Notes: • The cover is reproduced from Earle Bergey's July 1948 cover of "Startling Stories." • The foreword appears in at least one other collection in the series. • The glossary is specifically compiled for this collection of stories (and includes words from the story preview). "So that readers can better grasp such cultural and historical terms, uncommon words or expressions of the era, the following glossary has been provided." • The essay, "L. Ron Hubbard in the Golden age of Pulp Fiction" appears in at least one other collection in the series. • "The Stories from the Golden Age" is a list of the 153 stories slated to be reprinted in this series. The stories are sorted into 8 categories: Air Adventure--16 stories Far-Flung Adventure--29 stories Sea Adventure--11 stories Tales from the Orient--15 stories Mystery--16 stories Fantasy--9 stories Science Fiction--23 stories Western--34 stories