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Cover of Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1939

Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1939

April 1939

Editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover art Schneeman
Publisher Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price $0.20
Pages 164
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Vol 23, No 2. Cover by Schneeman, illustrates a scene from "Worlds Don't Care." Cover details on p. 30, under title "The Cover." Illustrations by Binder, Fisk, Orban, Schneeman and Wesso. Credits for interior art taken from signatures. Attributions for art use the most complete form of the artist's name found in the issue.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Essay Non Fiction Jackpot! The Editor
9 Short Fiction Fiction Worlds Don't Care Nat Schachner
30 Essay Non Fiction The Cover The Editor
31 Short Fiction Fiction Catalyst Poison Malcolm Jameson
42 Essay Non Fiction In Times to Come (Astounding, April 1939) The Editor
42 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: February 1939 (Astounding, April 1939) The Editor
43 Serial Fiction One Against the Legion (Part 1 of 3) Jack Williamson
73 Short Fiction Fiction Rope Trick Eando Binder
89 Short Fiction Fiction Revolt A. M. Phillips
111 Short Fiction Fiction The Cache Harry Walton
117 Serial Fiction Cosmic Engineers (Part 3 of 3) Clifford D. Simak
151 Essay Non Fiction Science Discussions and Brass Tacks (Astounding, April 1939) The Editor
154 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Rocket Mathematics. Norman F. Stanley
155 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Calling Names! Gerald B. Clarke
157 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): More Votes for "Best Story of 1938" Wanted! Allan Ingvald Benson
161 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): February 1939 Made My Twelfth Astounding, at That. T. Bruce Yerke
151|151.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Considering Both Gases and Rocket, the Energy Balances—But the Momentum Does Too, So the Rocket Doesn't Move! Robert D. Swisher
152|152.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Well, Science Lovers? Any Answers? Robert W. Hansen
152|152.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Our Point Was That Heat-Guns Are Chemical—Using Flames—and Not Physical, Using Radient Energy. But I'd Like to See That Gun! Joseph T. Tasker
153|153.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Ice Age Behind Us! Isaac Asimov
153|153.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Ley Pointed Out That Earth Suffered No Great Heat, But Evenly Distributed Heat. John Davis Buddhue
156|156.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Hero Come to Life! L. Sprague de Camp
156|156.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): And How About This Astronomical Cover? D. R. Smith
159|159.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): The Margins of Astounding Have Been Made a Fraction Smaller—the Text Is the Same Ray Douglas Bradbury
159|159.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Well—Simak Did Some Galaxy Prying Before He Finished! Jack Dean
159|159.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Not Simak's Story—Williamson's! James Michael Rogers, II
160|160.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Symbolic Book Jackets Will Be Used on Serials; Illustrative Jackets on the Short Stories. This Because Serial Jackets Are Used on Each Installment. L. P. Wakefield
160|160.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): We'll Say This; the Elimination of Women Would Certainly Have Eliminated History! Mary Evelyn Rogers
160|160.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): You Know, It'd Be Some Book. Smith's Novels Total Something like 500,000 Words and Mine Something like 750,000. "Gone with the Wind" Was About 200,000! Charles W. Jarvis
162|162.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Readers of Astounding Science-Fiction: uncredited
162|162.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, April 1939): Alliterative Annotations Awarding Astounding's Authors. Bob Tucker

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction - 1939 John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover Art Non Fiction Astounding Science-Fiction, April 1939 Schneeman
9 Interior Art Non Fiction Worlds Don't Care Schneeman
16 Interior Art Non Fiction Worlds Don't Care [2] Schneeman
31 Interior Art Non Fiction Catalyst Poison uncredited
43 Interior Art Non Fiction One Against the Legion (Part 1 of 3) Orban
54 Interior Art Non Fiction One Against the Legion (Part 1 of 3) [2] Orban
61 Interior Art Non Fiction One Against the Legion (Part 1 of 3) [3] Orban
66 Interior Art Non Fiction One Against the Legion (Part 1 of 3) [4] Orban
73 Interior Art Non Fiction Rope Trick uncredited
89 Interior Art Non Fiction Revolt uncredited
94 Interior Art Non Fiction Revolt [2] uncredited
107 Interior Art Non Fiction Revolt [3] uncredited
110 Interior Art Non Fiction The Cache H. W. Wesso
117 Interior Art Non Fiction Cosmic Engineers (Part 3 of 3) H. W. Wesso
130 Interior Art Non Fiction Cosmic Engineers (Part 3 of 3) [2] H. W. Wesso