Portal:Amazing Stories
Amazing Stories was 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. Before Amazing, 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.
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[edit]Copyright information
[edit]Issues
[edit]The copyrights on the following issues of Amazing Stories were renewed:
- Vol. 28, no. 2, May 1954. By Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000147985
- Vol. 28, no. 3, July 1954. By Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000147987
- Vol. 28, no. 4, Sept. 1954. By Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000147989
- Vol. 28, no. 5, Nov. 1954. By Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000147991
- Vol. 29, no. 1, Jan. 1955. By Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000147993
- Vol. 29, no. 2, Mar. 1955. By Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000147995
- Vol. 29, no. 3, May 1955. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000160484
- Vol. 29, no. 4, July 1955. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000160483
- Vol. 29, no. 5, Sept. 1955. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000160481
- Vol. 29, no. 6, Nov. 1955. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000160479
- Vol. 29, no. 7, Dec. 1955. Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. RE0000160477
The copyrights on all works published within these issues must be assumed to have been renewed by the publisher as well.
Individual works
[edit]This table lists known copyright renewals made for individual works within issues of Amazing Stories. There is always a chance that copyright renewal entries have been missed; so please do not take this as an absolute declaration of all renewals without double checking. In particular, searches of the online copyright renewal database have not been comprehensive to date, so copyright renewals for stories published in 1950 or later are not all recorded here at present.
Author | Title | Issue Date | Registration Date | Reg. No. | Renewer | Renewal Date | Renewal No. |
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David H. Keller | No More Tomorrows | December 1932 | 10 November 1932 | B172100 | David H. Keller (A) | 11 February 1960 | R253027 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | The Space Pirate | June 1938 | 1 April 1938 | B371922 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 7 September 1965 | R367841 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Master of Telepathy | December 1938 | 2 October 1938 | B394351 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 13 January 1966 | R378261 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | I, Robot | January 1939 | 2 November 1938 | B396187 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 7 February 1966 | R380033 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Valley of Lost Souls | February 1939 | 1 December 1938 | B398939 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 7 February 1966 | R380035 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link, Robot Detective | May 1940 | 4 March 1940 | B449569 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 20 March 1967 | R406537 |
Isaac Asimov | Marooned Off Vesta | March 1939 | 31 December 1938 | B400658 | Isaac Asimov (A) | 26 January 1966 | R379969 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Trapped By Telepathy | March 1939 | 31 December 1938 | B400658 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 7 March 1966 | R381785 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | The Trial of Adam Link, Robot | July 1939 | 1 May 1939 | B416157 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 29 July 1966 | R391046 |
Robert Bloch | The Strange Flight of Richard Clayton | March 1939 | 31 December 1938 | B400658 | Robert Bloch (A) | 23 December 1966 | R402706 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Flame From Nowhere | April 1939 | 1 February 1939 | B405782 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 7 March 1966 | R381786 |
Isaac Asimov | The Weapon Too Dreadful To Use | May 1939 | 1 March 1939 | B409322 | Isaac Asimov (A) | 4 March 1966 | R381176 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | The Missing Year | October 1939 | 3 August 1939 | B424829 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 3 November 1966 | R397399 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link in Business | January 1940 | 28 November 1939 | B326986 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 20 March 1967 | R406533 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link's Vengeance | February 1940 | 18 December 1939 | B326987 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 20 March 1967 | R406534 |
