Raymond Alfred Palmer was an American author and magazine editor. Influential in the first wave of science fiction fandom, his first fiction stories were published in 1935.
Raymond A. Palmer circa 1930
A boy in 1907, strapped supine to a Bradford frame.
Palmer's first science fiction story, "The Time Ray of Jandra", saw publication in Wonder Stories in June 1930.
Palmer's first issue of Amazing Stories introduced a redesigned logo and the unlikely claim "Every Story Scientifically Accurate"
Amazing Stories is an American science fiction magazine launched in April 1926 by Hugo Gernsback's Experimenter Publishing. It was the first magazine devoted solely to science fiction. Science fiction stories had made regular appearances in other magazines, including some published by Gernsback, but Amazing helped define and launch a new genre of pulp fiction.
First issue of Amazing Stories, art by Frank R. Paul. This copy was autographed by Hugo Gernsback in 1965.
September 1928 issue. This sober design sold poorly and Gernsback returned to lurid action covers.
June 1947 issue of Amazing Stories, featuring the Shaver Mystery.
March 1961 cover by Leo Summers, featuring Blish's "A Dusk of Idols".
