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Cover of Wonder Stories, October 1935

Wonder Stories, October 1935

October 1935

Editor Hugo Gernsback
Cover art Paul
Publisher Continental Publications
Price $0.15
Pages 132
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  • Page numbers run 513-640.
  • Contents page states publication on the 1st of the preceding month.
  • Cover illustrates "The Cosmic Pantograph."
  • Cover art is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Interior art is credited at the start of each story.
  • Story art for "The Perfect World (Part 1 of 3)" on page 518 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Prize Winners" gives the results of the July 1935 cover story contest. Winners inclde Kenneth Sterling, Thomas S. Gardner, and John B. Michel.
  • Story art for "The Cosmic Pantograph" on page 554 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • Story art for "Martian Gesture" on page 560 is credited to and signed "Schneeman."
  • Story art for "The Sex Serum" on page 588 is credited to "Winter"; the artwork is signed "Lumen Winter." Page 596 reproduces two short newspaper articles.
  • Story art for "World of the Mist (Part 2 of 2)" on page 602 is credited to and signed "Paul."
  • "What Is Your Science Knowledge?" is a list of questions about science facts. With each is listed the story page number on which the answer can be found.
  • "The Science Fiction League" is a monthly department that discusses news related to or of interest to the club. It includes correspondence from readers.
  • Ferguson's and Blish's essays are published in "The Science Fiction League." They are partial responses to the Second Science Fiction Test published in the July 1935 issue.
  • "The Reader Speaks" is a letters column.
  • "The Slithering Horror" is a letter in "The Reader Speaks" but is a very short work of fiction. According to Schwartz/Weisinger, Postlethwaite is the pseudonym of Kenneth Sterling.
  • "Science Questions and Answers" is also a letters feature, but deals more narrowly with science questions.

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
517 Essay Non Fiction Wonders of Extravagance Hugo Gernsback
518 Serial Fiction The Perfect World (Part 1 of 3) Benson Herbert
553 Essay Non Fiction Prize Winners uncredited
554 Short Fiction Fiction The Cosmic Pantograph Edmond Hamilton
560 Short Fiction Fiction Martian Gesture Alexander M. Phillips
588 Short Fiction Fiction The Sex Serum H. O. Dickinson
602 Serial Fiction World of the Mist (Part 2 of 2) Laurence Manning
625 Essay Non Fiction What Is Your Science Knowledge? (Wonder Stories, October 1935) uncredited
626 Essay Non Fiction Science Questions and Answers (Wonder Stories, October 1935) various
628 Essay Non Fiction The Science Fiction League (Wonder Stories, October 1935) various
629 Essay Non Fiction Second Science Fiction Test (response) Clay Ferguson, Jr.
630 Essay Non Fiction Second Science Fiction Test (response) Jim Blish
633 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Wonder Stories, October 1935): A Royal Pill Roller Sir Doc Lowndes
636 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Wonder Stories, October 1935): WS a Joke Book Robert H. Anglin
637 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Wonder Stories, October 1935): Scientifilm News Forrest J. Ackerman
632|632.1 Essay Non Fiction The Reader Speaks (Wonder Stories, October 1935) various
632|632.2 Short Fiction Fiction Letter (Wonder Stories, October 1935): The Slithering Horror Leviticus Wilmington Postlethwaite, D. T. G.
632|632.3 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Wonder Stories, October 1935): An Analytical Reader Milton A. Rothman

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Wonder Stories - 1935 Hugo Gernsback
Cover Art Non Fiction Wonder Stories, October 1935 Paul
518 Interior Art Non Fiction The Perfect World Paul
554 Interior Art Non Fiction The Cosmic Pantograph Paul
560 Interior Art Non Fiction Martian Gesture Schneeman
588 Interior Art Non Fiction The Sex Serum Winter
602 Interior Art Non Fiction World of the Mist (Part 2 of 2) Paul