Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1946Publication Record # 57645 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1946-10-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.25^?$: US dollar
Pages: 180
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, October 1946 by William Timmins [as by Timmins]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Sep. 1946←Oct. 1946→Nov. 1946 Vol 38, No 2. Cover illustration untitled. Table of contents credits all interior illustrations to Swenson. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.

Cover art supplied by Galactic Central

Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1946 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1946) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

5 • The Lead Curtain • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
7 • The Chronicler (Part 1 of 2) • serial by A. E. van Vogt (book publication as Siege of the Unseen)
35 • In Times to Come (Astounding, October 1946) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
36 • Chaos, Co-Ordinated • novelette by James Blish and Robert A. W. Lowndes [as by John MacDougal]
58 • Assumption Unjustified • novella by Hal Clement
98 • The Analytical Laboratory: July 1946 (Astounding, October 1946) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
99 • The Atomic Pile • essay by uncredited
115 • Alien • short story by George O. Smith
126 • False Dawn • novelette by A. Bertram Chandler
159 • To Still the Drums • short story by Chan Davis
178 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, October 1946) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor

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