceship · Bob Silverberg · cl

Spaceship [#18, July 1952] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 28pp, quarto, cover by Ray Capella)

3 · The Books of Charles Fort · Ray Nelson · br [Ref. Charles Fort]

9 · The Time Machine · [uncredited] · br The New York Times June 23 1895 [Ref. H. G. Wells]

10 · The Fanzine I Didn’t Publish · Alice Bullock · ar

12 · Whispers in the Half-Light · Orma McCormick · pm

13 · Psych Officer · Norbert Hirschhorn · ss; illustrated by Richard Z. Ward

18 · Strange Legends of the Little Men · Hal Shapiro & Alice Douglas · ar

21 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

24 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

26 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

Spaceship [#19, October 1952] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto)
Issue partially indexed.

· Checklist of British Reprint Editions · [uncredited] · bi

Spaceship [Issue Number Twenty, January 1953] ed. Bob Silverberg (Robert Silverberg, 10¢, 26pp, quarto, cover by Rita Adams)

3 · 1952—In Review · Robert Silverberg · ar

7 · Who Played the Harp? · Robert Bloch · ar

9 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl; illustrated by Robert Silverberg

11 · Checklist of British Reprint Editions · [uncredited] · bi

12 · The Way I See It · Bert Hirschhorn · cl

14 · Surprise · Charles Wells · vi

15 · Science Fiction Fan Yearbook · Larry Saunders · br

18 · The Newsstand Game · Charles Gregory · ar

20 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc; illustrated by Richard Z. Ward

24 · Backtalk: The Big Year · Bob Silverberg · cl; illustrated by Richard Z. Ward

Spaceship [Issue Number Twenty-One, April 1953] ed. Bob Silverberg (Bob Silverberg, 10¢, 32pp, quarto, cover: The Immortal Crew by D. A. Grennell)
Fourth Anniversary Issue.

3 · H.G. Wells: Time Traveller · Redd Boggs · ar [Ref. H. G. Wells]

10 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

12 · Testament of Fandros · Don Cantin · vi

15 · Canada: Why Isn’t It a Force in S-F Fandom? · Norman G. Browne · ar

17 · The Tin Can · Fred Chappell · vi

21 · Two Spokes in the Wheel of If · Dave Mason · ar

23 · As I See It · Bert Hirschhorn · cl

26 · Together · Charles Wells · vi

28 · Letter to the Editor · Dean A. Grennell · vi

29 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

31 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

Spaceship [Issue Number Twenty-Two, July 1953] ed. Bob Silverberg (Robert Silverberg, 10¢, 30pp, quarto, cover by Dean A. Grennell)

3 · Signed, Sealed, and Delivered · Dean A. Grennell · vi

6 · The Great Temptation · Richard Elsberry · ar; illustrated by William Rotsler

11 · Fanzines in Profile #1: Joel Nydahl’s Vega · Harlan Ellison · cl; illustrated by Joel Hopkins

14 · Operation Yorick · Dean A. Grennell · ar

15 · The Art of Rosaleen Norton · Hal Shapiro · br [Ref. Rosaleen Norton]

19 · The Way I See It · Bert Hirschhorn · cl

21 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl; illustrated by William Rotsler

24 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

27 · Backtalk: Too Much Silverberg? · Bob Silverberg · cl

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