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Astounding Science Fiction [v53 #4, June 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) 5 · The Amateur · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · Question and Answer [Part 1 of 2; Troas] · Poul Anderson · na; illustrated by Kelly Freas 44 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 45 · Lone Bandit · Dennis Wiegand · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 53 · Operation Syndrome · Frank Herbert · nv; illustrated by Faragasso 93 · The Paradoxes · Crispin Kim Bradley · ar 101 · Growth Process · Edward Grendon · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 107 · The Analytical Laboratory: March 1954 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 108 · Neighbor · Clifford D. Simak · nv; illustrated by Kirberger 129 · Wing Shot · Victor Stephan · ss; illustrated by Kirberger 138 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _138 · Anti-Science · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _143-144 · Killer to Come, Sam Merwin, Jr.; New York: Abelard, 1953. 251 p. 53-10108. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144 · Second Foundation, Isaac Asimov; New York: Gnome Press, 1953. 210 p. 53-10530. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144-145 · More Than Human, Theodore Sturgeon; New York: Farrar, 1953. 233 p. 53-11211. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _145-146 · The Lights in the Sky Are Stars, Fredric Brown; New York: Dutton, 1953. 254 p. 53-11520. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _146 · Costigan’s Needle, Jerry Sohl; New York: Rinehart, 1953. 250 p. 53-7719. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _146-147 · Star Rangers, Andre Norton; New York: Harcourt, 1953. 280 p. 53-7869. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _147 · 333: A Bibliography of the Science-Fantasy Novel, Joseph H. Crawford, Jr., James J. Donahue & Donald M. Grant; Providence, R.I.: Grandon, 1953. 80 p. A55-8667. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 148 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _148 · [letter from New York] · Isaac Asimov · lt _149 · [letter from Eaton Rapids, MI] · Larry Maddock · lt _150 · [letter from Savannah, GA] · Charles M. Williamson · lt _154 · [letter] · L. Sprague de Camp · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v53 #5, July 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Alejandro) 5 · Relatively Absolute · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 8 · The Hunting Lodge · Randall Garrett · nv; illustrated by Kelly Freas 38 · The Disturber · Winston Marks · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 50 · Pyramid · Robert Abernathy · nv; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 75 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 76 · Achilles and the Tortoise [Part 1 of 3] · Gotthard Gunther · ar 89 · Question and Answer [Part 2 of 2; Troas] · Poul Anderson · na; illustrated by Freas 128 · The Analytical Laboratory: April 1954 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 129 · In the Beginning · Morton Klass · ss; illustrated by Orban 143 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _143 · The Return of Tom Swift · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _147-148 · Star Science Fiction Stories No. 2, ed. Frederik Pohl; New York: Ballantine, 1953. 197 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148-149 · The Best from Startling Stories, ed. Samuel Mines; New York: Holt, 1953. 301 p. 53-8980. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _149-150 · Looking Forward, ed. Milton Lesser; New York: Beechhurst Press, 1953. 400 p. 53-11680. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150 · The Complete Book of Outer Space, Jeffrey Logan; New York: Gnome Press, 1953. 144 p. 55-2168. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151 · The Sky Block, Steve Frazee; New York: Rinehart, 1953. 247 p. 53-9236. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151 · Flight Into Space, Jonathan Norton Leonard; New York: Random House, 1953. 309 p. 53-6920. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 152 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _152 · [letter from Seattle 3, WA] · Robert E. Fogg · lt _153 · [letter from Luling, TX] · C. S. King · lt _154 · [letter] · John M. Stroud · lt _154 · [letter] · Pvt. Floyd W. McAlpine · lt _155 · [letter from Maine] · Cpl. Sergious Kunyckyj · lt _156 · [letter from Knoxville 18, TN] · George L. Cole · lt _158 · [letter from Glen Ridge, NJ] · Richard M. Hodgens · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v53 #6, August 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) 5 · “My Willie Can Do Anything” · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 12 · They’d Rather Be Right [Part 1 of 4; Joe Carter] · Mark Clifton & Frank Riley · n.; illustrated by Freas 48 · Welcome, Strangers! · H. B. Fyfe · ss; illustrated by Orban 61 · The Analytical Laboratory: May 1954 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 62 · The Cold Equations · Tom Godwin · nv; illustrated by Freas 85 · Achilles and the Tortoise [Part 2 of 3] · Gotthard Gunther · ar 98 · Superstition · Lester del Rey · nv; illustrated by Freas 135 · This Is the Way the World Ends · H. W. Johnson · ss; illustrated by Orban 146 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _146 · Stapledon Revisited · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _146-149 · To the End of Time, Olaf Stapledon; New York: Funk & Wagnalls, 1953. 