Hans Stefan Santesson (July 8, 1914,

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)Hans Stefan San tesson, 61, Science‐Fictiun Editor, Dies
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''; published February 22, 1975 was an American editor, writer, and reviewer.

Career

He edited the selections of the Unicorn Mystery Book Club in the latter 1940s and early 1950s, the magazines ''

Fantastic Universe ''Fantastic Universe'' was a U.S. science fiction magazine which began publishing in the 1950s. It ran for 69 issues, from June 1953 to March 1960, under two different publishers. It was part of the explosion of science fiction magazine publishin ...

'' from 1956 to 1960, the US edition of the British ''

New Worlds Science Fiction ''New Worlds'' was a British science fiction magazine that began in 1936 as a fanzine called ''Novae Terrae''. John Carnell, who became ''Novae Terrae''s editor in 1939, renamed it ''New Worlds'' that year. He was instrumental in turning it into ...

'' in 1960 and the US version of ''

The Saint Mystery Magazine ''The Saint'' is the nickname of the fictional character Simon Templar, featured in a series of novels and short stories by Leslie Charteris published between 1928 and 1963. After that date, other authors collaborated with Charteris on books unt ...

'' from 1959 to 1967, and went on to edit several science fiction and fantasy anthologies, including: * ''The Fantastic Universe Omnibus'' (1960) * ''Rulers of Men'' (1965) * ''Gods for Tomorrow'' (1967) * ''Flying Saucers in Fact and Fiction'' (1968) * ''Crime Prevention in the 30th Century'' (1969) * '' The Mighty Barbarians: Great Sword and Sorcery Heroes'' (1969) * ''Gentle Invaders'' (1969) * ''

The Mighty Swordsmen ''The Mighty Swordsmen'' is a 1970 anthology of fantasy short stories in the sword and sorcery subgenre, edited by Hans Stefan Santesson. It was first published in paperback by Lancer Books in December 1970, and was a follow-up to the earlier Lan ...

'' (1970) * ''The Days After Tomorrow'' (1971) President and chairman of the board, of the Society for the Study of the Unexplained.

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