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• 1 • S. F. D Notes • essay by Chester Whitehorn
• 4 • Will Your Child Visit the Moon • (1953) • essay by Jack Cluett
• 5 •  Will Your Child Visit the Moon • interior artwork by Lindgren
• 8 •  Will Your Child Visit the Moon [2] • interior artwork by Lindgren
• 13 • The Mitr • (1953) • short story by Jack Vance
• 13 •  The Mitr • interior artwork by uncredited
• 16 •  The Mitr [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 19 • The First • (1950) • short story by Kris Neville
• 19 •  The First • interior artwork by uncredited
• 27 • "Haunted Atoms" • (1953) • short story by A. E. van Vogt (variant of Haunted Atoms 1951)
• 27 •  "Haunted Atoms" • interior artwork by uncredited
• 31 •  "Haunted Atoms" [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 36 • An S. F. D. Experiment • essay by Chester Whitehorn
• 37 • Dwellers in the Dust • [Shock Short] • (1948) • short story by Forrest J. Ackerman
• 37 •  Dwellers in the Dust • interior artwork by uncredited
• 44 • Science Fact Digest • essay by Wallace Cloud
• 44 •  Science Fact Digest • interior artwork by uncredited
• 51 • Entrance Exam • (1951) • short story by E. C. Tubb
• 51 •  Entrance Exam • interior artwork by uncredited
• 63 • Interplanetary Man • (1948) • essay by Olaf Stapledon
• 63 •  Interplanetary Man • interior artwork by uncredited
• 67 • The Rat • [The Rat] • (1929) • short story by S. Fowler Wright
• 67 •  The Rat • interior artwork by uncredited
• 71 •  The Rat [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 85 • Gallie's House • (1953) • short story by T. D. Hamm [as by Thelma D. Hamm]
• 85 •  Gallie's House • interior artwork by uncredited
• 88 • Space Platform Xz204c Does Not Answer • (1953) • short story by John Norment
• 88 •  Space Platform Xz204c Does Not Answer • interior artwork by uncredited
• 89 •  Cartoon: "Tourists! • interior artwork by Billy Snel
• 90 • Time Check for Control • (1953) • short story by Robert Sheckley
• 90 •  Time Check for Control • interior artwork by uncredited
• 90 •  Time Check for Control [2] • interior artwork by uncredited
• 104 •  Cartoon: Pick-Up • interior artwork by Jack O'Brien (I)
• 106 • The River • (1951) • short story by L. Major Reynolds
• 106 •  The River • interior artwork by uncredited
• 115 •  Cartoon: "Him and His Pets!" • interior artwork by Karnes
• 116 • Serendipity • (unknown) • essay by Joe Callanan
• 116 •  Serendipity • interior artwork by uncredited
• 121 • Your Life in 1977! • essay by Willy Ley
• 121 •  Your Life in 1977! • interior artwork by uncredited
• 128 • Precedent • (1952) • short story by E. C. Tubb [as by Charles Gray]
• 128 •  Precedent • interior artwork by uncredited
• 140 • Mimic • (1942) • short story by Donald A. Wollheim
• 140 •  Mimic • interior artwork by uncredited
• 145 •  Cartoon: "Well,outer space will have to wait ... Put 'em back, put ;em back!" • interior artwork by Taber
• 146 • This World Is Changing: The Climate • essay by H. M. Mack
• 146 •  This World Is Changing: The Climate • interior artwork by uncredited
• 154 • S. F. D. Reviews • essay by Emory Lewis
• 154 •   Review: Flight Into Space by Jonathan Norton Leonard • review by Emory Lewis
• 155 •   Review: The Best from Startling Stories by Samuel Mines • review by Emory Lewis
• 156 • Review of Tigrero by Sasha Siemel (nongenre, nonfiction) • essay by Emory Lewis
• 157 •   Review: Star Rangers by Andre Norton • review by Emory Lewis
• 158 •   Review: Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore • review by Emory Lewis
• 159 •   Review: Conquest of the Moon by Wernher von Braun and Willy Ley and Fred L. Whipple • review by Emory Lewis
• 160 •  Cartoon: no caption • interior artwork by Bill Danch