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Astounding Science Fiction [v45 #1, March 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Hubert Rogers) 4 · Of Human Memory · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 5 · New Foundations [Timothy Paul] · Wilmar H. Shiras · nv; illustrated by Hubert Rogers 38 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 39 · Regulations Provide [Joe Williams] · Raymond F. Jones · ss; illustrated by Orban 57 · The Mercenaries · H. Beam Piper · nv; illustrated by Brush 78 · To the Stars [Part 2 of 2] · L. Ron Hubbard · na; illustrated by Hubert Rogers 124 · Our Turbulent Atmosphere [Part 1 of 2] · Willy Ley · ar 138 · The Analytical Laboratory: December 1949 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 140 · Conformity Expected · H. B. Fyfe · ss; illustrated by Edd Cartier 154 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _154 · [letter from Pittsburgh 16, PA] · William M. Danner · lt _155 · [letter from Corona, NY] · David St. James · lt _155 · [letter from Eugene, OR] · Rosco Wright · lt _156 · [letter from Buffalo 2, NY] · Richard A. Hoen · lt _158 · [letter from Albuquerque, NM] · Mrs. R. S. Brown · lt _159 · [letter from Seattle, WA] · Wm. N. Austin · lt _160 · [letter from Falls Church, VA] · Sydney R. Scott · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v45 #2, April 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Hubert Rogers) 4 · Control Circuit · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · The Wizard of Linn [Part 1 of 3; Clane Linn] · A. E. van Vogt · n.; illustrated by Hubert Rogers 52 · The Analytical Laboratory: January 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 53 · Greed · L. Ron Hubbard · ss; illustrated by Brush 69 · Okie [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv; illustrated by Hubert Rogers 104 · The Inspector’s Teeth [Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss; illustrated by Cartier 117 · Our Turbulent Atmosphere [Part 2 of 2] · Willy Ley · ar 132 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 133 · U-Turn · Duncan H. Munro · ss; illustrated by Orban 143 · Book Review · L. Sprague de Camp · rc _143-145 · The World Below, S. Fowler Wright; New York: Longmans, Green, 1930. 344 p. 30-9487. · L. Sprague de Camp · br 146 · Piezoelectricity · E. L. Locke · ar

Astounding Science Fiction [v45 #3, May 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Brush) 4 · Concerning Dianetics [Dianetics] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · The Helping Hand · Poul Anderson · nv; illustrated by Brush 30 · The Apprentice · Miles M. Acheson · ss; illustrated by Ward 42 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 43 · Dianetics: The Evolution of a Science [Dianetics] · L. Ron Hubbard · ar; illustrated by Walt Miller 87 · The Analytical Laboratory: February 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 88 · The Potters of Firsk · Jack Vance · nv; illustrated by Edd Cartier 104 · Book Reviews · P. Schuyler Miller & L. Sprague de Camp · rc _104 · The Humanoids, Jack Williamson; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1949. 239 p. 49-10019. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _104-105 · The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1949, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T.E. Dikty; New York: Frederick Fell, 1949. 314 p. · L. Sprague de Camp · br 106 · The Wizard of Linn [Part 2 of 3; Clane Linn] · A. E. van Vogt · n.; illustrated by Rogers