775 p. 53-6981. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _149 · Scientific American Reader, Martin Schwonke; New York: Simon & Schuster, 1953. 626 p. 53-11330. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150 · Our Neighbor Worlds, V.A. Firsoff; New York: Philosophical Library, 1953. 336 p. 53-11499. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150-151 · The Green Millennium, Fritz Leiber; New York: Abelard, 1953. 256 p. 53-10637. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151-152 · The Tritonian Ring, L. Sprague de Camp; New York: Twayne, 1953. 262 p. 53-12783. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _152 · Tales from Gavagan’s Bar, L. Sprague de Camp & Fletcher Pratt; New York: Twayne, 1953. 228 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _152-153 · E Pluribus Unicorn, Theodore Sturgeon; New York: Abelard, 1953. 276 p. 53-11914. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _153-154 · Conquest of the Moon, ed. Cornelius Ryan; New York: Viking, 1953. 126 p. 53-8620. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _154-155 · The White Widows, Sam Merwin, Jr.; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1953. 224 p. 53-5962. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _155 · Mutant, Lewis Padgett; New York: Gnome Press, 1953. 210 p. 53-12601. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 156 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _156 · [letter from New York] · Isaac Asimov · lt _157 · [letter] · L. Sprague de Camp · lt _158 · [letter from Van Nuys, CA] · Alan Engelhardt · lt _159 · [letter] · Chad Oliver · lt _160 · [letter from Moorhead, MN] · Smokey McGee · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v54 #1, September 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) 5 · Breakthrough · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 9 · Martians, Go Home! · Fredric Brown · na; illustrated by Freas 56 · Mister Pinschur · Maurice Ogden & Betty Fuller · ss; illustrated by Shapiro 63 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 64 · The Interlopers · Roger Dee · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 80 · Achilles and the Tortoise [Part 3 of 3] · Gotthard Gunther · ar 96 · The Easy Way · Oscar A. Boch · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 108 · They’d Rather Be Right [Part 2 of 4; Joe Carter] · Mark Clifton & Frank Riley · n.; illustrated by Freas 147 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _147 · Practicing and Preaching · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _147-149 · Tomorrow, Philip Wylie; New York: Rinehart, 1954. 372 p. 53-10924. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _149-150 · A Mirror for Observers, Edgar Pangborn; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 222 p. 54-5352. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150 · Wild Talent, Wilson Tucker; New York: Rinehart, 1954. 250 p. 53-10921. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150-151 · Born Leader, J.T. McIntosh; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 221 p. 54-5173. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151 · The Coming of Conan, Robert E. Howard; New York: Gnome Press, 1953. 224 p. 53-12602. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151-152 · The Sinister Researches of C.P. Ransom, H. Nearing, Jr.; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 217 p. 54-5168. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _152 · Man of Many Minds, E. Everett Evans; Reading, Pa., Fantasy Press, 1953. 222 p. 53-12860. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _152-153 · Out of the Deeps, John Wyndham; New York: Ballantine, 1953. 185 p. 53-12491. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _153 · Science Fiction Carnival, ed. Fredric Brown & Mack Reynolds; Chicago: Shasta, 1954. 315 p. 53-12530. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _153-154 · An Index on the Weird and Fantastica in Magazines, Bradford M. Day; New York: The Author, 1953. 162 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _154 · One, David Karp; New York: Vanguard, 1953. 311 p. 53-10801. