January 1953 issue of Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder.
Incredible Tales Of Scientific Wonder was an American science fiction magazine based in New York City that was published in the 1950s. The office of the magazine was in the Arthur Trill building at 740 Broadway.
History and specifics[]
The magazine was a competitor of Galaxy Science Fiction. (DS9 episode: "Far Beyond the Stars")
The January 1953 issue featured these stories:
- A Most Fortunate Accident, by Olivia & Alicia Eaves
- Assault on Planet 10, by K.C. Hunter and Julius Bass
- Quantity of the Monster, by Herbert Rossoff
- 1001: First Odyssey, by Albert Macklin
- Venusian Chronicles, by Hugo Campbell (Star Trek: Communicator Issue 116: "Holodeck Adventures: Far Beyond the Stars")
On April 19, 1953, Benny Russell received a letter from Douglas Pabst, the editor of Incredible Tales, to inform him that his first story for the magazine was to be published soon. (DS9 comic: "When the Stars Come A-Calling")
Later in the year, Russell wrote several stories about Benjamin Sisko, an African-American commander of a space station called Deep Space 9. Russell faced opposition from Pabst and the owner of the magazine due to the race of the main character. Although Russell later modified the story to make it about an African-American dreaming about being a space station commander, the owner of the magazine Mr. Stone refused to publish it and had the entire issue destroyed. Devastated with the development, Russell suffered a breakdown and was committed to Riverdale Asylum. (DS9 episodes: "Far Beyond the Stars", "Shadows and Symbols")
Incredible Tales was still being published in 1955. (ST - Typhon Pact novels: Plagues of Night, Raise the Dawn)
Appendices[]
Images[]
References[]
- DS9 episode: "Far Beyond the Stars"
- DS9 episode: "Shadows and Symbols"
- DS9 comic: "When the Stars Come A-Calling"
- ST - Typhon Pact novels: Plagues of Night, Raise the Dawn
- Star Trek: Communicator Issue 116: "Holodeck Adventures: Far Beyond the Stars"
- Star Trek: The Magazine vol. 1, Issue 7: "Scenic Art Department"
External link[]
- Incredible Tales of Scientific Wonder article at Memory Alpha, the wiki for canon Star Trek.