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The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction — 1976 Lot (January, February, June, October) SKU: CC-MAG-2026-0025 Four-issue lot: January, February, June, and October 1976. Mercury Press, Inc. Digest format; cover price $1.00 per issue. Edited by Edward L. Ferman; Isaac Asimov, science editor. Covers and spines in listing photos confirm all four dates. Collectors' notes: October 1976 is the "27th Anniversary" issue (standard 164-page digest, not an oversized special) with fiction by Harlan Ellison, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ray Bradbury, Robert Bloch, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and others. February 1976 features Michael Bishop's novelette "The Samurai and the Willows." June 1976 contains the conclusion of Frederik Pohl's Nebula-winning novel Man Plus (part 3 of 3) alongside fiction by Alan Dean Foster and L. Sprague de Camp — the April and May installments are not included in this lot. Not included: April and May 1976 (Man Plus parts 1 and 2) — listed separately as the complete Man Plus three-part serial. March, August, and December 1976 are also not included. Included in this lot: - January 1976 (Vol. 50, No. 1, Whole No. 296) — Novella "Doctor Rivet and Supercon Sal" by Gary K. Wolf; short fiction by Joanna Russ, Stuart Dybek, Michael G. Coney, Kit Reed, and Haskell Barkin; Isaac Asimov short story "Friday the Thirteenth" (Black Widowers) and science column "Silent Victory." - February 1976 (Vol. 50, No. 2, Whole No. 297) — Novelette "The Samurai and the Willows" by Michael Bishop; short fiction by Jack Williamson, Jerry Sohl, Guy Owen, and Philip José Farmer; Isaac Asimov science column "Change of Air." - June 1976 (Vol. 50, No. 6, Whole No. 301) — Frederik Pohl's Man Plus part 3 of 3; novelet "Chlorophyll" by Stephen Tall; short fiction by Robert F. Young, Alan Dean Foster, C. L. Grant, and L. Sprague de Camp; Isaac Asimov science column "Surprise! Surprise!" - October 1976 (Vol. 51, No. 4, Whole No. 305) — "27th Anniversary" cover label. Novelets by R. Bretnor, Richard Cowper, and Marion Zimmer Bradley; short fiction including Harlan Ellison's "From A to Z, in the Chocolate Alphabet," Ursula K. Le Guin's "The Barrow," Robert Bloch's "A Case of the Stubborns," and Manly Wade Wellman's "Where the Woodbine Twineth"; verse by Ray Bradbury; Isaac Asimov science column "Quasar, Quasar, Burning Bright." Cover art by Chesley Bonestell. Condition: Good vintage digest lot. Mailing address labels on all four back covers (visible in photos). Typical page-edge tanning throughout. January: spine and edge scuffing; bottom-corner rub on front cover; vertical tear along the back-cover advertisement. February: chipping and paper loss along the top-right spine edge; light corner wear. June: tear and paper loss along the left spine; edge fraying; heaviest spine wear in the lot. October: relatively clean among the four; light cover scuffing on the black anniversary cover and minor spine rubbing. All four bindings remain intact and interiors are readable; collectors should expect cosmetic damage as shown. Ships as one lot — four magazines total. $26