Astounding Science Fiction [v45 #4, June 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Walt Miller) 4 · Education · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · Incommunicado · Katherine MacLean · nv; illustrated by Walt Miller 32 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 33 · Punching Pillows · Cleve Cartmill · ss; illustrated by Orban 48 · The Evitable Conflict [Susan Calvin; Robots] · Isaac Asimov · nv; illustrated by Orban 69 · The Maze · Frank M. Robinson · ss 85 · The Mayan Elephants · L. Sprague de Camp · ar 98 · The Analytical Laboratory: March 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 99 · Book Reviews · Willy Ley, Forrest J. Ackerman & E. L. Locke · rc _99-100 · "Giant Brains", or Machines That Think, Edmund C. Berkeley; New York: Wiley, 1949. 270 p. 49-50247. · E. L. Locke · br _100-101 · The Thirty-First of February, Nelson S. Bond; New York: Gnome Press, 1949. 272 p. 49-49009. · Forrest J Ackerman · br _101-102 · Nomad, George O. Smith; Philadelphia: Prine Press, 1950. 286 p. 50-6371. · Willy Ley · br 103 · The Wizard of Linn [Part 3 of 3; Clane Linn] · A. E. van Vogt · n.; illustrated by Rogers 148 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _148 · [letter from Millington, NJ] · Robert B. Griffin · lt _149 · [letter from St. Johns’s, Newfoundland, Canada] · D. H. Blair · lt _150 · [letter from San Francisco, CA] · S. A. Newman · lt _150 · [letter from Austin, TX] · Chad Oliver · lt _154 · [letter from Plumstead, S.E. 18, England] · A. J. Burch · lt _154 · [letter from Chico, CA] · Russel E. Mitchell · lt _155 · [letter from Kansas City 1, MO] · Manly Banister · lt _158 · [letter from Great Bend, KS] · William B. Roosa · lt _160 · [letter from San Saba, TX] · B. L. Blankenship · lt _160 · [letter from Athens, OH] · Rodney L. Cron · lt _161 · [letter from Oakland 3, CA] · Richard L. Lander · lt _162 · [letter from St. Petersburg 7, FL] · Lin Carter · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v45 #5, July 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest) fc. · Shooting “Destination Moon” · Anon. · cv 4 · Intellectual Hobson-Jobsonism [Dianetics] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · Shooting “Destination Moon” · Robert A. Heinlein · ar 18 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 19 · Heir Apparent · Lawrence O’Donnell (by C. L. Moore) · na; illustrated by Walt Miller 63 · Private Enterprise · Edwin James · ss; illustrated by Walt Miller 78 · Skin Deep · Ford McCormack · ss; illustrated by Edd Cartier 94 · This Is Hot! · Arthur C. Parlett, Jr. · ar 107 · Exposure · Eric Frank Russell · ss; illustrated by Edd Cartier 124 · Book Reviews · R. S. Richardson & P. Schuyler Miller · rc _124 · First Lensman, Edward E. Smith, Ph.D.; Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1950. 306 p. 50-5730. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _124-126 · The Conquest of Space, Chesley Bonestell & Willy Ley; New York: Viking Press, 1949. 160 p. 49-10790. · R. S. Richardson · br 127 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _127 · [letter from Pasadena, CA] · Eugene N. Parker & George S. Kenny · lt _128 · [letter from Brooklyn 23, New York, NY] · Ronald Friedman · lt _129 · [letter from Brooklyn 22, New York, NY] · Hugh J. Smith · lt _129 · [letter from Portland 7, OR] · Monna May Sheller · lt _130 · [letter from Bufffalo 9, NY] · Francis M. Mulford · lt _130 · [letter from Chicago 37, IL] · Mike Salovesh · lt 132 · The Little Black Bag · C. M. Kornbluth · nv; illustrated by Edd Cartier 162 · The Analytical Laboratory: April 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl

Astounding Science Fiction [v45 #6, August 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Walt Miller) 4 · Perfect Thinking Mechanism [Dianetics] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 5 · Last Enemy [Paratime Police] · H. Beam Piper · na; illustrated by Walt Miller 60 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 61 · Git Along! [Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · ss; illustrated by Cartier 78 · A Pinch of Culture · Bernard I. Kahn · nv; illustrated by Cartier 108 · Prison Bright, Prison Deep · Frank Belknap Long · ss; illustrated by Noyga 117 · How to Build a Thinking Machine · J. J. Coupling · ar 127 · The Analytical Laboratory: May 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 128 · Linguistics and Time · Arthur J. Cox · ar 133 · The Devil’s Invention · Alfred Bester · ss; illustrated by Brush 146 · Book Reviews · L. Sprague de Camp & P. Schuyler Miller · rc _146 · Waldo and Magic, Inc, Robert A. Heinlein; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1950. 