[Ads-l] Further Antedating of "Sci-Fi"

[Shapiro, Fred]

It appears to me that the Yale library has only very scattered holdings of Cue magazine.

I assume that the author of the 1953 citation is, interestingly, named Jesse.

Fred Shapiro

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Subject: Re: Further Antedating of "Sci-Fi"

Thanks, Fred. These are terrific discoveries! Hathi Trust also has this text, and while it's not viewable, it supported the 1953 date.

Yale seems to have holdings of Cue, I notice.... If not that, I can try to make my way (or find a volunteer to to make their way) to one of the other libraries that has this. It's worth a trip, this is an important one!

Jesse Sheidlower

On Wed, Dec 25, 2024 at 12:02:52PM +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> sci-fi (OED 1954, Historical Dictionary of Science Fiction 1954)
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> 1953 Cue [Volume 22, Issues 1-26, Page 15] (Google Books)
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> This is the kind of fantastic problem scifiads love, and its solution provides a fine scifi-drama, a considerable cut above the usual.  I found it an interesting experience in the too rarely developed field of cerebral thrillers.
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> NOTE: I discovered this in a Google Books snippet.  The snippet does not indicate the exact date or exact issue number, but this is clearly a 1953 citation.
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