Ross Rocklynne, pseud. | The Mathematical Kid | June 1940 | 2 April 1940 | B455025 | Ross L. Rocklin (Ross Rocklynne) (A) | 7 December 1967 | R423698 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link, Champion Athlete | July 1940 | 2 May 1940 | B455408 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 24 January 1968 | R428079 |
Ross Rocklynne, pseud. | The Man Who Never Lived, By Ross Rocklynne | September 1940 | 1 July 1940 | B460758 | Ross L. Rocklin (Ross Rocklynne) (A) | 7 December 1967 | R423701 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link in War | December 1940 | 2 October 1940 | B471940 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 24 January 1968 | R428082 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | John Carter and the Giant of Mars | January 1941 | 1 November 1940 | B476726 | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (PWH) | 11 December 1967 | R424203 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link in the Past | February 1941 | 3 December 1940 | B481407 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 24 January 1968 | R428086 |
Gordon A. Giles, pseud. | The Winking Lights of Mars | February 1941 | 3 December 1940 | B481407 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 24 January 1968 | R428087 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | The City of Mummies | March 1941 | 2 January 1941 | B485620 | John C. Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs & Joan B. Pierce (C) | 16 February 1968 | R429659 |
Neil R. Jones | Priestess of the Sleeping Death | April 1941 | 30 January 1941 | B488738 | Neil R. Jones (A) | 13 May 1968 | R435509 |
Ross Rocklynne, pseud. | Big Man | April 1941 | 30 January 1941 | B488738 | Ross L. Rocklin (Ross Rocklynne) (A) | 19 July 1968 | R439855 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link Faces a Revolt | May 1941 | 28 February 1941 | B499230 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 26 November 1968 | R449662 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | Black Pirates of Barsoom | June 1941 | 31 March 1941 | B499233 | John C. Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs & Joan B. Pierce (C) | 8 April 1968 | R433299 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | Yellow Men of Mars | August 1941 | 28 May 1941 | B501417 | John C. Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs & Joan B. Pierce (C) | 12 July 1968 | R439496 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Invisible Men of Mars. Pt.4: Llana of Gathol | October 1941 | 4 August 1941 | B509231 | John Coleman Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs & Joan B. Pierce (C) | 13 September 1968 | R442771 |
Harry Bates | Mystery of the Blue God | January 1942 | 29 October 1941 | B519634 | Harry Bates (A) | 14 January 1969 | R453834 |
Isaac Asimov | Robot AL-76 Goes Astray | February 1942 | 27 November 1941 | B524926 | Isaac Asimov (A) | 29 November 1968 | R449875 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Return to Pellucidar | February 1942 | 27 November 1941 | B524926 | John C. Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs & Joan B. Pierce (C) | 30 January 1969 | R454696 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | Men of the Bronze Age | March 1942 | 2 January 1942 | B530335 | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (PWH) | 31 July 1969 | R466229 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | Tiger Girl | April 1942 | 30 January 1942 | B534095 | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (PWH) | 3 July 1969 | R466231 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | Adam Link Saves the World | April 1942 | 30 January 1942 | B534095 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 28 January 1970 | R477419 |
Harry Bates | The Return of Hawk Carse | July 1942 | 28 April 1942 | B542187 | Harry Bates (A) | 7 May 1969 | R461083 |
Eando Binder, pseud. | After an Age | November 1942 | 30 August 1942 | B555869 | Otto Oscar Binder (A) | 28 January 1970 | R477418 |
Robert Bloch | Murder From the Moon | November 1942 | 30 August 1942 | B555869 | Robert Bloch (A) | 9 April 1970 | R482203 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | The Skeleton Men of Jupiter | February 1943 | 10 December 1942 | B567974 | John C. Burroughs, Hulbert Burroughs & Joan B. Pierce (C) | 19 January 1970 | R477061 |
Robert Bloch | The Phantom From the Film | February 1943 | 10 December 1942 | B567974 | Robert Bloch (A) | 9 April 1970 | R482207 |
