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Cover of Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1942

Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1942

November 1942

Editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover art Modest Stein
Publisher Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price $0.25
Pages 132
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Vol 30, No 3. Cover illustration for "Overthrow" (untitled in the magazine). 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 Sneak Invasion The Editor
9 Short Fiction Fiction Overthrow Cleve Cartmill
36 Short Fiction Fiction Four Little Ships Murray Leinster
42 Essay Non Fiction In Times to Come (Astounding, November 1942) The Editor
42 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: June 1942 (Astounding, November 1942) The Editor
42 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: September 1942 (Astounding, November 1942) The Editor
43 Short Fiction Fiction Minus Sign Will Stewart
80 Short Fiction Fiction Sand Colin Keith
88 Essay Non Fiction Vulcan: Ice King Malcolm Jameson
93 Short Fiction Fiction The Gentle Pirates John Berryman
101 Essay Non Fiction It's a Tough Life Frank Belknap Long
105 Essay Non Fiction Book Review (Astounding, November 1942) R. A. Heinlein
105 Review Non Fiction Shells and Shooting R. A. Heinlein & Willy Ley
106 Essay Non Fiction Brass Tacks (Astounding, November 1942) The Editor
107 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): From What E. E. Smith Tells Me, "Second Stage Lensmen" Was Really a Stage-Setter for the Fourth Lensman Story in Which the Real, and Hitherto Unguessed Conflict Is Revealed. There Is One Slight Hint in the Last Part of "Second Stage Lensmen." Harry Warner, Jr.
108 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): Boucher's Story Interested Me, Also, for a Purely Technical Reason. It's Hard Enough to Write Material That Flows in Straight English. To Write, and Write Well, in That Twisted Argot— Bill Stoy
111 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): I Wonder Whether the Readers Generally Want More War Stories or None? Comments, Please! G. Ken Chapman
113 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): E. E. Smith Is Too Busy Making Things That Go "Bang" to Bang a Typewriter Much. Lamont M. Jensen
114 Short Fiction Fiction Not Only Dead Men A. E. van Vogt
126 Short Fiction Fiction Avenue of Escape Hal Clement
126 Short Fiction Fiction Eureka! Malcolm Jameson
126 Essay Non Fiction Probability Zero! (Astounding, November 1942) Hal Clement & Malcolm Jameson & Harry Warner, Jr. & Dennis Tucker & P. Schuyler Miller
127 Short Fiction Fiction The Sleep That Slaughtered Harry Warner, Jr.
128 Short Fiction Fiction The Green Sphere Dennis Tucker
129 Short Fiction Fiction A Matter of Eclipses P. Schuyler Miller
106|106.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): I Guess Too Many Readers Are Too Busy Making Hardware for Hitler to Write Arguments to Astounding. James W. Thomas
106|106.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): Well, Johannesburg Is the Same Distance from Trenco—But It Is a Bit Farther from New York. He'll See This Along About April, 1943, I Imagine! Sydney Rome
109|109.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): If the Author Handles His Material Skillfully, He Does Not Need to Take Time Out to Explain His Science—a Practice Mr. Earl Smith Objects to. It Can Be Worked Into the Story Without Interruptions, As the Top Authors Do. It Takes Immensely More Skill, However. Leonard Powsner
109|109.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): Ultraviolet Bulbs Would Work—But as Colored Lights, Not "White" Light. And 1° Absolute Is -272° C. Dan King
112|112.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): Rubber Is Scarce—and There Never Was Any in Type Metal. The Only Part of the Magazine I Can Shrink or Stretch Is Brass Tacks. So—It Varies. George V. Fair
112|112.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, November 1942): Background for "Overthrow." Cleve Cartmill

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction - 1942 John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover Art Non Fiction Astounding Science-Fiction, November 1942 Modest Stein
9 Interior Art Non Fiction Overthrow Kolliker
14 Interior Art Non Fiction Overthrow [2] Kolliker
19 Interior Art Non Fiction Overthrow [3] Kolliker
24 Interior Art Non Fiction Overthrow [4] Kolliker
31 Interior Art Non Fiction Overthrow [5] Kolliker
36 Interior Art Non Fiction Four Little Ships F. Kramer
43 Interior Art Non Fiction Minus Sign Kolliker
48 Interior Art Non Fiction Minus Sign [2] Kolliker
53 Interior Art Non Fiction Minus Sign [3] Kolliker
60 Interior Art Non Fiction Minus Sign [4] Kolliker
67 Interior Art Non Fiction Minus Sign [5] Kolliker
74 Interior Art Non Fiction Minus Sign [6] Kolliker
80 Interior Art Non Fiction Sand F. Kramer
89 Interior Art Non Fiction Vulcan: Ice King Fax
93 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gentle Pirates Kolliker
101 Interior Art Non Fiction It's a Tough Life F. Kramer
103 Interior Art Non Fiction It's a Tough Life [2] F. Kramer
114 Interior Art Non Fiction Not Only Dead Men F. Kramer
117 Interior Art Non Fiction Not Only Dead Men [2] F. Kramer