Futuria Fantasia (Vol.1-4)
A Landmark 1930s Fanzine of Cosmic Adventure, Weird Fantasy, and Early Speculative VoicesBy Henry Hasse, Antony Corvais, Guy Amory, Erick Freyor, Emil Petaja, E.T. Pine, Ross Rockylyn, Lyle Monroe, J.E. Kelleam, Hank Kuttner, J.H. Haggard, Ron Reynolds, Damon Knight, Hannes V. Bok, Ray Bradbury
Length3h 27m
About this audiobook
Futuria Fantasia (Vols. 1–4) preserves a formative document of American science-fiction fandom: a mimeographed magazine in which exuberant speculation, cosmic adventure, satire, criticism, poetry, and fan correspondence mingle without rigid boundary. Its pages reveal a literary culture still inventing its own institutions, balancing pulp idioms with experiments in atmosphere, wonder, and narrative technique. Standout imaginative tales and argumentative editorial exchanges alike demonstrate how the magazine functioned as both creative workshop and public forum. Edited by the young Ray Bradbury, the collection gathers an exceptional circle of aspiring writers, artists, critics, and enthusiasts, including Henry Hasse, Hank Kuttner, Damon Knight, Hannes Bok, Emil Petaja, and others whose later careers would shape fantastic literature and its visual culture. Their varied contributions locate the periodical within late-1930s and early-1940s fan publishing, a participatory movement that connected readers across distance and supplied an alternative training ground to commercial pulp magazines. Together, these voices chart the emergence of a self-conscious science-fiction community. This volume is essential for readers interested in the genealogy of speculative fiction, amateur print culture, and Bradbury's early milieu. It offers the rare pleasure of encountering multiple developing sensibilities in conversation, making its archival roughness a source of historical and educational value.
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GenreScience Fiction
Length3 hrs 27 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 5, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Collected Works of Clifford D. Simak (Annotated)
2Futuria Fantasia (Vol.1-4)
3Futuria Fantasia I
4Greetings! At Long Last—Futuria Fantasia!
5The Revolt of the Scientists by Technocrat Bruce Yerke
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6Don't Get Technatal by Ron Reynolds
7The Record by Forrest J. Ackerman
8Thought and Space by Ray D. Bradbury
9Futuria Fantasia II
10Worry
11The Galapurred Forsendyke A tale of the Indies—by H.V.B.
12I'm Through! by Foo E Onya
13Satan's Mistress by Doug Rogers
14Lost Soul by Henry Hasse
15The Truth About Goldfish— by Kuttner
16God Busters by Erick Freyor
17The Pendulum
18Is It True What They Say About Kuttner? Or The Man With The Weird Tale by Guy Amory
19Analysis
20Return From Death by Antony Corvais
21Conventional Notes or the Report on the S.F.L. Ball Game by The Editor
22Futuria Fantasia III
23Gorgono and Slith—by Ray Bradbury
24Heil! by Lyle Monroe
25The Phantoms by——Joseph E. Kellerman
26Thoughts on the Worldstate by Henry Kuttner
27Would You? by J. Harvey Haggard
28The Piper by Ron Reynolds
29The Itching Hour by Damon Knight
30I've Never Seen by Hannes Bok
31Ninevah by J. E. Kelleam
32Futuria Fantasia IV
33The Voice of Scariliop by H. V. B.
34Aw G'Wan! by Henry Hasse
35The Fight of the Good Ship Clarissa by One Who Should Know Better
36The Intruder by Emil Petaja
37Asphodel: by E. T. Pine
38Marmok by Emil Pataja
39Hades
40The Best Ways To Get Around
41—The Symphonic Abduction—
42As I Remember——
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