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• 7 • Introduction (The Best of Astounding) • essay by Anthony R. Lewis
• 13 • Letter to a Phoenix • (1949) • short story by Fredric Brown
• 15 •  Letter to a Phoenix • (1949) • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 25 • Cold War • (1949) • short story by Kris Neville
• 28 •  Cold War • (1949) • interior artwork by Brush
• 41 •  Cold War [2] • (1949) • interior artwork by Brush
• 43 • Ex Machina • [Gallegher (Henry Kuttner)] • (1948) • novelette by Henry Kuttner [as by Lewis Padgett]
• 45 •  Ex Machina • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 59 •  Ex Machina [2] • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 71 •  Ex Machina [3] • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 80 •  Ex Machina [4] • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 91 • Invariant • (1953) • short story by John R. Pierce [as by John Pierce]
• 92 •  Invariant • (1944) • interior artwork by Willams
• 97 •  Invariant • (1944) • interior artwork by Williams
• 101 • Police Operation • [Paratime Police] • (1948) • novelette by H. Beam Piper
• 110 •  Police Operation • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 132 •  Police Operation [2] • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 140 •  Police Operation [3] • (1948) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
• 147 • Ogre • (1944) • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 149 •  Ogre • (1944) • interior artwork by Frank Kramer [as by Kramer]
• 163 •  Ogre [2] • (1944) • interior artwork by Frank Kramer [as by Kramer]
• 178 •  Ogre [3] • (1944) • interior artwork by Frank Kramer [as by Kramer]
• 192 •  Ogre [4] • (1944) • interior artwork by Frank Kramer [as by Kramer]
• 211 • Thunder and Roses • (1947) • novelette by Theodore Sturgeon
• 214 •  Thunder and Roses • (1947) • interior artwork by Lester Elliot
• 219 •  Thunder and Roses [2] • (1947) • interior artwork by Lester Elliot
• 239 •  Thunder and Roses [3] • (1947) • interior artwork by Lester Elliot