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Startling Stories [v27 #2, September 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Walter Popp)

6 · Guest Editorial · Murray Leinster · ed
10 · Big Planet · Jack Vance · n.
102 · Trigger Thoughts · Curt Storm · ar
106 · The Obligation · Roger Dee · nv
121 · The Perfect Gentleman · R. J. McGregor · ss
129 · Night Talk · Charles E. Fritch · ss

Startling Stories [v27 #3, October 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Jack Coggins)

9 · What’s Up Down There? · Lewis Island · ar
10 · Asylum Earth · Bruce Elliott · na
65 · Throwback · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
73 · The Outcome · J. B. Wood · pm
74 · The Guided Man · L. Sprague de Camp · nv
95 · Notice of Intent · Phyllis Sterling Smith · ss
105 · Four Centuries of Planets · R. S. Richardson · ar
108 · Gravesong · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · ss
118 · Disposal · Stanley Whiteside · ss

Startling Stories [v28 #1, November 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Walter Popp)

10 · The Star Dice · Roger Dee · na
78 · Proposal · L. Sprague de Camp · ss
91 · Operation Bats · Lewis Island · ar
92 · The Crook in Time · R. J. McGregor · nv
108 · Some Like It Cold · Dave Dryfoos · ss
114 · The Night the World Turned Over · Joel Townsley Rogers · nv

Startling Stories [v28 #2, December 1952] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Emsh) (Full Text) (PDF)

10 · The Long View [Uller] · Fletcher Pratt · na
51 · The Silicone World · Fletcher Pratt (ghost written by John D. Clark) · ar
55 · Sail On! Sail On! · Philip José Farmer · ss
62 · Whoever You Are · Judith Merril · nv
79 · The Book of the Dead · H. H. West · ss
83 · Show Me the Way to Go Home · Gordon R. Dickson · ss
92 · Love That Air! · Kendell Foster Crossen · nv
110 · The Children · Miriam Allen deFord · nv

Startling Stories [v28 #3, January 1953] (25¢, 148pp, pulp, cover by Alex Schomburg)

10 · Double Meaning · Damon Knight · na
58 · The Boy with Five Fingers · James E. Gunn · vi
61 · My Old Venusian Home · Kendell Foster Crossen · ss
69 · No Charge to Membership · Roger Dee · ss
74 · Button, Button · Isaac Asimov · ss
83 · Who’s Cribbing? · Jack Lewis · ss
87 · Three-Legged Joe · Jack Vance · ss
100 · Overdrive · Murray Leinster · nv

Startling Stories [v29 #1, February 1953] (25¢, 148pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh)

6 · Guest Editorial · Kendell Foster Crossen · ed
10 · Troubled Star · George O. Smith · n.
77 · The Monkey’s Fingers · Isaac Asimov · ss
84 · Potemkin Village · Fletcher Pratt · nv
106 · Sestina of the Space Rocket · Philip José Farmer · pm
108 · Can Mechanical Brains Have Consciousness? · Gotthard Gunther · ar
117 · Definition · Damon Knight · ss

Startling Stories [v29 #2, March 1953] (25¢, 148pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Walter Popp)

10 · Centaurus · Sam Merwin, Jr. · na
70 · The Gingerbread House · Joseph Slotkin · ss
78 · The Soul of the Oisuta · R. Bretnor · ss
83 · Outsight · Colin G. , Sr. & Colin G. Jameson, Jr. · ss
90 · The Shore of Tomorrow · Chad Oliver · nv
113 · Stepping Stone · Charles F. Ksanda · ss
122 · The Ambassador from the 21st Century · Harry J. Shay · ss

Startling Stories [v29 #3, April 1953] (25¢, 148pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh)

10 · Halos, Inc. [Jerry Ransom] · Kendell Foster Crossen · na
54 · Earth Is the Evening Star · Robert Sherman Townes · ss
67 · Threshold · Robert Donald Locke · ss
78 · Faraway Planets · Willy Ley · ar
82 · Fulfillment · Ross Rocklynne · nv
100 · Distortion Pattern · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss
111 · Clockwork · Leslie Bigelow · ss
117 · Lila · Peter Phillips · ss
127 · Rubberneck · Richard Barr & Wallace West · ss

Startling Stories [v30 #1, May 1953] (25¢, 148pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Walter Popp)

10 · The Conditioned Captain · Fletcher Pratt · na
77 · The Immovable Object · Leslie Bigelow · ss
85 · Space Stations for Free · R. S. Richardson · ar
89 · Mating Time · Joseph Shallit · ss
96 · We Breathe for You · Noel Loomis · nv
123 · The Three · Gordon R. Dickson · ss

Startling Stories [v30 #2, June 1953] (25¢, 148pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh)

10 · Moth and Rust [The Sturch] · Philip José Farmer · n.
100 · Imperfection · Leslie Waltham · ss
104 · Obsolescence, Inc. · Dixon Wells · ms
105 · The Black Deep Thou Wingest · Robert F. Young · ss
112 · Here Lie We · Fox B. Holden · nv

Startling Stories [v30 #3, August 1953] (25¢, 148pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Walter Popp)

