Robert Stephen Rintoul bill". After publishing and managing the affairs of "The Spectator" for more than thirty years, he sold it shortly before his death. Robert Stephen Rintoul Robert Stephen Rintoul (1787 – 22 April 1858) was a British journalist. He was born at Tibbermore, Perthshire, in 1787, and educated at the Aberdalgie parish school. After serving his apprenticeship to the printing trade he became the printer and subsequently the editor of the "Dundee Advertiser". In 1826 he went to London where he was editor of "The Atlas" before, in July 1828 with the assistance of friends, founding "The Spectator". In this publication
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction his house in Connecticut. Ferman remained editor for over 25 years, and published many well-received stories, including Fritz Leiber's "Ill Met in Lankhmar", Robert Silverberg's "Born with the Dead", and Stephen King's "The Dark Tower" series. In 1991 he turned the editorship over to Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who began including more horror and dark fantasy than had appeared under Ferman. In the mid-1990s circulation began to decline; most magazines were losing subscribers and "F&SF" was no exception. Gordon Van Gelder replaced Rusch in 1997, and bought the magazine from Ferman in 2001, but circulation continued to fall, and by 2011