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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959

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  • Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959Publication Record # 57580 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • Date: 1959-03-00
  • 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, March 1959 by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes: Feb. 1959←Mar. 1959→Apr. 1959 Vol. LXIII, No. 1. Cover illustration is a "symbolic cover" as noted in "In Times to Come" from the February 1959 issue. As well as being credited to Emsh, the cover is signed that way (part of verbiage on sign in picture). Illustrations by Kelly Freas on pp. 10, 17, 24, 39, 92, 101, 110, 120, 129 are signed with his KF-circle logo. Credit is to "Freas" at beginning of stories' texts. Illustrations by Martinez on pp. 44, are signed with stylized "M". Credit is to "Martinez" at beginning of story text. "The Man Who Did Not Fit" and "Translation Error" are listed as short stories. The reviews on p. 148 are reprint notices with brief comments. Manly Wade Wellman's name is as listed in the book review section. Copies have also been verified with an overprinted price of "50 Cents" 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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