6 · Where Are Those Space-Ships? · Murray Leinster · ed
10 · Journey to Misenum [Elspeth Marriner] · Sam Merwin, Jr. · na
78 · The Runaway Tricycle · Ralph Sloan · ss
84 · The Wages of Synergy · Theodore Sturgeon · nv
113 · Never Tempt the Devil · William Ratigan · ss
122 · The Last Spring · George H. Smith · ss
130 · Quantum Relativity · A. Kulik · pm

Startling Stories [v31 #1, October 1953] (25¢, 132pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Alex Schomburg)

12 · The White Widows · Sam Merwin, Jr. · na
35 · Perhaps · A. Kulik · pm
76 · The Unforgiven · Edmond Hamilton · ss
85 · Out of the Well · Tom McMorrow, Jr. · ss
88 · Overload · Ed M. Clinton, Jr. · nv
108 · Space-Crew Candidates Apply Here! · Norman B. Wiltsey · ar
109 · The Jezebel · Murray Leinster · ss

Startling Stories [v31 #2, January 1954] (25¢, 132pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Walter Popp)

10 · The Time Masters [Gilbert Nash] · Wilson Tucker · n. Rinehart 1953; abridged
75 · Escape · Joseph Shallit · ss
81 · The Big Operators · Curt Storm · ar
85 · The Unprey Spray · Joseph Slotkin · vi
88 · His Head in the Clouds · Kendell Foster Crossen · ss
102 · A Present for Pat · Philip K. Dick · ss
113 · The Monitor · Margaret St. Clair · ss

Startling Stories [v31 #3, Spring 1954] (25¢, 132pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Alex Schomburg)

10 · The Houses of Iszm [Nopalgarth] · Jack Vance · na
47 · Little Enos · Charles A. Stearns · ss
55 · Stop-Over · Robert F. Young · ss
59 · Submicroscopic Galaxy · A. Kulik · pm
60 · Runaway · Leigh Brackett · nv
85 · How Long Will a Space Pilot Live? · Gregg Gnarlen · ar
86 · Coming: the Great Skyhook! · Norman B. Wiltsey · ms
87 · The Sound of Willow Pipes · Wilbur S. Peacock · ss
96 · The Seetee Mind · Gotthard Gunther · ar
102 · Peeping Tom · Judith Merril · nv

Startling Stories [v32 #1, Summer 1954] (25¢, 132pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh)

11 · The Spiral of the Ages · Fletcher Pratt · na
67 · Finders Keepers · Margaret St. Clair · ss
76 · Stormy Weather · Judith Merril · ss
89 · Topologically Speaking · George O. Smith · ar
93 · The Saucers Return · A. Kulik · pm
94 · The Garden · Charles A. Stearns · ss
102 · Aristotelian and Non-Aristotelian Logic · Gotthard Gunther · ar
109 · Summer Heat · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss

Startling Stories [v32 #2, Fall 1954] (25¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Alex Schomburg)

10 · Spacemen Lost · George O. Smith · na
70 · Grounded · William Sambrot · ss
76 · Simple Psiman · F. L. Wallace · nv
98 · The Marriage Manual · Margaret St. Clair · ss
105 · Parallel · A. Kulik · pm

Startling Stories [v32 #3, Winter 1955] (25¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Ed Valigursky) (Full Text) (PDF)

10 · The Snows of Ganymede [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · na
58 · Only with Thine Eyes · Winston Marks · ss
67 · Human Is · Philip K. Dick · ss
75 · Have Your Past Read, Mister? · Robert Zacks · ss
78 · More Stately Mansions · Robert F. Young · nv
92 · The Soul of a Robot · Gotthard Gunther · ar
99 · Audrey’s Moon · Thomas Kersh · ss
107 · Astro-Radio · A. Kulik · pm

Startling Stories [v33 #1, Spring 1955] (25¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh)

10 · Too Late for Eternity · Bryce Walton · nv
40 · Double Date · Winston Marks · ss
50 · Nanny · Philip K. Dick · ss
62 · The Thought Translator · Gotthard Gunther · ar
68 · Dark Destiny · William Morrison · nv
83 · Wayfarer · Roger Dee · ss
91 · Miss Stardust · Richard Matheson · ss
102 · The Box · Arthur Porges · ss
108 · Workin’ of the Green · Herbert D. Kastle · ms

Startling Stories [v33 #2, Summer 1955] (25¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh) (Full Text) (PDF)

10 · An Apple for the Teacher · Robert F. Young · nv
27 · Moon, June, Spoon, Croon · Gordon R. Dickson · ss
30 · New Parts for Old · William Carter · ms
31 · The Angry House · Richard R. Smith · ss
36 · White Spot · Murray Leinster · nv
62 · Touch the Sky · Alfred Coppel · ss
65 · Non-Bursting Bubbles · Herbert D. Kastle · ms
66 · The Thirteenth Juror · Leslie Waltham · ss
76 · Awakening · Bryce Walton · ss
91 · Time Out for Redheads · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
100 · The Rogue Waveform · R. W. Stockheker · ss
108 · Hot and Happy Bugs · Albert Rosenfeld · ar

