[Ads-l] fantastic -- SFF sense (UNCLASSIFIED)

[MULLINS, WILLIAM D (Bill) CIV USARMY CCDC AVMC (USA)]

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The OED SF project has an entry for "fantastic" (adj) in the SF/F sense, earliest cite 1934

_Science Fiction Digest_ Feb 1933 p 18 col 2
"We are considering enlarging the field of our service, thereby covering the so-called 'fantastic' magazines."
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