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Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1939

October 1939

Contents

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
6 Essay Non Fiction Invitation The Editor
9 Serial Fiction Gray Lensman (Part 1 of 4) E. E. Smith, Ph.D.
55 Short Fiction Fiction Space Rating John Berryman
69 Short Fiction Fiction A Question of Salvage Malcolm Jameson
96 Short Fiction Fiction Episode on Dhee Minor Harry Walton
111 Short Fiction Fiction Shawn's Sword Lee Gregor
123 Essay Non Fiction Hunting Big Game Harold A. Lower
133 Short Fiction Fiction Rust Joseph E. Kelleam
141 Essay Non Fiction Earth's Second Moon Willy Ley
152 Essay Non Fiction Brass Tacks (Astounding, October 1939) The Editor
156 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): I Wouldn't Be Too Sure Human Beings Wouldn't Take Over Native Tongue-Twister Names. How About "Schenectady," "Hohokus," "Popocatepetl" and the Town "Prczesmysl" in Carpathia? D. L. Dobbs
157 Essay Non Fiction Science Discussions (Astounding, October 1939) The Editor
159 Essay Non Fiction In Times to Come (Astounding, October 1939) The Editor
159 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: August 1939 (Astounding, October 1939) The Editor
162 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): For the British Interplanetary Society. Arthur C. Clarke
152|152.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): "Gray Lensman" Gets Two Covers—and I Think Schneeman's Illustrations Prove He Merited the Chance to Do It. Charles W. Jarvis
152|152.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): We Don't Hold Out. "Gray Lensman" Is Here! And Uranus Cover Is Coming—Perhaps the Most Beautiful of the Series! Francis Harry
153|153.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): De Camp Has Been Busy Doing Novels in Unknown. He'll Be Back with a Short in Astounding Soon. Stanley Wells
153|153.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): Articles Are Rated in the Laboratory Only When They Break Records. "Gray Lensman" Is Not Cut. D. P. Bellaire
154|154.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): Don A. Stuart's Last Story Is in the Current Unknown. Garrett E. Leeman
154|154.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): Malcolm Jameson Plans to Expand on Ley's Ballistics! Thomas S. Gardner
155|155.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): The Present-Day Conditions of the Magazine Business Are So Highly Competitive That the Large-Size Quarterly Could Not Pay. Louis Goldstone
155|155.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): What Makes the Wheels of Like and Dislike Go 'Round? Seymour Kapetansky
157|157.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): Malcolm Jameson Is One of the Country's Few Real Experts on Really Heavy Guns. Malcolm Jameson
160|160.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): Maybe You Can Use Rays, at That! A. Arthur Smith
160|160.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): The Egyptians Had Palm Trees, Though, and They Aren't a Temperate Zone Plant. A. J. Millman
160|160.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): The Movement May Be Merely a Short-Time Variation, Though; Ice Ages Mean Thousand-Year Periods. Robert Meyers
160|160.4 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, October 1939): Somehow, Ley Seems to be Going for a Ride This Month! Which Shows Ley Can Really Start Readers Pondering. E. Franklin
Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction - 1939 John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover Art Non Fiction Astounding Science-Fiction, October 1939 Rogers
9 Interior Art Non Fiction Gray Lensman (Part 1 of 4) Schneeman
16 Interior Art Non Fiction Gray Lensman (Part 1 of 4) [2] Schneeman
25 Interior Art Non Fiction Gray Lensman (Part 1 of 4) [3] Schneeman
36 Interior Art Non Fiction Gray Lensman (Part 1 of 4) [4] Schneeman
47 Interior Art Non Fiction Gray Lensman (Part 1 of 4) [5] Schneeman
55 Interior Art Non Fiction Space Rating F. Kramer
69 Interior Art Non Fiction A Question of Salvage Schneeman
76 Interior Art Non Fiction A Question of Salvage [2] Schneeman
89 Interior Art Non Fiction A Question of Salvage [3] Schneeman
97 Interior Art Non Fiction Episode on Dhee Minor Wesso
111 Interior Art Non Fiction Shawn's Sword Orban
125 Interior Art Non Fiction Hunting Big Game Orban
130 Interior Art Non Fiction Hunting Big Game [2] Orban
133 Interior Art Non Fiction Rust Orban