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Harry Turner  – Artwork for Other People's Fanzines #1

The early years

Pre-War covers for Novae Terrae, the magazine of the Science Fiction Association

Novae Terrae, March 1938, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae, March 1938
 
Novae Terrae, April 1938, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae, April 1938
 
Novae Terrae, May 1938, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae, May 1938
 
Novae Terrae June 1938, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae June 1938
 
Novae Terrae, Issue 25, August 1938, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae August 1938
 

Novae Terrae November 1938
 
Novae Terrae December 1938, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae December 1938
 
Novae Terrae January 1939, front cover by Harry Turner
Novae Terrae January 1939
 



Pre-War covers for New Worlds, the magazine of the Science Fiction Association

New Worlds #1, 1939, front cover by Harry Turner
New Worlds #1 cover, March 1939
 
New Worlds #2, April 1939, front cover by Harry Turner
New Worlds #2 cover, April 1939
 
New Worlds #3, May 1939, front cover by Harry Turner
New Worlds #3 cover, May 1939
 
New Worlds #4, 1939, front cover by Harry Turner
New Worlds #4 cover, August 1939
 


Fantast No. 4, front cover by Harry Turner Fantast No. 7, front cover by Harry Turner The Fantast Feb 1940 cover by Harry Turner Fantast No. 9, front cover by Harry Turner
Front covers for The Fantast with designs cut directly into stencils, July 1939 (#4), November 1939 (#7), February 1940 (#8), and issue #9
 
The Fantast #10, April 1941, front cover by Harry Turner The Fantast #12, December 1941 cover by Harry Turner Fantast #13, April 1942, front cover by Harry Turner The Fantast #13, July 1942, front cover by Harry Turner
Front covers for The Fantast with designs cut directly into stencils, April 1941 (#10), December 1941 (#12), April 1942 (#13) and July 1942 (#14)
 
Urania, Sept./Oct. 1941, cover art by Harry Turner
   SF without the fiction!
— Front covers of Urania from 1941
 
Although Urania was the journal of the Junior Astronomical Association, an organization which dealt mainly in the fact of astronomy and space travel, it did attract science-related contributions from the well-known SF fans among the membership: Arthur Clarke, Harry Turner and Douglas Webster to name but three. And for this reason, the 1941 covers with H.T. artwork have been included in this section of the website.
  The magazine was edited in Glasgow by Marion F. Eadie, the future Mrs. Turner.
 
Urania 1941, cover art by Harry Turner
Urania 1941, cover art by Harry Turner
Satellite Feb. 1940, front cover by Harry Turner
Satellite for February 1940, front cover

Rob Hansen has created an online archive of the 1940s fanzine Futurian War Digest at:
 
http://efanzines.com/FWD/FWD.htm.
 
The 39 issues printed between 1940 and 1945 include several mentions of Harry Turner, including news of his engagement to Marion Eadie, president of the Junior Astronomical Association, in issue 6 and news of his call-up by the RAF in issue 22.
  The full set of facsimiles includes the half-dozen issues with H.T. cover designs:
 
| Issue 6 | Issue 7 | Issue 9 | Issue 11 | Issue 13 | Issue 14 |

Futurian War Digest #6, cover by art by Harry TurnerFuturian War Digest #7, cover by art by Harry TurnerFuturian War Digest #9, cover by art by Harry Turner
Harry Turner covers for Mike Rosenblum's Futurian War Digest
Futurian War Digest #11, cover by art by Harry TurnerFuturian War Digest #13, cover by art by Harry TurnerFuturian War Digest #14, cover by art by Harry Turner
Phantasmagoria, 1952, illo by Harry Turner
Interior illustration for Phantasmagoria
Vol. 2 No. 2 (1952) published by
Derek & Mavis Pickles
 
Harry Turner illo for Forrest Ackerman's Vom #22, 1942 (left: ) Illustration for Forrest Ackerman's Voice of the Imagination No. 23 (June 1942) as reproduced in Art Widner's zine Yhos #54 (November 1995). This is one of a number of drawings, which were made directly onto stencils posted to Harry Turner by 4e and posted back, and which survived the trip across an Atlantic Ocean infested with Mr. Hitler's submarines. Mal Ashworth FAPA entry, 1953, front cover by Harry Turner
Cover for Mal Ashworth's initial entry contribution when he joined FAPA in 1953
 
Astroneer, Summer 1953, front cover by Harry Turner Space Times, June 1953, front cover by Harry TurnerSpace Times, July 1953, front cover by Harry TurnerSpace Times, December 1953, front cover by Harry Turner
Cover for Astroneer, Summer 1953
Read it HERE

 
Post-War covers for Space Times from 1953. The June cover was drawn directly onto offset litho plates and printed in mahogany & green inks. The December cover was drawn directly onto an offset litho plate and printed in dark red.
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