Margulies, Leo
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Editor.
(1900-1975) US publisher and editor, who joined the Frank A Munsey chain of Pulp magazines in 1932, later moving to Beacon Magazines and becoming editorial director of Thrilling Wonder Stories when Beacon began publishing that title in 1936. Margulies had overall responsibility for the entire output of the chain; this later included the magazines Captain Future, Startling Stories and Strange Stories. Because he was an aggressive short man, he was nicknamed "The Little Giant of the Pulps". One of the editors who worked with him on these magazines was Oscar J Friend, and the two later collaborated on three anthologies: From Off This World (anth 1949), a thematic collection about Aliens, My Best Science Fiction Story (anth 1949) and The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction (anth 1954). After World War Two, Margulies formed a publishing company, and returned to sf as publisher of Fantastic Universe, of which he was also editorial director for a time. He left that company and formed another, which published Satellite Science Fiction. He later published the first revival of Weird Tales in 1973-1974. Of the remaining anthologies bearing his name, four – Three Times Infinity (anth 1958), Three in One: Novels (anth 1963), Weird Tales (anth 1964) (see Weird Tales) and Worlds of Weird (anth 1965) – were in fact ghost-edited by Sam Moskowitz; but Three from Out There (anth 1959), Get Out of My Sky (anth 1960), The Ghoul Keepers (anth 1961) and The Unexpected (anth 1961) were Margulies's work. [MJE]
Leo Margulies
born New York: 22 June 1900
died Los Angeles, California: 26 December 1975
works as editor
- From Off This World (New York: Merlin Press, 1949) with Oscar J Friend [anth: hb/Virgil Finlay]
- My Best Science Fiction Story (New York: Merlin Press, 1949) with Oscar J Friend [anth: hb/uncredited]
- My Best Science Fiction Story (New York: Pocket Books, 1954) with Oscar J Friend [anth: much cut version of the above: pb/E M Godschalk]
- The Giant Anthology of Science Fiction: 10 Complete Short Novels (New York: Merlin Press, 1954) with Oscar J Friend [anth: hb/uncredited]
- Race to the Stars: Four Complete Short Novels Selected from THE GIANT ANTHOLOGY OF SCIENCE FICTION (New York: Fawcett World Library/Crest Books, 1958) with Oscar J Friend [anth: cut vt of the above: pb/Stanley Meltzoff]
- Three Times Infinity (Greenwich, Connecticut: Fawcett Gold Medal, 1958) [anth: ghost-edited by Sam Moskowitz: pb/Richard Powers]
- 3 from Out There (New York: Fawcett World Library/Crest Books, 1959) [anth: pb/Richard Powers]
- Get Out of My Sky (New York: Fawcett World Library/Crest Books, 1960) [anth: pb/Richard Powers]
- The Ghoul Keepers (New York: Pyramid Books, 1961) [anth: pb/John Schoenherr]
- The Unexpected (New York: Pyramid Books, 1961) [anth: pb/John Schoenherr]
- Three in One: Novels (New York: Pyramid Books, 1963) [anth: ghost-edited by Sam Moskowitz: pb/Ed Emshwiller]
- Weird Tales (New York: Pyramid Books, 1964) [anth: ghost-edited by Sam Moskowitz: Weird Tales: pb/Virgil Finlay]
- Worlds of Weird (New York: Pyramid Books, 1965) [anth: ghost-edited by Sam Moskowitz: Weird Tales: pb/Virgil Finlay]
about the author
- Philip Sherman. Leo Margulies: Giant of the Pulps: His Thrilling, Exciting, and Popular Journey (no place given: Altus Press, 2017) [nonfiction: pb/Matthew Moring]
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