published by Standard Magazines from 1939 to 1955. Its first editor was
Mort Weisinger, who also edited Thrilling Wonder Stories, Standard's
other science fiction title. Startling ran a lead novel in every issue;
the first was The Black Flame by Stanley G. Weinbaum. The magazine
focused on younger readers, and, when Weisinger was replaced by Oscar J.
Friend in 1941, the magazine became even more juvenile in focus. Sam
Merwin, Jr., Friend's successor, was able to improve the quality of the
fiction substantially, publishing Arthur C. Clarke's Against the Fall of
Night and other well-received stories. Earle K. Bergey painted almost
every cover between 1942 and 1952, equipping his heroines with brass
bras and implausible costumes; the public image of science fiction in
his day was partly created by his work. In later years, competition
affected the magazine's ability to acquire quality material. In
mid-1952, Standard attempted to change Startling's image by adopting a
more sober title typeface and reducing the covers' sensationalism, but
the pulp magazine market was collapsing and publication ceased in 1955.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Startling_Stories>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1792:
French composer Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle wrote "La
Marseillaise", now the national anthem of France.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/La_Marseillaise>
1864:
American Civil War: Confederate troops overwhelmed a small
Union detachment, leading to Union abandonment of their position in
Camden, Arkansas.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Marks%27_Mills>
1915:
First World War: Australian and New Zealand Army Corps landed
at Anzac Cove while British and French troops landed at Cape Helles to
begin the Allied invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula in the Ottoman
Empire.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gallipoli_Campaign>
1960:
The U.S. Navy submarine USS Triton (SSRN-586) completed the
first submerged circumnavigation of the globe.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sandblast>
1986:
Mswati III was crowned King of Swaziland, succeeding his father
Sobhuza II.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mswati_III>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
paint the town red:
To party or celebrate in a rowdy, wild manner, especially in a public
place.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/paint_the_town_red>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
No one man can terrorize a whole nation unless we are all his
accomplices.
--Edward R. Murrow
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edward_R._Murrow>
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