RARE EXAMPLE OF THE PREMIER ISSUE OF COLD FUSION MAGAZINE

VOLUME 1, NUMBER 1, MAY, 1994, 96 PAGES, 8 x 11 INCHES, ORIGINAL COST $10

ON MARCH 23, 1989 STANLEY PONS AND MARTIN FLEISCHMANN ANNOUNCED THAT A CONSIDERABLE AMOUNT OF EXCESS HEAT HAD BEEN MEASURED WHEN DEUTERATED WATER (WITH A LITHIUM SALT) WAS ELECTROLYZED USING A PALLADIUM CATHODE AND PLATINUM ANODE.  THE AMOUNT OF HEAT PRODUCED LED THEM TO THE BELIEF THAT THE PROCESS WAS NOT CHEMICAL IN NATURE; INSTEAD, THEY SPECULATED THAT THIS ELECTROLYSIS HAD PROMOTED A FUSION REACTION TO OCCUR AT NEAR ROOM TEMPERATURE (INSTEAD OF THE APPROXIMATE MILLION DEGREES REQUIRED ON THE SUN OR IN FUSION REACTORS ON EARTH). THE REST IS HISTORY. ALTHOUGH A NUMBER OF PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE RESULTS AND SOME BELIEVED THAT THEY HAD DETECTED EXPECTED BY-PRODUCTS OF FUSION (e.g., HELIUM 3 & 4 AND TRITIUM), CONSISTENT REPRODUCIBILITY WAS NOT POSSIBLE AND MANY WERE NOT ABLE TO REPRODUCE THE RESULT AT ALL, EVENTUALLY CALLING THE RESULT 'PATHOLOGICAL SCIENCE'.  RESEARCH CONTINUED AT A NUMBER OF RESEARCH LABORATORIES AROUND THE WORLD AND IT STILL CONTINUES TODAY.  THE TERM 'COLD FUSION (CF)' HAS BEEN REPLACED WITH, PERHAPS, THE LESS ANTAGONISTIC TERM 'LOW ENERGY NUCLEAR REACTIONS (LENR)'.

THIS IS THE PREMIER ISSUE OF THE FIRST FORMAL MAGAZINE TO DEAL WITH COLD FUSION.  I HAVE NO IDEA HOW MANY COPIES WERE PRINTED BUT SEARCHES ON THE INTERNET PRODUCED VERY FEW KNOWN COPIES. THE PUBLICATION LASTED ONLY 3 ISSUES WITH EUGENE MALLOVE AS THE EDITOR AND WAYNE GREEN AS THE PUBLISHER.  THE 2 MEN HAD A FALLING OUT AND MALLOVE LEFT FORMING A NEW MAGAZINE CALLED INFINITE ENERGY THAT I BELIEVE IS STILL PUBLISHED TODAY. GREEN CONTINUED THIS MAGAZINE UNTIL AROUND 1996 WITH A DIFFERENT FORMAT AND WITHOUT A GLOSSY COVER AND FULL COLOR PRINTING. EUGENE MALLOVE WAS UNFORTUNATELY MURDERED IN 2004 AT A HOME HE OWNED IN NORWICH, CT. THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE SPECULATION THAT HIS MURDER WAS SOMEHOW LINKED TO HIS COLD FUSION SUPPORT AND CRITICISM OF OTHERS' RESEARCH THAT HE BELIEVED RELIED ON FALSIFIED DATA. HOWEVER, THIS WAS PROVED WRONG WITH THE FINAL SUSPECT BEING CONVICTED AND SENTENCED IN 2015. THE MURDER WAS THE RESULT OF AN ARGUMENT THAT ENSUED BETWEEN MALLOVE AND A PREVIOUS RENTER OF MALLOVE'S PROPERTY AND THE PREVIOUS RENTER'S COUSIN. BOTH MEN REMAIN IN PRISON.

THE FRONT AND BACK PAGE ARE SHOWN IN PHOTOS 1 AND 2.  EDMUND STORMS FEATURED ON THE FRONT COVER REMAINS ACTIVE IN THIS AREA AT THE AGE OF 92. THE TABLE OF CONTENTS CAN BE VIEWED IN PHOTOS 3 AND 4. THE REST OF THE PHOTOS SHOW SEVERAL SELECTED PAGES. NOTE THAT ARTHUR C. CLARKE (NOW DECEASED), NOTED SCIENCE AND SCIENCE FICTION AUTHOR, IS ONE OF THE CONTRIBUTORS. IT IS INTERESTING TO READ SOME OF THE ADVERTISEMENTS FROM VARIOUS COMPANIES ACTIVE IN RESEARCH AT THAT TIME (SEE LAST PHOTO FOR EXAMPLE).

THIS MAGAZINE IS IN NEAR MINT CONDITION. NO CREASES, TEARS, WRITING, LOOSE PAGES, ETC. I AM THE SOLE OWNER OF THIS MAGAZINE HAVING OBTAINED IT WHEN IT WAS PUBLISHED. IT SHOWS LITTLE SIGN OF PREVIOUS USE.

THIS IS AN INTERESTING, UNCOMMON AND/OR RARE PIECE, OF SCIENCE HISTORY. IT IS DIFFICULT TO ESTIMATE ITS TRUE VALUE. I HAVE KEPT THE COST WHAT I THINK IS REASONABLE BUT YOU WILL BE THE TRUE JUDGE.

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