Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948

May 1948

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
5	Essay	Non Fiction	Second Solution	The Editor
7	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Rull	A. E. van Vogt
34	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Strange Case of John Kingman	Murray Leinster
48	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Obsolete Weapon	L. Ron Hubbard
64	Short Fiction	Fiction	The Mechanical Answer	John D. MacDonald
79	Essay	Non Fiction	The Electrical Robot Brain (Part 1 of 2)	E. L. Locke
92	Essay	Non Fiction	The Analytical Laboratory: February 1948 (Astounding, May 1948)	The Editor
93	Essay	Non Fiction	Science Fiction Between Boards (Astounding, May 1948)	P. Schuyler Miller
94	Review	Non Fiction	Adrift in a Boneyard	P. Schuyler Miller & Robert Lewis Taylor
94	Review	Non Fiction	Slan	P. Schuyler Miller & A. E. van Vogt
94	Review	Non Fiction	The Legion of Space	P. Schuyler Miller & Jack Williamson
94	Review	Non Fiction	The Weapon Makers	P. Schuyler Miller & A. E. van Vogt
95	Review	Non Fiction	Doppelgangers	P. Schuyler Miller & H. F. Heard
95	Review	Non Fiction	Mr. Adam	P. Schuyler Miller & Pat Frank
97	Serial	Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3)	Jack Williamson
148	Essay	Non Fiction	In Times to Come (Astounding, May 1948)	The Editor
150	Essay	Non Fiction	Brass Tacks (Astounding, May 1948)	The Editor
151	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Sorry, Prime Press—and You're Right. It's an Even Better Bargain.	James A. Williams
152	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Hm-m-m—Best of the Decade. Look, Suppose You Were Getting Out an Anthology, 1940 to Date, and Had to Pick the Ten Best Stories of Novelette or Short Length—No Novels. What Would You Pick Then? It's Unfair to Shorter Stories to Match Them Against Novels.	John L. Gergen
153	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Smith Put That Final Note on "Children" to Make It Definite, Certain and Unequivocally Clear That This Was All—the End—the Finish of the Series. But Still People Don't Believe Him!	J. R. Mills
156	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Dr. Rhine of Duke Has Investigated Clairvoyance—But Somehow I Still Don't Think the Pendulum Has Anything to Do with It!	Michael Corpor
160	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Concerning the "Megapolis."	P. Schuyler Miller
150\|150.1	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): It Was the Bold, Plain Truth!	Willy Ley
150\|150.2	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): The Lab Must Be a Branch of the A. S. U. R.—American Society for Useless Research—J. J. Coupling, President. Nash and Revell Are Right, of Course.	Fred Nash & Charles Revell
154\|154.1	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Well, That Wasn't Alejandro's Idea About the Rays from the Head—But There Is Point to What You Say.	R. W. Johnson
154\|154.2	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Well, You're Right and You're Wrong. E. Mayne Hull Does Have the Feminine Viewpoint All Right, and It Is, in a Sense, a Pen Name. But Not C. L. Moore. E.M.H. Is Mrs. A. E. van Vogt.	Ernie Auerbach
158\|158.1	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): Universal Suffrage—Limited Only by the Reach of United States Mails!	E. C. Marshall
158\|158.2	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): To the Point!	Mary L. Hemminger
158\|158.3	Essay	Non Fiction	Letter (Astounding, May 1948): We've Got Plans for Changing and Improving Science Fiction!	Edward L. Corton, Jr.

Page	Type	Kind	Title	Author(s)
	Editor	Non Fiction	Astounding Science Fiction - 1948	John W. Campbell, Jr.
	Cover Art	Non Fiction	Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948	Alejandro
7	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Rull	Orban
14	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Rull [2]	Orban
21	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Rull [3]	Orban
28	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Rull [4]	Orban
34	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Strange Case of John Kingman	Cartier
43	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Strange Case of John Kingman [2]	Cartier
48	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Obsolete Weapon	Cartier
53	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Obsolete Weapon [2]	Cartier
60	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Obsolete Weapon [3]	Cartier
64	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Mechanical Answer	Timmins
73	Interior Art	Non Fiction	The Mechanical Answer [2]	Timmins
97	Interior Art	Non Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3)	Rogers
107	Interior Art	Non Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3) [2]	Rogers
118	Interior Art	Non Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3) [3]	Rogers
129	Interior Art	Non Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3) [4]	Rogers
140	Interior Art	Non Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3) [5]	Rogers
146	Interior Art	Non Fiction	... And Searching Mind (Part 3 of 3) [6]	Rogers

Astounding Science Fiction, May 1948

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