gillings in A Sentence

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    Gillings had heard that The World's Work were planning a science fiction magazine;

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    It was edited throughout by Walter Gillings, and was priced at 1/.

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    Gillings also published William F. Temple's first story, some early material by John Wyndham, and"The Prr-r-eet" by Eric Frank Russell.

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    These were both by American writers though Gillings tried to reprint stories from the US markets by British writers when he could.

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    As it turned out this was not the case, but Gillings was quickly able to persuade them to add science fiction to their list.

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    Gillings was given a budget of 10/6(ten shillings and sixpence) per thousand words: the low rate discouraged those writers who could sell to the better-paying American magazines.

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    The success of Tales of Wonder led Newnes to believe that they had been wrong to turn down Gillings, and in 1938 they launched Fantasy as a competitor.

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    Gillings ran competitions for reader essays, one of which was won by Ken Bulmer, later a well-known British science fiction writer, and he encouraged fans to contribute, with articles and fillers.

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    With the advent of World War II, paper shortages and Gillings's call-up into the army made it increasingly difficult to continue, and the sixteenth issue, dated Spring 1942, was the last.

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    With the advent of World War II, paper shortages and Gillings' call up into the army made it increasingly difficult to continue, and the sixteenth issue, dated Spring 1942, was the last.

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    Gillings was called up for military service, and for a while he was able to edit the magazine from his army camp, but the magazine eventually ceased publication with the Spring 1942 issue.

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    Gillings had heard that The World's Work were planning a science fiction magazine; as it turned out this was not the case, but Gillings was quickly able to persuade them to add science fiction to their list.

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    Other reprints acquired by Gillings included Murray Leinster's"The Mad Planet" and its sequel,"The Red Dust", and two stories by Jack Williamson: his first sale,"The Metal Man", along with"The Moon Era"; these were both by American writers though Gillings tried to reprint stories from the US markets by British writers when he could.

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