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 155 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _155 · [letter from Long Island, NY] · John Burt · lt _156 · [letter] · Wallace West · lt _157 · [letter from New York 11, NY] · Gonzalo Segura, Jr. · lt _158 · [letter] · L. Sprague de Camp · lt _159 · [letter from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada] · C. F. Kerry Gaulder · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v54 #2, October 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by H. R. Van Dongen) 6 · Brain-Washing · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 8 · The Big Rain [Psychotechnic League] · Poul Anderson · na; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 66 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 67 · The Deviant · Everett B. Cole · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 77 · Training Aid · Walter L. Kleine · ss; illustrated by Freas 82 · The Conners · Edward Peattie · ss; illustrated by Shapiro 97 · Jove Intervenes · R. S. Richardson · ar 106 · They’d Rather Be Right [Part 3 of 4; Joe Carter] · Mark Clifton & Frank Riley · n.; illustrated by Freas 142 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _142 · Revelation and Heresy · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _142-145 · Lost Continents; The Atlantis Theme in History, Science, and Literature, L. Sprague de Camp; New York: Gnome, 1954. 362 p. 54-7253. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _145-147 · Aboard a Flying Saucer, Truman Bethurum; Los Angeles: De Vorss & Co., 1954. 192 p. 54-9642. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _147-148 · Shambleau and Others, C.L. Moore; New York: Gnome Press, 1953. 224 p. 53-12604. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148 · Mission of Gravity, Hal Clement; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 224 p. 54-5720. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148 · Space Lawyer, Nat Schachner; New York: Gnome Press, 1953. 222 p. 53-12603. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148-149 · Search the Sky, Frederik Pohl & C.M. Kornbluth; New York: Ballantine, 1954. 165 p. 54-6478. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 149 · The Analytical Laboratory: June & July 1954 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 150 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _150 · [letter from Cleveland 11, OH] · Vincent G. Sprague · lt _152 · [letter from McKeesport, PA] · Donald Susan · lt _153 · [letter from Bronxville, NY] · Sean O’Donnell · lt _153 · [letter from New Jersey] · J. J. Coupling · lt _154 · [letter from California] · Pfc. Richard Bruner · lt _158 · [letter from Burlingame, CA] · John P. Fairfax · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v54 #3, November 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Frank Kelly Freas) 4 · Prediction [Psionics] · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 6 · The End of Summer · Algis Budrys · nv; illustrated by Freas 29 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 30 · The Dip Stick · William E. Bentley · ss; illustrated by Freas 39 · Pilot’s License · William T. Powers · nv; illustrated by Riley 63 · The Analytical Laboratory: August 1954 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 64 · A Matter of Monsters · Manly Banister · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 80 · It Didn’t Come from Mars · Roy L. Clough, Jr. · ar 83 · Those Hairy Ancestors · Poul Anderson · ar; illustrated by Freas 96 · They’d Rather Be Right [Part 4 of 4; Joe Carter] · Mark Clifton & Frank Riley · n.; illustrated by Freas 134 · Helper · Irving Reich · ss; illustrated by Freas 141 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _141 · Junior Department · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _142 · Time Flight, T. Morris Longstreth; New York: Macmillan, 1954. 216 p. 54-9010. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _142 · Danger: Dinosaurs, by Richard Marsten · P. Schuyler Miller · br _143 · Into a Strange Lost World, Bruce Carter; New York: Crowell, 1952. 196 p. 53-8410. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _143 · Starship Through Space, Lee Correy; New York: Holt, 1954. 241 p. 54-5736. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _143 · David Starr: Space Ranger, Paul French; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1952. 186 p. 52-5220rev. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _143 · Lucky Starr and the Pirates of the Asteroids, Paul French; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1953. 188 p. 53-6939. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144 · Space Platform, Murray Leinster; Chicago: Shasta, 1953. 223 p. 53-7291. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144 · Space Tug, by Murray Leinster · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144 · Mel Oliver and Space Rover on Mars, William Morrison; New York: Gnome Press, 1954. 191 p. 54-7254. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144 · Planet of Light, Raymond F. Jones; Philadelphia: Winston, 1953. 211 p. 53-7339. