Der Orchideengarten
Fantasy fiction magazines | |
Founded | 1919 |
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Final issue | 1921 |
Company | Dreiländerverlag |
Country | Germany |
Language | German |
Der Orchideengarten (English: The Orchid Garden; subtitled Phantastische Blätter or Fantastic Pages) was a German pulp magazine that was published for 51 issues from January 1919 until November 1921.[1]
History and profile
Founded four years before the American magazine Weird Tales was initiated in March 1923, Der Orchideengarten is considered to be the first fantasy magazine.[2] Also described as largely 'supernatural horror', it was edited by World War I correspondent and freelance writer Karl Hans Strobl[3] and Alfons von Czibulka,[4] published by Dreiländerverlag. It had 24 pages per issue printed on rough book paper.[1]
The magazine included a wide selection of new and reprinted stories by both German-language and foreign writers. The main source of the translated material Der Orchideengarteen published was French literature; Der Orchideengarten published works by such authors as
References
- ^ a b c Halbert W. Hall, Science/fiction collections: fantasy, supernatural & weird tales. Routledge, 1983, p. 89.
- ISBN 9780853238553.
- ^ Paijmans, Theo (28 July 2007). "At the dark heart of Lemuria, 1917". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010. more on Strobl
- ^ Theo Paijmans (23 August 2006). "Garden of Orchids". The Black Sun. Retrieved 3 January 2010.
- ^ ISBN 0020535600(pp. 82–83).
- ^ a b Studien zur philosophie und literatur des neunzehnten jahrhunderts, Volume 1 Klostermann, 1968 (pp. 210–13).
- ^ A short story, "Cox-City!" from Apollinaire's book L'Hérèsiarque et Cie appeared in the 15 February 1919 issue; the author's
name was given as "Apollinarius, Wileem". See Willard Bohn, Apollinaire and the international avant-garde, SUNY Press, 1997, ISBN 0791431959(pp. 115, 329).
- ^ a b c d Sennewald, Adolf. Deutsche Buchillustratoren im ersten Drittel des 20. Jahrhunderts.
Otto Harrassowitz Verlag, 1999, ISBN 3447042281. (pp. 59, 115, 138, 155, 166, 173),
External links
- The World's First Fantasy Magazine - Der Orchideengarten - covers, further info
- Hathi Trust: Der Orchideengarten - full-view scans of bound issues, years 1–3