Startling Stories [v33 #3, Fall 1955] (25¢, 116pp, trimmed pulp, cover by Emsh)

10 · The Naked Sky · James E. Gunn · na
43 · Love Song · Alexander Samalman · pm
49 · The Glob · Bryce Walton · ss
56 · Lazarus · Margaret St. Clair · ss
60 · Jungle Doctor · Robert F. Young · nv
72 · What’s New Under the Sun · Herbert D. Kastle · ar
73 · Compleated Angler · Mack Reynolds · ss
77 · Sediment · Kenneth O’Hara · ss
87 · Hay Fever · Theron Raines · vi
90 · The Sin · Winston Marks · ss
98 · I Like a Happy Ending · Leslie Waltham · ss

Startling Stories (2007) (about)

Startling Stories [#1, 2007] ed. Ron Hanna (Wild Cat Books, $10.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

3 · Introduction · Ron Hanna · in
5 · Calling Captain Danger · Tom Johnson · na
33 · On Omega Station: The Ballad of Malik Blayne · K. G. McAbee · na
61 · The Space-Hawk Squadron Basics · Wayne Skiver · ar

Startling Stories [#2, 2007] ed. Ron Hanna (Wild Cat Books, $10.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

[interior art] · Ron Wilber · il
3 · Introduction · Ron Hanna · in
5 · The Trillig from Marrowgaz · K. G. McAbee · na
32 · The Seymouria · Tom Johnson · ar
35 · What Goes There? · Tom Johnson · nv
55 · The Star · H. G. Wells · ss The Graphic Christmas 1897

Startling Stories [#3, 2007] ed. Ron Hanna (Wild Cat Books, $10.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

[interior art] · Ron Wilber · il
3 · Introduction · Ron Hanna · in
5 · Pandora Spoxx · Ralph E. Horner · na
33 · Samaritan · Bobby Nash · nv
54 · Startling Stories: The Original Cover Gallery · Ron Hanna · il
61 · The Three-Year-Old Savior of Humanity · K. G. McAbee · ss

Startling Stories [#4, 2007] ed. Ron Hanna (Wild Cat Books, $10.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

[interior art] · Ron Wilber · il
3 · Introduction · Ron Hanna · in
5 · Blood and Iron · Wayne Skiver · na
29 · The Forever Man: A Saga of Omega Station · Tom Johnson · nv
47 · A Baited Trap · K. G. McAbee · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Sep 2000
57 · Science Notes: Before Jurassic Park · Tom Johnson · cl
60 · Triplanetary: An Amazing Cover Gallery · Ron Hanna · il

Startling Stories [#5, January 2008] ed. Ron Hanna (Wild Cat Books, $10.00, 64pp+, quarto)
Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

[interior art] · Ron Wilber · il
3 · Introduction · Ron Hanna · in
5 · The Great Work · Barry Reese · ss
16 · For Those Who Stepped Into the Tardis Late... [Doctor Who] · Wayne Skiver · ar
27 · The Serpent’s Lover · Wayne Skiver · ss
36 · The Curse of the Crimson Djinn · Don Lee · ss

Startling Stories [#6, May 2008] ed. Ron Hanna (Wild Cat Books, $10.00, 80pp+, quarto, cover by William Carney)
Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

[interior art] · Ron Wilber · il
[interior art] · van Dongen · il
[interior art] · Jon Arfstrom · il
3 · Introduction · Ron Hanna · in
5 · The Traveler: Wolves of Mars [Part 1 of 2] · Wayne Skiver · nv
23 · The Mississippi Saucer · Frank Belknap Long · ss Weird Tales Mar 1951
33 · Doctor Metropolis: The Antichthon Crisis [Part 1 of ?] · Barry Reese · sl
43 · Gideon Caine and the Forgotten Inn · K. G. McAbee · ss Classic Pulp Fiction Stories Jun 2000
55 · The Aliens · Murray Leinster · nv Astounding Aug 1959

Startling Stories [v2 #1, Fall 2008] ed. William Carney, Jr. (Wild Cat Books; Winchester, VA, 978-0-9820872-3-7, $12.95, 206pp+, quarto, cover by Ver Curtiss)
“Now Published Quarterly.” POD by Amazon. Ron Hanna, Editor-in-Chief. Details supplied by George R. Morgan.

[interior art] · Robert Sankner · il
[interior art] · Ron Wilber · il
3 · The Ether Vibrates · William Carney · ed
4 · The Girl in the Golden Atom [The Scientific Club] · Ray Cummings · na All-Story Weekly Mar 15 1919
76 · The Art of Ver Curtiss: A Startling Portfolio · Ron Hanna · ar
88 · To Bite the Worm · S. Clayton Rhodes · ss
107 · The Cursed Stele · Cari Reese · ss
118 · Shipwrecked in Space · Ron Wilber · cs
126 · The Traveler: Wolves of Mars [Part 2 of 2] · Wayne Skiver · nv
198 · Retro Reviews: Margaret Brundage, Queen of ’Weird Tales’ · K. G. McAbee · ar

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