Bulletin of the British Interplanetary Society

From The Space Library

The Bulletin of the British Interplanetary Society first appeared in October 1934 and edited by Leslie J. Johnson. Only two issues appeared before the name was changed for one issue in January 1935 to "The New Columbus." Publication was then suspended until April 1937 when Edward John Carnell began a new series of Bulletins. Carnell edited ten issues before handing it over to Arthur C. Clarke. Clarke would edit the Bulletin for 17 issues until just before the outbreak of World War II. The last pre-war edition appearing in August 1939. During the war those interested in following astronautics in Britain turned to the Manchester Interplanetary Society journal "Spacewards" edited by Eric Burgess and Trevor Cusack. Cusack was killed in action in 1941 but Burgess would continue to edit Spacewards until the end of the war, completing 20 issues. The Bulletin of the BIS returned in January 1946 and ran until May 1947 before merging with the Journal of the British Interplanetary Society.