Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1959

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1959Publication Record # 57397 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1959-04-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar
Pages: 164
Format:
digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1959 by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Kelly Freas]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Mar. 1959←Apr. 1959→May 1959 Vol. LXIII, No. 2. Cover illustration for "Wherever You Are" (untitled in the magazine). The cover is credited (TOC) to Freas, but signed "Kelly Freas". Some artwork credited to Summers (beginning of story text) is signed "LRS". Some artwork credited to Martinez (beginning of story text) is signed with a stylized "M". Interior artwork credited to Freas (beginning of story text) is signed with his KF-circle logo. The reviews on p. 142 are buried in, & are the substance of, an initial essay entitled "Grim New World?". Following this in an untitled section are reviews of two sound recordings (LPs): Rockets, Missiles and Space Travel [interviews & sound clips] and Nightwatch [poetry]. The reviews on pp. 149-150 are reprint notices with brief comments. The review of 6 from Worlds Beyond gives only that title (not the subtitle). The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.

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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1959 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1959) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

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4 • Holes • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
8 • Wherever You Are • novelette by Poul Anderson [as by Winston P. Sanders]
31 • Now Inhale • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
54 • The Sieve • [Federation of Humanity] • short story by Christopher Anvil
67 • The Catch • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
78 • Set a Thief • novelette by H. Chandler Elliott [as by H. C. Elliott]
98 • The Pirates of Ersatz (Part 3 of 3) • serial by Murray Leinster (book publication as The Pirates of Zan)
140 • In Times to Come (Astounding, April 1959) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
140 • The Analytical Laboratory: January 1959 (Astounding, April 1959) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
141 • The Reference Library: Grim New World? (Astounding, April 1959) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, April 1959) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1959

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