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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, February 1953

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  • Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, February 1953Publication Record # 57469 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
  • Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
  • Date: 1953-02-00
  • Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
  • Price:
    $0.35?$: US dollar
  • Pages: 172
  • 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, February 1953 by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
  • Webpages: archive.org
  • Notes: Jan. 1953←Feb. 1953→Mar. 1953 Vol. L, No. 6. deMille is listed as de Mille on the table of contents. "Safety Valve", "Crucifixus Etiam", & "Nightmare Brother" lack artwork credits, but the illustrations are signed "Orban", & he is listed as an illustrator for this issue on table of contents page. "For the Glory of Agon" is credited to Orban, though. The review of Design for a Brain appears at the end of "The Reference Library", separated by a short horizontal bar and a large heading "Special Review". It is signed "John W. Campbell, Jr." at the end of the review. 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 - 1953 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1953) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

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