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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. It is known that two of the serials were written by Silverberg & Diskin together, and one by Silverberg alone but it is not known which is which. Issue partially indexed.

· The Last Days of Saturn [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ss

· Ring in the New [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; possibly by Silverberg alone.

· Time Marches On [Part 1 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; possibly by Silverberg alone.

Spaceship [Volume 1, Number 2, May 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 10¢, 9-18pp, 5½″ x 8″, cover by Robert Silverberg)
Limited to 20 copies. It is known that two of the serials were written by Silverberg & Diskin together, and one by Silverberg alone but the second and third items lack bylines so it is unknown which is which.
Details supplied by Matt Belz.

9 · The Last Days of Saturn [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ss

11 · Ring in the New [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; possibly by Silverberg alone.

13 · Time Marches On [Part 2 of 2] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; possibly by Silverberg alone.

14 · The Cage · Robert Silverberg · vi; subtitled “A Tale of a Beast from Space”.

16 · Second Genesis · Robert Silverberg · vi

Spaceship [Volume 1, Number 3, July 1949] ed. Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin (Robert Silverberg, 5¢, 6″ x 8″)
It is known that two of the stories in this issue were written by Saul Diskin and one by Robert Silverberg but only the titles are known so it is unknown which is which. Issue partially indexed.

· Microscopic Giants · Robert Silverberg ,[?] & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; by Silverberg or Diskin alone.

· Temporary Death · Robert Silverberg ,[?] & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; by Silverberg or Diskin alone.

· Man Wanted · Robert Silverberg ,[?] & Saul Diskin ,[?] · ss; by Silverberg or Diskin alone.

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.
Details supplied by Matt Belz.

1 · John Brown’s Cellar · Robert Silverberg · ss; illustrated by Robert Silverberg

5 · Sonnet (On the Giant Meteor Crater in Arizona) · Noel Roderick Peattie · pm Scientific Monthly February 1949

5 · Editorial · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

6 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

7 · Pros and Cons · Robert Silverberg · rv

8 · Saul’s Spot · Saul Diskin · cl

9 · Random Notes on Random · Robert Silverberg · ar

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)
Details supplied by Matt Belz.

3 · Saul’s Spot · Saul Diskin · cl

4 · Wahb · Charles L. Morris · ss

7 · That Atlantis Myth Again · Bob Silverberg · ar

9 · The Dreamer’s Guerdon · Michael DeAngelis · vi

10 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

10 · Other Foes · Orma McCormick · pm

11 · Don’t Look Now, but… · Richard Knight Verdan · ar

12 · Fantasy Magazines, 1950 · [uncredited] · bi

13 · Spaceship · Lee Hoffman · pm

14 · [untitled editorial] · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · ed

15 · Backtalk · Robert Silverberg & Saul Diskin · cl

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

3 · The Man with Hyper-Hearing · James R. Adams · ss

8 · Tales of the Uncanny and Supernatural · Orville Prescott · br The New York Times January 1 1951

9 · Are Fans Skeptics? · Bob Silverberg · ar

11 · Space-Warped · Todd Conwell · pm

12 · Acrostic · Orma McCormick · pm

12 · To a Comet · Charles L. Morris · pm

12 · The Night · Todd Conwell · pm

13 · How Not to Swallow Dianetics · B. Chandler · ar

14 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

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

16 · How They Compare · Harry Warner, Jr. · ar

22 · Bomber! · David English · vi

25 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

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.)
Details supplied by Matt Belz.

3 · Caution—One Bomb! · Laurence Saunders · vi

6 · N.F.F.F.—1941-1951 · A. Everett Winne · ar

9 · Moonbeams · Isabelle E. Dinwiddie · pm

10 · The Big Fraud · Joseph Semens · vi

12 · News Notes · [uncredited] · ar

13 · Dreaming Beyond the Battle · Orma McCormick · pm

14 · Book Reviews/E.E. Smith · Bob Silverberg · br

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

18 · Counter-Counterblast · Redd Boggs · ar

20 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

22 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

24 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

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

3 · The Story Behind the Story: Chris Welkin · Russ Winterbotham · ar

5 · A History of Astounding Science Fiction · Bob Silverberg · ar

12 · Space-Rovers · Emili A. · pm

13 · Official Greeter · Fred Chappell · vi

14 · If I Must Die · Orma McCormick · pm

15 · All This Must Stop! · David Ish · ar

16 · Scholar · Terence Heywood · pm

17 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

20 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

22 · Checklist of Fantasy Magazines 1951 · [uncredited] · bi

23 · Lonconfounded · Norman Ashfield · ar

24 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

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

3 · Science Fiction and Civilitation · Lilith Lorraine · ar

9 · Speaking of Science Fiction · Morton D. Paley · ar

11 · Soapbox · The Readers · lc

16 · The Survivor · Charles L. Morris · vi

19 · Report from Australia · Roger Dard · cl

22 · War in Space · Isabelle Dinwiddie · pm

23 · Movie Review: Flight to Mars · Neal Clark Reynolds · mr

23 · No Earthly Reed · Orma McCormick · pm

24 · Backtalk · Bob Silverberg · cl

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

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