219 p. 50-5838. · L. Sprague de Camp · br _146-147 · Pebble in the Sky, Isaac Asimov; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1950. 223 p. 50-5147. · L. Sprague de Camp · br _147 · Red Planet, Robert A. Heinlein; New York: Scribners, 1949. 211 p. 49-11347. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 148 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _148 · [letter from Berkeley 9, CA] · Wallace Liggett · lt _149 · [letter from Falls Church, VA] · Phyllisann Courtis · lt _151 · [letter from New York, NY (on L.R. Hubbard and Dianetics)] [Dianetics] · Arthur Ceppos · lt _152 · [letter] · L. Ron Hubbard · lt _156 · [letter from New Philadelphia, OH] · Harry J. Robb · lt _158 · [letter] · G. M. · lt _159 · [letter] · J. A. Winter, M.D. · lt _160 · [letter] · Bernard I. Kahn · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v46 #1, September 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Walt Miller) 4 · Credit Where Due · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · The Lion and the Lamb · Fritz Leiber · nv; illustrated by Walt Miller 46 · The Sack · William Morrison · ss; illustrated by Cartier 63 · Paradise Street · Lawrence O’Donnell (by C. L. Moore) · na; illustrated by Charles Schneeman 106 · The Analytical Laboratory: June 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 107 · Meteor · William T. Powers · ss; illustrated by Brush 121 · Why Do They Do It? · L. Sprague de Camp · ar 138 · Book Review · L. Sprague de Camp · rc _138-141 · Worlds in Collision, I. Velikovsky; New York: Macmillan, 1950. 401 p. 52-2250. · L. Sprague de Camp · br 141 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 142 · Spy Scare · H. B. Fyfe · ss; illustrated by Brush 151 · “Vanadium: Trace Amounts Present...” · Anon. · ms 152 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _152 · [letter from San Francisco, CA] · Millard H. Perstein · lt _156 · [letter from Oxford, OH] · Joseph Paul Martino · lt _156 · [letter from Lubbock, TX] · W. H. Clark · lt _158 · [letter from Cambridge, MA] · Albert Sevcik & Richard Wingerson · lt _158 · [letter from Seattle, WA] · William N. Austin · lt _160 · [letter from Greensburg, OH] · C. E. Howard · lt _161 · [letter from Ann Arbor, MI] · Dean McLaughlin · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v46 #2, October 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Edd Cartier) 4 · Flying Machine · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · The Hand of Zei [Part 1 of 4; Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · n.; illustrated by Cartier 62 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 63 · Trigger Tide · Norman Menasco · ss; illustrated by Orban 76 · Discontinuity [Joe Williams] · Raymond F. Jones · nv; illustrated by Walt Miller 110 · The Enchanted Forest · Fritz Leiber · ss; illustrated by Walt Miller 126 · The Analytical Laboratory: July 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 127 · Book Reviews · P. Schuyler Miller & E. L. Locke · rc _127 · The Port of Peril, Otis Adelbert Kline; Providence, Grandon, 1949. 218 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _127-129 · Nineteen Eighty-Four, George Orwell; New York: Harcourt, 1949. 314 p. 49-9278. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _129-130 · Earth Abides, George R. Stewart; New York: Random House, 1949. 373 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _130 · Theory and Design of Electron Beams, J.R. Pierce; New York: Van Nostrand, 1949. 197 p. 50-5753. · E. L. Locke · br 131 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _131 · [letter from Saco, ME] · Edith J. Carr · lt _132 · [letter from Canton, NY] · Elizabeth M. Curtis · lt _134 · [letter from Freeport, Long Island, NY] · F. Sutherland Macklem · lt _135 · [letter from Hartford, CT] · Mrs. Wm. L. Finger · lt _135 · [letter from Beverley Hills, CA] · Winstead Doodles Weaver · lt 139 · The Analytical Mind [Dianetics] · L. Ron Hubbard · ar 162 · “Reader’s Choice” · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ms

