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Cover of Amazing Stories, December 1949

Amazing Stories, December 1949

December 1949

Editor Raymond A. Palmer
Cover art Robert Gibson Jones
Publisher Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
Price $0.25
Pages 164
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Vol 23, No 12. Cover illustrates "Moon of Battle." Half of the book reviews by Morris Tish do not name the author, in those cases the canonical names were used. The essay "First Tools" listed in the Table of Contents could not be found in this issue.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Essay Non Fiction The Observatory (Amazing Stories, December 1949) Ray Palmer
8 Short Fiction Fiction Pillars of Delight Stan Raycraft
39 Review Non Fiction 1984 Charles Recour & George Orwell
39 Essay Non Fiction Best Seller Science Fiction Charles Recour
40 Short Fiction Fiction Moon of Battle J. J. Allerton
100 Essay Non Fiction Underground Heating System John Dunn (II)
101 Essay Non Fiction Dante and the Devil Lee Owens
101 Essay Non Fiction Farmers' Little Helper Carter T. Wainwright
102 Short Fiction Fiction The Mystery of Element 117 Milton K. Smith
123 Essay Non Fiction Rain by Magic Peter Robert (essayist)
123 Essay Non Fiction Speed Demons Pete Bogg
124 Short Fiction Fiction The Elixir of Peace Robert Moore Williams
131 Essay Non Fiction Three Myths Lester Fletcher
132 Essay Non Fiction The Ancient Geometric Monument: Article 6 — Its Integral Rocky Stone
141 Essay Non Fiction Opportunity Plus A. Morris
142 Essay Non Fiction The Club House (Amazing Stories, December 1949) Rog Phillips
143 Short Fiction Fiction Outpost Marion Zimmer Bradley
144 Short Fiction Fiction Mastermind r-tRapp
147 Essay Non Fiction Scientific Freedom R. Dee
148 Review Non Fiction Adventures in Time and Space Morris Tish & Raymond J. Healy & J. Francis McComas
148 Essay Non Fiction Great Books in Science Fiction Morris Tish
148 Review Non Fiction The Checklist of Fantastic Literature Morris Tish & Everett F. Bleiler
149 Review Non Fiction Edison's Conquest of Mars Morris Tish & Garrett P. Serviss
149 Review Non Fiction The Skylark of Space Morris Tish & Edward E. Smith
150 Review Non Fiction Out of the Unknown Morris Tish & A. E. van Vogt & E. Mayne Hull
150 Review Non Fiction Strange Ports of Call Morris Tish & August Derleth
150 Review Non Fiction The Carnelian Cube Morris Tish & Fletcher Pratt & L. Sprague de Camp
150 Review Non Fiction Who Goes There? Morris Tish & John W. Campbell, Jr.
151 Review Non Fiction Skylark Three Morris Tish & Edward E. Smith
152 Review Non Fiction Divide and Rule Morris Tish & L. Sprague de Camp
152 Review Non Fiction Lest Darkness Fall Morris Tish & L. Sprague de Camp
152 Review Non Fiction The World of A Morris Tish & A. E. van Vogt
153 Review Non Fiction ... And Some Were Human Morris Tish & Lester del Rey
153 Review Non Fiction The Fourth Book of Jorkens Morris Tish & Lord Dunsany
154 Review Non Fiction Final Blackout Morris Tish & L. Ron Hubbard
154 Essay Non Fiction The Expanding Horizons of Science L. Taylor Hansen
158 Essay Non Fiction Plastic Meringue A. Mann
159 Essay Non Fiction Florida Rocket Range Mo Skeeter
160 Essay Non Fiction Remember When? Gilbert Midas
161 Essay Non Fiction Nostradamus Predicts Henry C. Roberts

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Amazing Stories - 1949 Raymond A. Palmer
Cover Art Non Fiction Amazing Stories, December 1949 Robert Gibson Jones
8 Interior Art Non Fiction Pillars of Delight Julian S. Krupa
40 Interior Art Non Fiction Moon of Battle J. Allen St. John
102 Interior Art Non Fiction The Mystery of Element 117 Malcolm Smith
124 Interior Art Non Fiction The Elixir of Peace Bill Terry