Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1951

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1951Publication Record # 57598 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1951-05-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.25^?$: 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, May 1951 by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: May 1951 Apr. 1951←May 1951→Jun. 1951 Vol 47, No 3. Cover illustration for "Galactic Gadgeteers" as noted in "In Times to Come" from the April 1951 issue. Attributions for art use the most complete form of the artist's name found in this issue. 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 - 1951 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1951) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • Conservatism • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
6 • Galactic Gadgeteers • novelette by G. Harry Stine [as by Harry Stine]
6 • Galactic Gadgeteers • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
15 • Galactic Gadgeteers [2] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
26 • Galactic Gadgeteers [3] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
38 • Galactic Gadgeteers [4] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
47 • Success Story • [Tree Houses] • novelette by Julian Chain
49 • Success Story • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
56 • Success Story [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
65 • Success Story [3] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
70 • Izzard and the Membrane • novella by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
70 • Izzard and the Membrane • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
77 • Izzard and the Membrane [2] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
86 • Izzard and the Membrane [3] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
95 • Izzard and the Membrane [4] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
104 • Izzard and the Membrane [5] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
113 • Izzard and the Membrane [6] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
117 • Guess Again • short story by J. A. Meyer
117 • Guess Again • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
121 • In Times to Come (Astounding, May 1951) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
122 • Key Decision • short story by H. B. Fyfe
122 • Key Decision • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
129 • Key Decision [2] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
135 • The Analytical Laboratory: December 1950 (Astounding, May 1951) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
135 • The Analytical Laboratory: January 1950 (Astounding, May 1951) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
136 • Clipper Ships of Space • essay by Russell Saunders
137 • Clipper Ships of Space • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
141 • Clipper Ships of Space [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
144 • The Argonne Heavy Water Reactor • essay by uncredited
149 • Book Reviews (Astounding, May 1951) • essay by C. Coffin and P. Schuyler Miller
149 • Review: The Castle of Iron by L. Sprague de Camp and Fletcher Pratt • review by P. Schuyler Miller
149 • Review: The Bridge of Light by A. Hyatt Verrill • review by P. Schuyler Miller
150 • Review: The Big Book of Science Fiction by Groff Conklin • review by P. Schuyler Miller
150 • Review: Ralph 124C 41+ by Hugo Gernsback • review by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Review: The Man Who Lived Backward by Malcolm Ross • review by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Review: Genus Homo by L. Sprague de Camp and P. Schuyler Miller • review by C. Coffin
152 • Review: The Voyage of the Space Beagle by A. E. van Vogt • review by P. Schuyler Miller
153 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, May 1951) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor
153 • Letter (Astounding, May 1951) • [Letters: Willy Ley] • essay by Willy Ley
154 • Letter (Astounding, May 1951) • essay by Es Cole and Les Cole [as by E. Cole and Les Cole]
155 • Letter (Astounding, May 1951) • [Letters: James Blish] • essay by James Blish

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1951

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