Worlds of Tomorrow (magazine)

This article is about the science fiction magazine. For the science fiction anthology, see Worlds of Tomorrow. For the setting, see Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow.

The first issue of Worlds of Tomorrow was cover-dated April 1963

Worlds of Tomorrow was an American science fiction magazine published from 1963 to 1967, at which point it was merged into If. The first issue appeared in April 1963.[1] The last issue was published in May 1967.[1] The publishers were Barmaray Co, New York City, and then Galaxy Publishing. It briefly resumed publication from Summer 1970 to Spring 1971, producing three issues.[1] The magazine was edited in its first period of publication by Frederik Pohl, who was editor of Galaxy Publishing Co. from 1960-1969,[2] and by Ejler Jakobsson in the second. It has published fiction by such noted authors as Arthur C. Clarke, Larry Niven, Fritz Leiber, Philip K. Dick, Brian W. Aldiss, Jack Williamson and Philip José Farmer. Pohl stated in 1967 that the magazine showed a loss of $15,000 (equivalent to $137,066 in 2023) during its first incarnation.[3]

References

1. "Worlds of Tomorrow". Philsp. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
2. Frederik Pohl (1978). The Way the Future Was: A Memoir. Del Rey. p. 224. ISBN 0-345-26059-7.
3. James Ashe (December 1967). "Fred Pohl Reveals Losses on Magazines". Science Fiction Times. No. 449. p. 01.

• Clute, John; Nicholls, Peter, eds. (1993). The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction. London: Orbit Books. p. 1348. ISBN 978-1-85723-124-3.
• "Worlds of Tomorrow". Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved April 19, 2009.

External links

• Worlds of Tomorrow (magazine) series listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database