Ross Rocklynne, pseud. | The Warrior Queen of Lolarth | May 1943 | 10 March 1943 | B578636 | Ross L. Rocklin (A) | 22 October 1970 | R493595 |
Robert Bloch | It's a Small World | March 1944 | 10 January 1944 | B615119 | Robert Bloch (A) | 18 February 1971 | R501218 |
Ross Rocklynne, pseud. | Giant of Ganymede | December 1946 | 11 October 1946 | B41907 | Ross L. Rocklin (Ross Rocklynne) (A) | 11 February 1974 | R570448 |
Ray Bradbury | Chrysalis | July 1946 | 10 May 1946 | B20573 | Ray Bradbury (A) | 2 May 1974 | R574820 |
Robert Bloch | Strictly from Mars | February 1948 | 9 December 1947 | B112182 | Robert Bloch (A) | 9 December 1974 | R592214 |
August Derleth | The Island Out of Space | June 1950 | 7 April 1950 | B00000240754 | April Derleth Smith & Walden W. Derleth (C) | 21 April 1978 | RE0000004546 |
Ward Moore | Swords of Peace | March 1950 | 10 January 1950 | B00000227254 | Raylyn Moore (W) | 30 November 1978 | RE0000008465 |
Isaac Asimov | Satisfaction Guaranteed | April 1951 | 9 February 1951 | B00000292046 | Isaac Asimov (A) | 5 January 1979 | RE0000020645 |
Henry Kuttner | Or Else | August 1952 | 11 June 1952 | B00000364153 | Catherine Kuttner Reggie (W) | 29 December 1980 | RE0000076201 |
Robert A. Heinlein | Project Nightmare | Apr.-May 1953 | 10 February 1953 | B00000403351 | Robert A. Heinlein (A) | 10 February 1981 | RE0000084404 |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. | I Dreamer | June-July 1953 | 10 April 1953 | B00000412855 | Walter M. Miller, Jr. (A) | 13 November 1981 | RE0000117498 |
Walter M. Miller, Jr. | The Yokel | Aug.-Sept. 1953 | 09 June 1953 | B00000420322 | Walter M. Miller, Jr. (A) | 13 November 1981 | RE0000117498 |
Eric Frank Russell | Appointment at Noon | March 1954 | 11 December 1953 | B00000449292 | Erica Metcalfe (C) and Ellen Russell (W) | 13 July 1981 | RE0000126745 |
W. Nicholas Earl, pseud. | Never Let the Left Hand | November 1954 | 10 August 1954 | B00000492095 | Lewin W. Wickes (A) | 3 January 1983 | RE0000150955 |
Robert A. Heinlein | The Third Millenium Opens; Or, As I See Tomorrow | April 1956 | 8 March 1956 | B00000582264 | Robert A. Heinlein (A) | 13 February 1984 | RE0000201316 |
Manly Banister | Conquest of Earth[1] | Jan.-May 1956 | 21 May 1957 | A00000296274 | Manly Banister (A) | 6 November 1985 | RE0000263262 |
Harlan Ellison | Escape Route[2] | March 1957 | 07 February 1957 | B00000638382 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | S. R. O.[3] | March 1957 | 07 February 1957 | B00000638382 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | The Savage Swarm | March 1957 | 07 February 1957 | B00000638382 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | The Steel Napoleon | June 1957 | 9 May 1957 | B00000659445 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | The Plague Bearers | Aug. 1957 | 9 July 1957 | B00000661609 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | The Glass Brain[4] | Sep. 1957 | 8 August 1957 | B00000665755 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | Farewell to Glory[5] | Oct. 1957 | 9 September 1957 | B00000669891 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | Children of Chaos[6] | Nov. 1957 | 10 October 1957 | B00000675417 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | School for Assassins[7] | January 1958 | 10 December 1957 | B00000690556 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Harlan Ellison | The Vengeance of Galaxy 5 | February 1958 | [8] | 09 June 1958B00000692393 | Harlan Ellison (A) | 19 December 1985 | RE0000271462 |
Chad Oliver, pseud. | The Space Horde | February 1958 | [9] | 1 September 1958B00000692393 | Symmes Chadwick Oliver (Chad Oliver) (A) | 10 December 1985 | RE0000266828 |
Edward Paul Wellen | Old Hat | May 1958 | 22 April 1958 | B00000707655 | Edward Wellen (A) | 12 February 1986 | RE0000284777 |
Stanton A. Coblentz | Blue Barbarians[10] | Summer 1931 | 20 March 1958 | A00000350552 | Stanton A. Coblentz (A) | 11 July 1986 | RE0000299085 |
Jack Vance | Parapsyche | August 1958 | 10 July 1958 | B00000725474 | John H. Vance (A) | 28 November 1986 | RE0000310477 |
Harlan Ellison and Joe L. Hensley | Visionary | May 1959 | 9 April 1959 | B00000773920 | Harlan Ellison & Joe L. Hensley (A) | 9 December 1987 | RE0000359271 |
Joseph E. Kelleam | The Little Men[11] | February 1959 | 19 February 1960 | A00000451827 | Joseph E. Kelleam (A) | 23 June 1988 | RE0000388689 |
Raymond E. Banks | The Happiest Missile | May 1961 | 11 April 1961 | B00000899526 | Raymond E. Banks (A) | 27 February 1989 | RE0000430483 |
Frank Herbert | Mindfield | March 1962 | 8 February 1962 | B00000956110 | Theresa Shackelford (W), Brian Herbert, Penny Merritt & Bruce Herbert (C) | 17 August 1990 | RE0000490159 |
