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

[Jesse Sheidlower]

In fact the NYPL has a complete run; it's their copy that Google scanned.

I was going to send a minion (my daughter) there on Saturday, and we'd already requested it out of storage, but Hugo van Kemenade was able to extract and reassemble the original page. It's the issue of May 16:

https://mastodon.social/@hugovk/113720868281576296

I'll be publishing an updated entry early next week--I'm making some other changes (including splitting this into separate noun and adjective entries, like OED). You'll get credit for finding the 1953 quote.

Jesse Sheidlower

On Fri, Dec 27, 2024 at 11:39:25AM +0000, Shapiro, Fred wrote:
> It appears to me that Cue Magazine is not widely held by libraries.  The most promising library I have found is Stanford:
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> https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/358183
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> Cue; the weekly magazine of New York life - SearchWorks catalog<https://searchworks.stanford.edu/view/358183>
> Beginning date 1948 Ending date 1980 Vol/date range v. 17-49 (no. 8); 1948-Apr. 25, 1980. Absorbed by New York
> searchworks.stanford.edu
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> Fred Shapiro
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> Thanks, Fred. These are terrific discoveries! Hathi Trust also has this text, and while it's not viewable, it supported the 1953 date.
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> 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!
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> Jesse Sheidlower
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> 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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> > Fred Shapiro
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