Amazing Science Fiction, April 1958
April 1958
| Editor | Paul W. Fairman |
|---|---|
| Cover art | Edward Valigursky |
| Publisher | Ziff-Davis Publishing Company |
| Price | $0.35 |
| Pages | 148 |
Vol. 32, No. 4. The title of this issue is "Amazing Science Fiction", a change from the previously used "Amazing Stories" although the editorial on page 3 still refers to the magazine as "Amazing Stories". Subsequent issues will appear as "Amazing Science Fiction Stories". Cele Goldsmith is credited as a managing editor. Cover art illustrates "The Space Breed". "The Observatory" on page 3 is signed "PWF" at the end and attributed to "The Editor" at the top of the page. "Sargasso of Space" is attributed to "Andrew North", Andre Norton's pseudonym used by Ace Books. "One of Our Cities is Missing" is advertised as a "complete book-length novel" and at 60+ pages of magazine text (10 illustrations take up somewhere between 6 and 8 pages out of the 71 pages total) is close to the threshold between a novel and a novella.
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | Essay | Non Fiction | The Observatory (Amazing Science, April 1958) | Paul W. Fairman |
| 5 | Essay | Non Fiction | Or So You Say ... (Amazing Science Fiction Stories, April 1958) | The Readers |
| 6 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Space Breed | Adam Chase |
| 17 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Last Citizen | Bertram Chandler |
| 26 | Short Fiction | Fiction | The Stars Fought Back | John Hagan |
| 44 | Short Fiction | Fiction | Venusian, Get Out! | Rog Phillips |
| 59 | Essay | Non Fiction | Research into Death | Dr. Arthur Barron |
| 67 | Review | Non Fiction | Sargasso of Space | S. E. Cotts & Andre Norton |
| 67 | Review | Non Fiction | The Cosmic Puppets | S. E. Cotts & Philip K. Dick |
| 67 | Essay | Non Fiction | The Spectroscope (Amazing Science Fiction Stories, April 1958) | S. E. Cotts |
| 68 | Review | Non Fiction | Doomsday Morning | S. E. Cotts & C. L. Moore |
| 73 | Short Fiction | Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing | Irving Cox |
| Page | Type | Kind | Title | Author(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Editor | Non Fiction | Amazing Science Fiction - 1958 | Paul W. Fairman | |
| Cover Art | Non Fiction | Amazing Science Fiction, April 1958 | Edward Valigursky | |
| 6 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Space Breed | Schroeder |
| 19 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Last Citizen | Waldman |
| 27 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | The Stars Fought Back | Martinez |
| 45 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Venusian, Get Out! | Duncanson |
| 66 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | Cartoon: "Jumping Atoms! It takes a long time to get used to the water here on Earth!" | Frosty |
| 73 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing | uncredited |
| 77 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [2] | uncredited |
| 84 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [3] | uncredited |
| 93 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [4] | uncredited |
| 101 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [5] | uncredited |
| 106 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [6] | uncredited |
| 113 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [7] | uncredited |
| 120 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [8] | uncredited |
| 121 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [9] | uncredited |
| 127 | Interior Art | Non Fiction | One of Our Cities Is Missing [10] | uncredited |