Daniel Francis Galouye | Recovery Area | February 1963 | 19 December 1962 | B00000015987 | Carmel Jordan Galouye (W) | 17 October 1990 | RE0000494893 |
Roger Zelazny | The Borgia Hand | March 1963 | 16 January 1963 | B00000054274 | Roger Zelazny (A) | 27 December 1991 | RE0000566334 |
Edmond Hamilton | Babylon in the Sky | March 1963 | 16 January 1963 | B00000020941 | The Mahoning National Bank of Youngstown (Successor E) | 30 December 1991 | RE0000579426 |
J. G. Ballard | The Sherrington Theory | March 1963 | 16 January 1963 | B00000020941 | J. G. Ballard (A) | 2 December 1991 | RE0000557197 |
Roger Zelazny | Circe Has Her Problems | April 1963 | 13 February 1963 | B00000028415 | Roger Zelazny (A) | 27 December 1991 | RE0000566334 |
David Roosevelt Bunch | Somebody Up There Hates Us | April 1963 | 13 February 1963 | B00000028415 | David R. Bunch (A) | 27 December 1991 | RE0000574728 |
Roger Zelazny | The Stainless Steel Leech | April 1963 | 13 February 1963 | B00000028415 | Roger Zelazny (A) | 27 December 1991 | RE0000566334 |
Henry Slesar | Jobo | May 1963 | 20 March 1963 | B00000034562 | Henry Slesar (A) | 24 December 1991 | RE0000562052 |
J. G. Ballard | The Encounter | June 1963 | 17 April 1963 | B00000043231 | J. G. Ballard (A) | 2 December 1991 | RE0000557197 |
Arthur Porges | Through Channels | June 1963 | 17 April 1963 | B00000043231 | Arthur Porges (A) | 2 April 1991 | RE0000561114 |
Arthur Porges | The Formula | July 1963 | 20 May 1963 | B00000047633 | Arthur Porges (A) | 2 April 1991 | RE0000561114 |
Roger Zelazny | Mine is the Kingdom | August 1963 | 19 June 1963 | B00000054274 | Roger Zelazny (A) | 27 December 1991 | RE0000566335 |
Poul Anderson | Homo Aquaticus | September 1963 | 17 July 1963 | B00000061281 | Poul Anderson (A) | 17 December 1991 | RE0000562489 |
Roger Zelazny | The Misfit | September 1963 | 19 June 1963 | B00000054274 | Poul Anderson (A) | 17 December 1991 | RE0000562489 |
Philip K. Dick | Stand-By | October 1963 | 19 August 1963 | B00000064329 | Laura Coelho, Christopher Dick and Isa Hackett (C) | 16 December 1991 | RE0000562527 |
Edgar Rice Burroughs | Savage Pellucidar | November 1963 | 10 October 1963 | BB0000024654 | Edgar Rice Burroughs, Inc. (PWH) | 9 December 1991 | RE0000570901 |
Philip K. Dick | What'll We Do With Ragland Park? | November 1963 | 18 September 1963 | B00000071072 | Laura Coelho, Christopher Dick and Isa Hackett (C) | 16 December 1991 | RE0000562527 |
Philip K. Dick | Days of Perky Pat | December 1963 | 17 October 1963 | B00000088696 | Laura Coelho, Christopher Dick and Isa Hackett (C) | 16 December 1991 | RE0000562527 |
Dobbin Thorpe, pseud. | Now is Forever | [12] | March 196420 January 1964 | B00000100731 | Thomas M. Disch (A) | 14 December 1992 | RE0000609410 |
Neal Barrett, Jr. | In the Shadow of the Worm | [12] | October 196418 August 1964 | B00000138242 | Neal Barrett, Jr. (A) | 14 December 1992 | RE0000599566 |
Frank Herbert | Greenslaves | [12] | March 196521 January 1965 | B00000170615 | Brian P. Herbert & Penelope E. Merritt (C) | 12 July 2004 | RE0000902029 |
Harlan Ellison & Samuel R. Delany | Power of the Nail | [12] | November 19681 September 1968 | TX0004367861 | Harlan Ellison & Samual R. Delany (A) | 9 December 1996 | RE0000741893 |
Notes
[edit]- ↑ Copyright Office record states "Notes: Pub. as The Scarlet Saint in Amazing stories, 1955 & 1956.; Basis of Claim: New Matter: extensive editing and revision."
- ↑ Originally published under pseudonym "Lee Archer"
- ↑ Originally published under pseudonym "Ellis Hart"
- ↑ Additional title: "Like Father, Like Son"
- ↑ Originally published under pseudonym "Ellis Hart". Additional title: "The Man the Saucers Wanted"
- ↑ Originally published under pseudonym "Ivar Jorgensen"
- ↑ Originally published under pseudonym "Ellis Hart". Additional title: "Transcending destiny"
- ↑ Copyright Office record states "In notice: 1957"
- ↑ Copyright Office record states "In notice: 1957"
- ↑ Copyright Office record states "Notes: Prev. pub. in Amazing stories quarterly, 1931.; Basis of Claim: New Matter: extensive editing and revision."
- ↑ Copyright Office record states "Notes: First pub. in Amazing stories magazine.; Basis of Claim: New Matter: edited and rev."
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 12.3 These works were published in or after 1964 and so would have had their copyrights automatically renewed anyway. Included here for completeness.
External links
[edit]- Amazing Stories at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Amazing Stories checklist at Galactic Central