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Fantastic Universe [v6 #2, September 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Mel Hunter)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Blek; nephew of Rahat · vi
4 · The Big Wheel · James E. Gunn · nv
30 · When I Grow Up · Richard E. Lowe · ss
38 · Quiz Game · Eric Frank Russell · ss
42 · The Unprotected Species · Melvin Sturgis · nv
62 · Lords of Gestation · Sherwood Springer · ss
77 · Wireroad · Lee Correy · ss
91 · The Celebrated No-Hit Inning · Frederik Pohl · ss
104 · Collector’s Item · Robert F. Young · vi
108 · Political Application · John Victor Peterson · ss
113 · Satan and the Comrades [Satan on Earth] · Ralph Bennitt · ss

Fantastic Universe [v6 #3, October 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Hannes Bok)

4 · The Pacifist [Harry Purvis (White Hart)] · Arthur C. Clarke · ss
13 · A Way of Life · Robert Bloch · ss
29 · First Law [Mike Donovan; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · ss
32 · A Matter of Culture · Raymond F. Jones · nv
53 · She Only Goes Out at Night · William Tenn · ss
59 · Messenger · Henry Slesar · ss
70 · Where Hesperus Falls · Jack Vance · ss
78 · Poor Little Saturday · Madeleine L’Engle · nv
93 · The Story Behind the Cover... · Hannes Bok · vi
94 · Daedalus Was Not a Myth · Ethel G. Lewis · ss
107 · The Second Sphere · Eric North · nv

Fantastic Universe [v6 #4, November 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Hannes Bok)

4 · Exile from Space · Judith Merril · nv
35 · It’s All Yours · Sam Merwin, Jr. · ss
43 · Fall Guy · Eric Frank Russell · ss
48 · The Hohokam Dig · Theodore Pratt · ss
59 · The Velvet Glove · Harry Harrison · nv
76 · The Golden Pyramid · Sam Moskowitz · ss
80 · Conquest Over Time · Michael Shaara · nv
105 · One Out of Ten · J. Anthony Ferlaine · ss
111 · There Will Be School Tomorrow · V. E. Thiessen · ss
119 · Of Time and Texas · William F. Nolan · vi
121 · No Hiding Place · Richard R. Smith · ss

Fantastic Universe [v6 #5, December 1956] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Hannes Bok)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Vithaldas O’Quinn · vi
4 · Wish Upon a Star · Robert F. Young · nv
31 · Mr. Replogle’s Dream · Evelyn E. Smith · ss
41 · Gods of the North · Robert E. Howard · ss The Fantasy Fan Mar 1934
49 · Their Dreams Remain · Kenneth Bulmer · ss
58 · One Touch of Terra · Hannes Bok · ss
71 · The Satellite-Keeper’s Daughter · Mark Reinsberg · ss
77 · The Shrine · Walt Sheldon · ss
87 · Travelogue · Roger Dee · ss
101 · Title Fight · William Campbell Gault · ss
112 · Strictly Confidential · Gordon Dickson · nv

Fantastic Universe [v7 #1, January 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Hannes Bok)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Vithaldas O’Quinn · vi
4 · Martyr · Alan E. Nourse · na
50 · A Thing of Custom · L. Sprague de Camp · ss
67 · Eye of the Beholder · John Brunner · ss
79 · Song in a Minor Key [Northwest Smith] · C. L. Moore · vi Scienti-Snaps Feb 1940
82 · Grove of the Unborn · Lyn Venable · ss
92 · Funeral Chant · Anon. · pm
93 · Mex · William Logan · vi
95 · G—r—r—r! · Roger Arcot · ss
103 · Out of This World Convention · Forrest J. Ackerman · ar
106 · The Valor of Cappen Varra [Cappen Varra] · Poul Anderson · ss
119 · Dream Town · Henry Slesar · ss

Fantastic Universe [v7 #2, February 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Kelly Freas)

4 · Volcanero · Robert Ernest Gilbert · nv
27 · An Introduction to Ufology · Ivan T. Sanderson · ar
35 · The Cat and the Canaries · Helen M. Urban · vi
38 · The Temporal Paradox · E. Henley · ss
50 · The Tipplers · Morris Hershman · vi
53 · Success Story · Richard Wilson · ss
62 · The Truth Is Fantastic · Gray Barker · ar
72 · The Ships in the Sky · George Henry Smith · ss
76 · How to Be a Saucer Author · Dean McLaughlin · ar
86 · The Farmer in the Dell [Jeb Enders] · Dorothy H. Edgerly · ss
103 · Invasion · Harlan Ellison · ss
115 · Ugly Earthling · Lee Chaytor · ss

