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Cover of Astounding Science Fiction, August 1951

Astounding Science Fiction, August 1951

August 1951

Editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover art Van Dongen
Publisher Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price $0.35
Pages 172
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Vol 47, No 6. Cover illustration for "City of the Phoenix" as noted in "In Times to Come" from the July 1951 issue. Attributions for art use the most complete form of the artist's name found in this issue. Art for "Prometheus" erroneously credit to Van Dongen, changed to Cartier as signed. Cover by van Dongen; illustrations by Cartier, Orban, Rogers and van Dongen. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Essay Non Fiction Reality The Editor
8 Short Fiction Fiction City of the Phoenix M. C. Pease
44 Short Fiction Fiction Courtesy Clifford D. Simak
61 Essay Non Fiction In Times to Come (Astounding, August 1951) The Editor
62 Short Fiction Fiction The Soul-Empty Ones Walter M. Miller, Jr.
95 Short Fiction Fiction The Bodyguard Vernon W. Glasser
114 Short Fiction Fiction Prometheus Julian Chain
130 Short Fiction Fiction The Monkey Wrench Gordon R. Dickson
140 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: May 1951 (Astounding, August 1951) The Editor
141 Essay Non Fiction Book Reviews (Astounding, August 1951) various
141 Review Non Fiction Kinsmen of the Dragon Weaver Wright & Stanley Mullen
141 Review Non Fiction Solution T-25 P. Schuyler Miller & Theodora Dubois
142 Review Non Fiction City at World's End L. Sprague de Camp & Edmond Hamilton
142 Review Non Fiction Day of the Triffids Forrest J. Ackerman & John Wyndham
143 Review Non Fiction Fear and Typewriter in the Sky Forrest J. Ackerman & L. Ron Hubbard
144 Short Fiction Fiction The Price Dave Dryfoos
156 Essay Non Fiction Brass Tacks (Astounding, August 1951) The Editor
160 Essay Non Fiction Today It's Turbulence R. S. Richardson
156|156.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, August 1951) Joseph T. Shipley
156|156.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, August 1951) John K. Aiken

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction - 1951 John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover Art Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction, August 1951 Van Dongen
9 Interior Art Non Fiction City of the Phoenix Van Dongen
17 Interior Art Non Fiction City of the Phoenix [2] Van Dongen
24 Interior Art Non Fiction City of the Phoenix [3] Van Dongen
31 Interior Art Non Fiction City of the Phoenix [4] Van Dongen
39 Interior Art Non Fiction City of the Phoenix [5] Van Dongen
45 Interior Art Non Fiction Courtesy Cartier
53 Interior Art Non Fiction Courtesy [2] Cartier
63 Interior Art Non Fiction The Soul-Empty Ones Rogers
70 Interior Art Non Fiction The Soul-Empty Ones [2] Rogers
78 Interior Art Non Fiction The Soul-Empty Ones [3] Rogers
85 Interior Art Non Fiction The Soul-Empty Ones [4] Rogers
95 Interior Art Non Fiction The Bodyguard Van Dongen
100 Interior Art Non Fiction The Bodyguard [2] Van Dongen
105 Interior Art Non Fiction The Bodyguard [3] Van Dongen
111 Interior Art Non Fiction The Bodyguard [4] Van Dongen
114 Interior Art Non Fiction Prometheus Cartier
123 Interior Art Non Fiction Prometheus [2] Cartier
130 Interior Art Non Fiction The Monkey Wrench Cartier
144 Interior Art Non Fiction The Price Orban
151 Interior Art Non Fiction The Price [2] Orban
156 Interior Art Non Fiction Brass Tacks Edd Cartier