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Cover of Astounding Science Fiction, September 1955

Astounding Science Fiction, September 1955

September 1955

Editor John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover art Freas
Publisher Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price $0.35
Pages 164
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Vol 56, No 1. Cover illustration for "The Gift of Gab", as noted in "In Times to Come" from the August 1955 issue. 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)
5 Essay Non Fiction Game Theory The Editor
8 Short Fiction Fiction The Gift of Gab Jack Vance
52 Short Fiction Fiction Aspirin Won't Help It John A. Sentry
60 Serial Fiction Call Him Dead (Part 2 of 3) Eric Frank Russell
112 Essay Non Fiction Victory on Paper Isaac Asimov
123 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: June 1955 (Astounding, September 1955) The Editor
124 Short Fiction Fiction Blessed Are the Meek G. C. Edmondson
128 Essay Non Fiction In Times to Come (Astounding, September 1955) The Editor
129 Short Fiction Fiction Scrimshaw Murray Leinster
143 Review Non Fiction Inquiry Into Science Fiction P. Schuyler Miller & Basil Davenport
143 Essay Non Fiction The Reference Library: Friend in Court (Astounding, September 1955) P. Schuyler Miller
145 Essay Non Fiction Review of the Nonfiction Work "The Piltdown Forgery" by J. S. Weiner P. Schuyler Miller
146 Review Non Fiction Timeliner P. Schuyler Miller & Charles Eric Maine
147 Review Non Fiction Snow Fury P. Schuyler Miller & Richard Holden
147 Review Non Fiction The Exploration of the Moon P. Schuyler Miller & Arthur C. Clarke
148 Review Non Fiction Of All Possible Worlds P. Schuyler Miller & William Tenn
149 Review Non Fiction The Treasury of Science Fiction Classics P. Schuyler Miller & Harold W. Kuebler
150 Review Non Fiction Hell's Pavement P. Schuyler Miller & Damon Knight
150 Review Non Fiction The Other Place P. Schuyler Miller & J. B. Priestley
151 Review Non Fiction The Body Snatchers P. Schuyler Miller & Jack Finney
151 Review Non Fiction Who Goes There? P. Schuyler Miller & John W. Campbell, Jr.
152 Review Non Fiction A Man Obsessed P. Schuyler Miller & Alan E. Nourse
152 Review Non Fiction A Man Obsessed / The Last Planet P. Schuyler Miller & Alan E. Nourse & Andre Norton
152 Review Non Fiction The Last Planet P. Schuyler Miller & Andre Norton
153 Essay Non Fiction Brass Tacks (Astounding, September 1955) uncredited
154 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, September 1955) T. O. Jothun
156 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, September 1955) George J. O'Toole
153|153.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, September 1955) G. Harry Stine

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction - 1955 John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover Art Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction, September 1955 Freas
8 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gift of Gab Poulton
16 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gift of Gab [2] Poulton
25 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gift of Gab [3] Poulton
34 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gift of Gab [4] Poulton
44 Interior Art Non Fiction The Gift of Gab [5] Poulton
52 Interior Art Non Fiction Aspirin Won't Help It Van Dongen
61 Interior Art Non Fiction Call Him Dead (Part 2 of 3) Freas
70 Interior Art Non Fiction Call Him Dead (Part 2 of 3) [2] Freas
81 Interior Art Non Fiction Call Him Dead (Part 2 of 3) [3] Freas
91 Interior Art Non Fiction Call Him Dead (Part 2 of 3) [4] Freas
102 Interior Art Non Fiction Call Him Dead (Part 2 of 3) [5] Freas
124 Interior Art Non Fiction Blessed Are the Meek Freas
129 Interior Art Non Fiction Scrimshaw Freas
137 Interior Art Non Fiction Scrimshaw [2] Freas
153 Interior Art Non Fiction Brass Tacks Edd Cartier