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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, December 1959

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  • Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, December 1959Publication Record # 57449 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • Date: 1959-12-00
  • Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.50?$: 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, December 1959 by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes: Nov. 1959←Dec. 1959→Jan. 1960 Vol. LXIV, No. 4. Cover illustration for "The Destroyers" (untitled in the magazine). "The Reference Library" begins with a section titled "Spokesmen for Space", which includes the reviews on pp. 143-146 and the review of Soviet Space Science. The review of The Fourth Galaxy Reader lists the author as Horace Gold. 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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