tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post3473673861898913733..comments2024-02-18T03:54:35.668-08:00Comments on The Ringer Files: Infinity Science Fiction - June 1958Kurthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-9195605164543672382016-05-21T07:49:51.291-07:002016-05-21T07:49:51.291-07:00Tom, I'm a novice to reading this digest magaz...Tom, I'm a novice to reading this digest magazines. I have a few pulps from the 30's and 40's (Astounding and Amazing) but I'm inclined to agree with you. I can't imagine having hundreds of them, but it would be awesome if I did! I will definitely keep an I out for more of the 50's and 60's digests from now on. Thanks for the comment!Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-51090412955041236652016-05-21T07:38:39.081-07:002016-05-21T07:38:39.081-07:00Todd, Thanks for the info on Infinity and Galaxy. ...Todd, Thanks for the info on Infinity and Galaxy. I'd heard of Infinity and Larry Shaw but really new nothing of their history. I appreciate you stopping by and providing background.Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-51755324969486141092016-05-20T15:32:59.974-07:002016-05-20T15:32:59.974-07:00Between INFINITY (and SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURES, ...Between INFINITY (and SCIENCE FICTION ADVENTURES, its stablemate...one of several distinct magazines with that title) and Lancer Books (where Shaw helped get Conan the Barbarian's general-public popularity going), Shaw edited and largely wrote some amiable imitations of FAMOUS MONSTERS with such titles as MONSTERS AND THINGS...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-87463310483566703292016-05-20T15:29:49.543-07:002016-05-20T15:29:49.543-07:00And, fwiw, that's a Late issue of INFINITY as ...And, fwiw, that's a Late issue of INFINITY as well...INFINITY didn't last too long; Larry Shaw moved on to Lancer Books, where Robert Hoskins was allowed to start a short original-fiction anthology series called INFINITY in the early '70s, as a sort of continuation of the magazine. I should double-check, but I think it had four volumes and it was done, as well. Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-49371918806989092232016-05-20T13:28:28.294-07:002016-05-20T13:28:28.294-07:00INFINITY averaged the best of those three magazine...INFINITY averaged the best of those three magazines in the '50s, even when Shaw was editing IF...which by the end of the '50s had been bought by the GALAXY folks and would be a sibling magazine till the end of 1974, and absorption.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-21873985932457463362016-05-20T11:24:56.876-07:002016-05-20T11:24:56.876-07:00GALAXY was, from early on, published by its printe...GALAXY was, from early on, published by its printer, so might've had an even more "fresh" from the presses scent than the others...particularly when the KromeKote cover stock was factored in.Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-88639234203233178692016-05-20T08:04:07.154-07:002016-05-20T08:04:07.154-07:00I prefer the digest magazines to the old pulp SF, ...I prefer the digest magazines to the old pulp SF, and collect them with pleasure. Because I live hundreds of miles from any bookstores that handle the older magazines, I pick up duplicates when I can in order to trade with other collectors. That means I end up with thousands of duplicates along the way (LOL), but finding other collectors has been extremely difficult (sigh).Tom Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05594257113339405939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-9241064288237458482016-05-15T08:23:14.400-07:002016-05-15T08:23:14.400-07:00Thanks for the comments! Yes, I am very happy with...Thanks for the comments! Yes, I am very happy with finding these old digests. Granted that even if some of the stories may be dated it takes nothing away from the fun of reading them. That's funny about the smell of Galaxy. Unfortunately I didn't get any of those old issues in these collections. Kurthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13890931403701897892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-28421175570489913642016-05-14T21:23:31.153-07:002016-05-14T21:23:31.153-07:00I love INFINITY and I still remember buying the fi...I love INFINITY and I still remember buying the first issue off the newsstand. And I love that old paper smell also! Each pulp title had a distinct scent different from every other title. The digests really smelled good, especially GALAXY.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3629621328351861035.post-80658021210551509052016-05-14T11:25:17.686-07:002016-05-14T11:25:17.686-07:00I grew up reading the digests in the '50s, and...I grew up reading the digests in the '50s, and I always liked Infinity. Some wonderful stories in those issues.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02350478005243505108noreply@blogger.com