Fantastic Universe [v7 #3, March 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · Lone Star Planet · H. Beam Piper & John J. McGuire · na
67 · The Lady from Aldebaran · Evelyn E. Smith · ss
77 · Time Fighter · Fritz Leiber · ss
88 · Think · Theodore Pratt · ss
95 · The Foreign Beat · Zelda Kessler · vi
98 · The Survivors · A. Bertram Chandler · ss Authentic Science Fiction #77 1957
107 · The Weirdies · M. A. Cummings · vi
111 · First Communion · Jane Roberts · ss
117 · The Martian Cats · Robert Moore Williams · ss
125 · Whirlpool · Arthur Porges · ss

Fantastic Universe [v7 #4, April 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · Intruders on the Moon · Edmund Cooper · nv
28 · Scavenger · Stanley Mullen · ss
40 · The Artifact Business · Robert Silverberg · ss
51 · Pfui on Psi · L. Sprague de Camp · ar
61 · When Gabriel... [Tommy Caxton] · John Brunner · ss Science Fantasy #19 1956
69 · Alterations As Usual · Mildred McCune · ss
76 · 25 Words or Less · Henry Slesar · ss
90 · Case of the Vanishing Yeast · Judith Trevelyan · ss
99 · The Dancing Statue · Will Oursler · vi
102 · Bring Back Some History · Mark Kisker · ss
113 · Drawer in the Sand · Anon. · vi
114 · The Students · Jack Lewis · ss

Fantastic Universe [v7 #5, May 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · Shield Against Death · J. T. McIntosh · nv
42 · The Muted Horn · Dorothy Salisbury Davis · ss
54 · The Nut · Ted Levine · ss
58 · Queen of Clothes · F. L. Wallace · ss
61 · A New Yorker’s Plea · Harold Semos · pm
62 · No Bems Allowed · Walt Erickson · ss
73 · Next Week, East Venus · Robert K. Ottum · ss
84 · Pawns of Tomorrow · Nelson Bond · nv
111 · The Signals to Mars · M. Bower · ss
117 · In Hoc Signum Vincit · K. W. Bennett · ss
122 · Fillmore Y. Brightforks · Howard Schoenfeld · ss

Fantastic Universe [v7 #6, June 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · World in the Balance · Harry Harrison · nv
25 · Holiday · Marcia Kamien · ss
29 · Ape’s Eye View · Robert F. Young · ss
37 · Day of Reckoning · Morton Klass · ss
44 · Commuter’s Problem · Harlan Ellison · nv
62 · First Landing · Roger Dee · ss
70 · Terror Over Hollywood · Robert Bloch · nv
90 · God of the Mist · Evelyn Goldstein · ss
102 · Versus · Edward D. Hoch · ss
107 · Snakes Alive · Henry D. Billings · ss
112 · Rock and Roll on Pluto · Stephen Bond · vi
113 · My Martian Cousin · Mark Reinsberg · ss

Fantastic Universe [v8 #1, July 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · The Seal of the Damned · August Derleth · nv
28 · The Native Soil · Alan E. Nourse · nv
46 · The Machine · Robert Sheckley · ss
51 · A Candle for Katie · Lila Borison · vi
60 · Book of Goots · John Healy · ar
75 · Backward Turn Backward [Jeb Enders] · Dorothy H. Edgerly · ss
93 · Landing for Midge · Lee Correy · ss
101 · Voyage Beyond the Night · John Victor Peterson · ss
106 · Song of Death · C. Bird · ss
110 · The Fuzzies · Lloyd Arthur Eshbach · ss
119 · Fiddler on Titan · Manly Wade Wellman · ss

Fantastic Universe [v8 #2, August 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · UFO—Friend or Foe · Ivan T. Sanderson · ar
13 · Grieve for a Man · Tom Purdom · ss
21 · The Saucer Myth · Lester del Rey · ar
30 · Lighter Than You Think [Pat Pending] · Nelson Bond · ss
41 · The Contact Cases · John Nicholson · ar
47 · The Treasure of Mars · Lee Chaytor · nv
68 · The Most Sentimental Man · Evelyn E. Smith · ss
78 · Now We Are Three · Joe L. Hensley · ss
87 · John Robert and the Egg · Thomas N. Scortia · ss
98 · Small World · William F. Nolan · ss
107 · No Pets Allowed · M. A. Cummings · vi
114 · Out of the Earth · George Edrich · ss

Fantastic Universe [v8 #3, September 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

ifc. · Zenobia Is Carried Off · Perdiccas · vi
4 · Conan the Victorious [Conan] · Bjorn Nyberg & L. Sprague de Camp · na
61 · The Helpful Robots · Robert J. Shea · vi
64 · I Like Martian Music · Charles E. Fritch · ss
79 · Stopover · William Gerken · ss
87 · The Unrare Earths · Isaac Asimov · ar
92 · The Shining Cow · Alex James · ss
101 · It’s a Small Solar System · Allan Howard · vi
105 · Happy Ending · Mack Reynolds & Fredric Brown · ss
118 · Second Sight · Basil Wells · ss

