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• 4 • What is a Magazine? • essay by Harry Harrison
• 6 • Plague • novelette by Kendell Foster Crossen [as by Ken Crossen]
• 6 •  Plague • interior artwork by Ebel
• 24 • The Prodigy • novelette by Thomas N. Scortia
• 25 •  The Prodigy • interior artwork by Roy G. Krenkel [as by Krenkel]
• 42 • The Ride • short story by Walter L. Kleine
• 42 •  The Ride • interior artwork by Smith
• 58 • Fanmag: Fansoc • essay by Bill Venable
• 66 • The Fiction in Science Fiction • essay by William Tenn
• 66 •  The Fiction in Science Fiction • interior artwork by Mendenhall
• 79 • The Dissecting Table (Science Fiction Adventures, March 1954) • [The Dissecting Table (Science Fiction Adventures)] • essay by Damon Knight
• 80 •   Review: The Time Masters by Wilson Tucker • (1953) • review by Damon Knight
• 80 •   Review: The Secret Masters by Gerald Kersh • (1953) • review by Damon Knight
• 81 •   Review: To the End of Time by Olaf Stapledon • (1953) • review by Damon Knight
• 81 •   Review: Prize Science Fiction by Donald A. Wollheim • (1953) • review by Damon Knight
• 81 •   Review: The Undying Fire by Fletcher Pratt • (1953) • review by Damon Knight
• 82 • The Syndic (Part 2 of 2) • serial by C. M. Kornbluth
• 83 •  The Syndic (Part 2 of 2) • interior artwork by Art Sussman [as by Sussman]
• 157 • The Chart Room (Letters to the Editor) (Science Fiction Adventures, March 1954) • [The Chart Room] • essay by uncredited