Astounding Science Fiction [v46 #3, November 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by David E. Pattee) 4 · Choice · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · The Truth About Cushgar [Vegan Agents] · James H. Schmitz · nv 38 · In Value Deceived · H. B. Fyfe · ss; illustrated by Cartier 47 · The Analytical Laboratory: August 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 48 · Tools of the Trade [Joe Williams] · Raymond F. Jones · nv; illustrated by Walt Miller 68 · Follower · Eric Frank Russell · ss; illustrated by Walt Miller 76 · The General Adaptation Syndrome · Joseph A. Winter, M.D. · ar 83 · Science for Art’s Sake · J. J. Coupling · ar 92 · The Formula for Art · Anon. · ms 93 · Book Reviews · L. Sprague de Camp & P. Schuyler Miller · rc _93 · Needle, Hal Clement; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1950. 222 p. 50-6146. · L. Sprague de Camp · br _93-94 · Men Against the Stars, ed. Martin Greenberg; New York: Gnome Press, 1950. 351 p. 50-6637. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _93-94 · Flight Into Space, ed. Donald A. Wollheim; New York: Frederick Fell, 1950. 251 p. 50-8318. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _94 · The Incredible Planet, John W. Campbell, Jr.; Reading, Pa.: Fantasy Press, 1949. 344 p. 49-11571. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _94 · The Mightiest Machine, John W. Campbell, Jr.; Providence, Hadley, 1947. 228 p. 47-11483 rev. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 95 · Quixote and the Windmill [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · ss; illustrated by Cartier 103 · The Hand of Zei [Part 2 of 4; Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · n.; illustrated by Cartier 150 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 152 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _152 · [letter from Santa Barbara, CA] · B. F. Klein · lt _152 · [letter from Venice, CA] · Rudolph Powell, Jr. · lt _155 · [letter from Omaha 4, NE] · Dillard Glanton · lt _156 · [letter from Brooklyn 8, New York, NY] · Robert Kelly · lt _156 · [letter from Athens, GA] · H. E. Calkins · lt _158 · [letter from Brooklyn, NY] · Theodore Vincent · lt _159 · [letter from Los Angeles 17, CA] · Arthur J. Cox · lt _161 · [letter] · Lieut. Frank R. Williams · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v46 #4, December 1950] (25¢, 164pp, digest, cover by William Timmins) 4 · Figures Don’t Lie · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · Bindlestiff [Cities in Flight] · James Blish · nv; illustrated by Timmins 41 · Flying Saucer Pilot Certificate · [General Electric] · ms 42 · The Curfew Tolls · J. T. M’Intosh · ss; illustrated by Brush 51 · Compromise [Bureau of Slick Tricks] · H. B. Fyfe · ss; illustrated by Cartier 65 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 66 · Foundling · Donald Baker Moore · ss; illustrated by Swanson 72 · A Subway Named Mobius · A. J. Deutsch · ss; illustrated by Orban 86 · The Analytical Laboratory: September 1950 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 87 · Varieties of Culture · Arthur J. Cox · ar 98 · Book Reviews · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _98 · What Mad Universe, Fredric Brown; New York: Dutton, 1949. 255 p. 49-11544. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 98 · Exiles of Time, by Nelson Bond · P. Schuyler Miller · br _98-99 · The Star Kings, Edmond Hamilton; New York: Frederick Fell, 1949. 262 p. 49-11802. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _99 · Sixth Column, Robert A. Heinlein; New York: Gnome Press, 1949. 256 p. 50-5003. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 100 · The Hand of Zei [Part 3 of 4; Viagens Interplanetary] · L. Sprague de Camp · n.; illustrated by Cartier 152 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _152 · [letter from Memphis 11, TN] · J. S. Horan, M.D. · lt _154 · [letter from Compton, CA] · R. L. Paul · lt _154 · [letter from Troutdale, OR] · John E. de Courcy · lt _158 · [letter from Philadelphia 22, PA] · Milton A. Rothman · lt _160 · [letter from Monrovia, CA] · E. P. Peltier · lt