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Article of the day for January 4, 2020 is Venture Science Fiction . Venture Science Fiction was an American science fiction magazine published from 1957 to 1958, and revived for a brief run in 1969 and 1970. There were ten issues of the 1950s version, and six in the second run. Robert P. Mills edited the 1950s version, and Edward L. Ferman was editor for the second run. A British edition ran for 28 issues between 1963 and 1965 reprinting material from The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction as well as from the US edition of Venture. An Australian edition was identical to the British version but dated two months later. The 1950's version was only moderately successful, failing due to poor sales within two years. The publisher, Joseph W. Ferman, said that he wanted well-told stories of action and adventure; the resulting fiction contained more sex and violence than was usual for the genre in the late 1950s, and science fiction historian Mike Ashley noted that the magazine was...

Medicine in the Middle Ages

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2FuyiH3

A 500-Story Tower Has Collapsed. Can Humanity Be Rescued From the Rubble?

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By BY WIL MEDEARIS from NYT Books https://ift.tt/39CvaGH

PM Showers Tomorrow Weather!

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With a high of 39F and a low of 32F.

‘Uncanny Valley: A Memoir,’ by Anna Wiener: An Excerpt

By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2ZOdx2o

A Tech Insider Stylishly Chronicles Her Industry’s ‘Uncanny Valley’

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By BY LAUREN OYLER from NYT Books https://ift.tt/39CB8qX

Crime Sprees, Both Creepy and Comic

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By BY MARILYN STASIO from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2Qmna4U

Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2MSMei5

Revisiting American Short Stories Selected by John Updike

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By Unknown Author from NYT Books https://ift.tt/2ZLrX3b

New in Paperback: ‘The Schoolhouse Gate’ and ‘Ghost Wall’

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By BY MARIA RUSSO from NYT Books https://ift.tt/39BwVEf