Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 ( 1953) was reprinted in the March and April 1954 issues.
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It was primarily under these editors that Playboy's sf flourished.Īt the outset most of the fiction in Playboy was reprinted from elsewhere and even included a series of "ribald" classics from the likes of Petronius and Straparola. Soon after Macauley stepped down as fiction editor in 1976, Kretchmer appointed Alice K Turner who served as fiction editor from 1980 to 2000. When Spectorsky died in 1972 he was succeeded by Arthur Kretchmer, who served as executive editor until 2003. In 1966, after Russell stepped down, Spectorsky appointed Robie MacAuley as fiction editor. In July 1956 Hefner appointed A C Spectorsky (1910-1972) as literary editor, and he soon rose to be executive editor and publisher. Hefner's first associate editor, with responsibility for the fiction, was Ray Russell who shared with Hefner an interest in weird and macabre fiction – Hefner had been an avid reader of Weird Tales during the 1940s and had even joined the " Weird Tales Club". As a consequence the magazine runs a considerable amount or fiction by the leading writers of the day and the quality of Playboy's literary content has been down to a group of talented editors. Despite the obvious fantasies that Playboy offered, Hefner also wanted the magazine to provide intellectual and commercial stimulation, aiming the magazine at the top businessmen and executives of the day as much as at college students. Letter size and saddle-stapled to allow opening flat for the centrefold. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, you’ll be able to browse the collection in person from November 26 through November 30.US Slick men's magazine published by HMH Publications, Chicago, under Hugh M Hefner, monthly from December 1953 (first issue undated), until 2009, which saw only 11 issues ten issues per year from 2012 to 2016 and bimonthly from January/February 2017. treat it in such a casual way with humor was a revelation, and a very welcome one.”
how really conservative the '50s were-for a major star to. “And that classic reaction in that very repressive time-because one must remember. “Her famous comment was, ‘I had nothing on but the radio,’” Hefner told NPR in 1999. She did appear, at least publicly, to have a sense of humor about inadvertently launching Hefner’s empire.
While Hefner’s copy of that first issue is expected to generate considerable interest, it continues to provoke considerable controversy, as using Monroe’s photos was deemed exploitative. Hefner Foundation, which supports civil liberties and First Amendment rights. Proceeds from the auction will be directed to the Hugh M.
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Also on tap at the auction: a custom-made Playboy Monopoly board game (which is estimated to sell for between $6000 and $8000) a leather Los Angeles Lakers jacket with the Playboy insignia (worth $3000 to $5000) an Underwood Standard portable typewriter Hefner used in college (valued at $300 to $500) his trademark smoking jacket (which should go for $3000 to $5000) and Hefner’s entire personal collection of Playboy, all bound in leather volumes, which experts value somewhere between $20,000 and $40,000.
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