later british science fiction magazine published nineteen issues initially published control passing successor company went bankrupt early end payment debt distributors handed control magazine continued issues regular contributors published stories magazine published story appeared editor initially seven issues took helm magazine title chosen popularity budget attract good quality submissions printing strike brought end magazine life publication history contents early 1950s british publisher published dozens science fiction novels pseudonym successful decided advantage popularity issuing monthly magazine issue dated january edited target audience included long time fans notified established science fiction fan groups launch letter column issue column known fan covered fan news stated intention magazine devoted fan community publish stories british writers editorial policy fiction aimed younger readers led return story request rewrite suitable readers right start career refused submitted story magazine stories early issues written wrote gangster fiction early fined heavily publishing pornographic gangster novel key staff decided restart company continuing editor magazine format changed pulp digest issue new company distributors acquired debts restarted company included large debt gave control magazine december issue payment debt novels rights contract resigned took place insisting pseudonym removed magazine title renamed september issue opinion historians quality magazine began improve significantly stories story appeared issue historian suggests despite efforts stories published pseudonym noticeable improvement quality circulation began fall quickly cut budget half shillings thousand words half word rate offer british science fiction magazines era left unable compete best stories printed material unable sell able save money stories originally appeared magazines money saved changing format paperback size cover design magazine struggled early strike caused fold issue appeared january details seven issues edited remainder magazine priced run initially pulp sized pages long changed digest format pages issue paperback size pages february issue onwards title initially changed british science fiction magazine issue september issue finally june issue publisher london issues london issues finally remaining issues
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