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Cover of Unknown, July 1939

Unknown, July 1939

July 1939

Editor uncredited
Cover art H. W. Scott
Publisher Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price $0.20
Pages 164
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Volume I, Number 5
Cover illustration for "Slaves of Sleep" (untitled in the magazine). Interior art by {{A|Edd Cartier}}, {{A|Harry Kirchner}}, {{A|Paul Orban}}, and {{A|Slater}}, an assignment to all individual illustrations has not yet been possible.
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Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
80 Short Fiction Fiction The Elemental Frank Belknap Long, Jr.
90 Short Fiction Fiction Nothing in the Rules L. Sprague de Camp
110 Short Fiction Fiction Way Station Herb Weiss
116 Short Fiction Fiction The Joker Mona Farnsworth
127 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): Hm-m-m—they would do well as the ghouls at that! Arthur L. Widner, Jr.
128 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): Virgil Finlay coming up! T. Moulton
129 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): We said Unknown was gonna be different—and we meant it! Russell M. Wood
130 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): "Slaves of Sleep" isn't exactly a gentle fairy story, though. Thomas Gardner
162 Essay Non Fiction To Drive Men Wild Arthur McCann
126|126.2 Essay Non Fiction - - - And Having Writ - - - (Unknown, July 1939) uncredited
126|126.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): "—some like apples, some like inions—" Lyman H. Martin
126|126.4 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): Price was accurate—try page 123, 2nd paragraph, April issue Jack F. Speer
127|127.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): Articles: Pro. I've spoken to Eric Frank Russell about one Ernest W. Gschwender
127|127.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): Mona Farnsworth said she knew the woman who was the model for "The Duchess." Frederick Morgan
128|128.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): "The Moving Finger" slugs a typewriter key these days Ray Douglas Bradbury
129|129.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Unknown, July 1939): We're in a kind of tough position you know. No one ever ran a magazine like Unknown before, and only by what you readers say of the stories we offer can we know what we should give you. Comments pro and con are equally wanted- Ned French
6|6.2 Essay Non Fiction Of Things Beyond (Unknown, July 1939) The Editor
9|9.2 Serial Fiction Slaves of Sleep (Complete Novel) L. Ron Hubbard

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Unknown - 1939 uncredited
Cover Art Non Fiction Unknown, July 1939 H. W. Scott
6 Interior Art Non Fiction Of Things Beyond uncredited
9 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep Edd Cartier
16 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [2] Edd Cartier
25 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [3] Edd Cartier
34 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [4] Edd Cartier
44 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [5] Edd Cartier
53 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [6] Edd Cartier
58 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [7] Edd Cartier
65 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [8] Edd Cartier
72 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [9] Edd Cartier
79 Interior Art Non Fiction The Elemental uncredited
89 Interior Art Non Fiction Nothing in the Rules uncredited
98 Interior Art Non Fiction Nothing in the Rules [2] uncredited
109 Interior Art Non Fiction Way Station uncredited
115 Interior Art Non Fiction The Joker uncredited
126 Interior Art Non Fiction - - - And Having Writ - - - Edd Cartier
131 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [10] Edd Cartier
136 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [11] Edd Cartier
143 Interior Art Non Fiction Slaves of Sleep [12] Edd Cartier