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Science Wonder Stories, February 1930

February 1930

Editor Hugo Gernsback
Cover art Frank R. Paul
Publisher Stellar Publishing Corporation
Price $0.25
Pages 100

  • Page numbers run 769-864.
  • Contents page states publication on the 3rd of the preceding month.
  • Library of Congress copyright record shows publication date 1930-01-01
  • Cover illustrates "The Land of the Bipos."
  • Cover art is not credited; the artwork is signed "Paul."
  • Interior art is credited below each art item.
  • Story art for "A Rescue From Jupiter (Part 1 of 2)" on page 774 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • "Can Man Free Himself From Gravity?" is translated by Francis M. Currier. The essay is followed by seven opinions written by members of the magazine's Board of Associate Editors, which are entered here as "Response."
  • Story art for "Streamers of Death" on page 790 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "The Land of the Bipos" on page 806 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "The World of a Hundred Men" on page 818 is credited to and signed (in stylized script) "Win."
  • Drawn portraits (uncredited) of the authors appear with each story; all are unsigned.
  • "What Is Your Knowledge of Science?" is a list of questions about science. With each is listed the story page number on which the answer can be found.
  • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
  • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
773 Essay Non Fiction Can Man Free Himself from Gravity? Hugo Gernsback
774 Serial Fiction A Rescue from Jupiter (Part 1 of 2) Gawain Edwards
787 Essay Non Fiction What Is Your Knowledge of Science? (Science Wonder Stories, February 1930) uncredited
788 Essay Non Fiction Can Man Free Himself from Gravity? Dr. Th. Wolff
789 Essay Non Fiction Response: Limit of 400 Kilometers Is Wrong Professor R. H. Goddard
790 Short Fiction Fiction Streamers of Death Henrik Dahl Juve
806 Short Fiction Fiction The Land of the Bipos Francis Flagg
818 Short Fiction Fiction The World of a Hundred Men Walter Kateley
843 Essay Non Fiction Science News of the Month (Science Wonder Stories, February 1930) uncredited
847 Essay Non Fiction Science Questions and Answers (Science Wonder Stories, February 1930) various
848 Essay Non Fiction The Reader Speaks (Science Wonder Stories, February 1930) various
856 Essay Non Fiction Letter (The Author Speaks) Walter Kateley
863 Essay Non Fiction Book Reviews (Science Wonder Stories, February 1930) uncredited
841|841.1 Essay Non Fiction Response: Would Wish to Have It Restored Professor Samuel G. Barton
841|841.2 Essay Non Fiction Response: The Possibility of Aviation Would Be Destroyed Dr. Clyde Fisher
842|842.1 Essay Non Fiction Response: The Answer in the Action of Molecules Professor A. L. Fitch
842|842.2 Essay Non Fiction Response: The Equivalent of Perpetual Motion Professor Donald H. Menzel
842|842.3 Essay Non Fiction Response: Nothing Points to Its Failure or Realization Prof. C. Irwin Palmer
842|842.4 Essay Non Fiction Response: Gravitation Has Been Overcome Professor James Byrnie Shaw

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Science Wonder Stories - 1930 Hugo Gernsback
Cover Art Non Fiction Science Wonder Stories, February 1930 Frank R. Paul
774 Interior Art Non Fiction A Rescue from Jupiter (Part 1 of 2) Paul
790 Interior Art Non Fiction Streamers of Death Paul
806 Interior Art Non Fiction The Land of the Bipos Paul
818 Interior Art Non Fiction The World of a Hundred Men Win