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _144-145 · The Star Seekers, Milton Lesser; Philadelphia: Winston, 1953. 212 p. 53-7338. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _145 · Attack from Atlantis, Lester del Rey; Philadelphia: Winston, 1953. 207 p. 53-9312. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _145 · Missing Men of Saturn, Philip Latham; Philadelphia: Winston, 1953. 215 p. 53-7336rev. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _145-146 · Space, Space, Space, ed. William Sloane; New York: Franklin Watts, 1953. 288 p. 53-9924. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _146 · Space Pioneers, by Andre Norton · P. Schuyler Miller · br _146 · The Year After Tomorrow, by Carl Carmer, Cecile Matschat & Lester del Rey · P. Schuyler Miller · br _146 · The First Book of Space Travel, Jeanne Bendick; New York: Watts, 1953. 69 p. 53-6143. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _146-147 · Engineers’ Dreams, Willy Ley; New York: Viking, 1954. 239 p. 54-5683. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _147-148 · A Handbook of Science Fiction and Fantasy, Donald H. Tuck; North Hobart, Tasmania: The Author, 1954. 151 p. A55-3612. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148-149 · Revolt in 2100, Robert A. Heinlein; Chicago: Shasta, 1954. 317 p. 53-12529. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _149-150 · Messiah, Gore Vidal; New York: Dutton, 1954. 254 p. 54-5053. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150 · The Caves of Steel, Isaac Asimov; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 224 p. 54-5418. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150-151 · Expedition to Earth, Arthur C. Clarke; New York: Ballantine, 1953. 165 p. 53-12766. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151-152 · Prelude to Space, Arthur C. Clarke; New York: Gnome Press, 1954. 191 p. 54-7257. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _152 · Back of History, William Howells; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 384 p. 54-7593. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _152-155 · Design for Decision, Irwin D.J. Bross; New York: Macmillan, 1953. 276 p. 53-12977. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 156 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _156 · [letter from Burlingame, CA] · John P. Fairfax · lt _157 · [letter from Millington, NJ] · Ken Deveney, Jr. · lt _158 · [letter from California] · Alfred B. Mason · lt _162 · [letter from Philadelphia 20, PA] · Rinehart S. Potts · lt

Astounding Science Fiction [v54 #4, December 1954] (35¢, 164pp, digest, cover by Chesley Bonestell) 5 · “As a General Rule...” · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed 7 · The School [Martin Nagle] · Raymond F. Jones · na; illustrated by Freas 57 · Special Effect · J. Anthony Ferlaine · ss; illustrated by Freas 68 · “On the Care and Breeding of Pigs” · Rex Jatko · nv 101 · In Times to Come · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 102 · Scanning and Form · Richard C. Pinkerton · ar 112 · Eight Seconds · M. C. Pease · ss; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 120 · The Analytical Laboratory: September 1954 · John W. Campbell, Jr. · cl 121 · Pack Rat Planet · Frank Herbert · ss; illustrated by Freas 143 · The Reference Library · P. Schuyler Miller · rc _143 · Human Engineering · P. Schuyler Miller · ri _143-146 · V-2, Walter Dornberger; New York: Viking, 1954. 281 p. 54-7830. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _147 · The Conquered Place, Robert Shafer; New York: Putnam, 1954. 313 p. 54-7865. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _147-148 · Untouched by Human Hands, Robert Sheckley; New York: Ballantine, 1954. 70 p. 54-7987. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148 · Into Space, P.E. Cleator; London: Allen & Unwin, 1953. 159 p. 54-2119. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _148-149 · Nine Tales of Space and Time, ed. Raymond J. Healy; New York: Holt, 1954. 307 p. 54-7026. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _149-150 · The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Third Series, ed. Anthony Boucher & J. Francis McComas; Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, 1954. 252 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _150-151 · Year’s Best Science Fiction Novels: 1954, ed. Everett F. Bleiler & T.E. Dikty; New York: Frederick Fell, 1954. 317 p. · P. Schuyler Miller · br _151 · Science and Sorcery, Garret Ford; Garret Ford/ Los Angeles: Fantasy Publishing Co., 1953. 327 p. 54-17738. · P. Schuyler Miller · br 152 · Brass Tacks · [The Readers] · lc _152 · [letter from Bolton, Lancashire, England] · John H. Aiken · lt _153 · [letter from Washington, DC] · Frank H. Tucker, Ph.D. · lt _153 · [letter from Chiefland, FL] · A. Hyatt Verrill · lt _155 · [letter from Pittsburg 13, PA] · P. Schuyler Miller · lt _160 · [letter from Peoria, IL] · Leroy Davidson · lt