Astounding Science Fiction BRE: "The British Reprint Edition [BRE] of Astounding Science Fiction was published by ATLAS PUBLISHING & DISTRIBUTION CO. LTD. from 1939 through to 1963.
The BRE content was always a truncated edition of the US original. During the 1940's and early 50's many stories were omitted, Book Reviews and Letters were subject to ruthless pruning, interior art disappeared. Much of this was due to the wartime and post war paper restrictions. Until the end of 1953 the publishers maintained a pulp format. Later editions were digest size and almost full reprints of the US editions running approx. three months behind the original issues.
However, there is one mystery with regard to these BRE's [and indeed all Atlas reprints of American pulps] - the covers were repainted copies of the original. Some were faithful copies, but many were inferior. Despite this, the artwork was always credited to the artist of the original US edition.
This site is designed to show the front cover images of all editions side by side."
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