Fantastic Universe [v8 #4, October 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · Soldier from Tomorrow · Harlan Ellison · nv
23 · Revolt on Mercury · Stanley Mullen · nv
49 · Witch’s Saturday · Walt Sheldon · ss
58 · Lancelot Returned · Irving E. Cox · ss
68 · “The Earthlings’ll Get You if You Don’t Watch Out!” · Lee Chaytor · pm
69 · Eternal Lovers · Jack Webb · ss
77 · The Old Woman · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
84 · The Home Stretch · Mildred McCune · ss
92 · Welcoming Committee · Felix Boyd · ss
97 · The Faith of Father Gillespie · Michael Hollman · ss
101 · Publicity Stunt · Jan Melton · ss
110 · Death for a Hunter · Michael Shaara · nv

Fantastic Universe [v8 #5, November 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Anon. · vi
4 · What Pilots a UFO? · Ivan T. Sanderson · ar
11 · Will Power · James W. Turner · ss
23 · The Beholders · Bertram Chandler · ss
31 · Meet the Extraterrestrial · Isabel L. Davis · ar
60 · Lesson in Biology · Lloyd Biggle · ss
68 · The Bluebird Planet · Robert F. Young · ss
89 · Daughter of Tomorrow [Elizabeth Buckley] · F. B. Bryning · ss The Australian Magazine Feb 8 1955
103 · The Sinless Village · Vincent Starrett · ss
111 · Agent 209 · John B. Sylvano · nv

Fantastic Universe [v8 #6, December 1957] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

ifc. · The Story Behind the Cover... · Anon. · vi
4 · Bear Trap · Alan E. Nourse · na
49 · The Love of Frank Nineteen · David C. Knight · ss
66 · My Father, the Cat · Henry Slesar · ss
73 · Requiem for a Scientist · C. M. Kornbluth · ar
78 · Comments from a Scientist · Ivan T. Sanderson · ar
82 · Good-By, Terra · Zelda Kessler · pm
83 · Inside Stuff · Theodore Pratt · ss; Adapted from Pratt’s 1-act play.
100 · Moment of Truth · Basil Wells · ss
104 · Resurrection · Robert J. Shea · vi
106 · The Forgotten Ones · Stephen Bond · vi
108 · Ignatius Donnelly, Pseudomath · L. Sprague de Camp · ar
117 · By the Beard of the Comet · Kenneth Bulmer · ss

Fantastic Universe [v9 #1, January 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

4 · Project Barrier · Daniel F. Galouye · nv
34 · Brave Feast · L. Kazar · vi
37 · Of Pot and Potter [Alan] · Mack Reynolds · nv
55 · Final Report · Nelson Bond · pm
70 · Contest on Venus · John Reynolds · ss
75 · Madness in Aezaeliet · Margaret S. Hunt · ss
92 · Sepp of Sixen · Karen Kuykendall · ss
107 · The Cradle · Bryce Walton · ss
122 · The Explanation · George Whitley · ss

Fantastic Universe [v9 #2, February 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

ifc. · Next Stage—The Moon? · [The Editor] · ed
4 · Open All Doors · Harry Harrison & Hubert Pritchard · nv
23 · Sense of Wonder · Bertram Chandler · ss New Worlds Science Fiction Oct 1957
29 · Lazarus Bell · Stanley Mullen · nv
51 · Continents in Space · Ivan T. Sanderson · ar
65 · Freak Show · Miriam Allen deFord · ss
75 · The Makers · Winona McClintic · ss
98 · Saucers—Fact Not Fiction · Morris K. Jessup · ar
108 · Familiar Face · Don Berry · ss
112 · Insane Planet · Thomas N. Scortia · ss

Fantastic Universe [v9 #3, March 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

ifc. · Behind the Sputniks · [The Editor] · ed
4 · Rendezvous with Destiny · John Brunner · nv Science Fantasy #26 1957, as “Lungfish”
35 · Command Performance · Donald Keith · ss
45 · The Bounty Hunter · Avram Davidson · ss
50 · Seed · Theodore Pratt · ss
63 · New York in 2½ Hours · Sir Miles Thomas · ar
66 · The Son of Jalnor · Robert Moore Williams · ar
91 · The Robot Who Wanted to Know · Felix Boyd · ss
102 · I’ve Got Your Wavelength · P. H. Booth · ss
109 · Calling All Aliens · Jack Lewis · ss
116 · Hands of Steel · Dean McLaughlin · ss

Fantastic Universe [v9 #4, April 1958] (35¢, 128pp+, digest, cover by Virgil Finlay)

ifc. · The Army and Space Flight · [The Editor] · ed
4 · Deadly Silence · James E. Gunn · na
56 · Behind the Sputniks · Lester del Rey · ar
66 · Birthright · Margaret St. Clair · ss
70 · Judgment Day · Lloyd Biggle · ss
80 · A Spudget for Thwilbert · Theodore Cogswell · ss
89 · Grand Prize · Richard Wilson · ss
106 · Case History · Nelson Bond · vi
110 · Full Quota · William F. Nolan · ss
119 · Microcosm · Stanton A. Coblentz · ss

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