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• 2 • Enough Rope • [Wing Alak] • (1953) • novelette by Poul Anderson
• 2 •  Enough Rope • (1953) • interior artwork by Walt Miller [as by Miller]
• 9 •  Enough Rope [2] • (1953) • interior artwork by Walt Miller [as by Miller]
• 16 •  Enough Rope [3] • (1953) • interior artwork by Walt Miller [as by Miller]
• 22 • Solution Delayed • (1953) • short story by Alex Apostolides and Mark Clifton
• 23 •  Solution Delayed • (1953) • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 31 •  Solution Delayed [2] • (1953) • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 39 • Survival • (1953) • novelette by Don Green
• 43 •  Survival • (1953) • interior artwork by J. Dreany [as by Dreany]
• 47 •  Survival [2] • (1953) • interior artwork by J. Dreany [as by Dreany]
• 54 •  Survival [3] • (1953) • interior artwork by J. Dreany [as by Dreany]
• 60 • Locum Tenens • (1953) • essay by Wallace West
• 72 • Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) • [Mesklin • 1] • (1953) • serial by Hal Clement
• 72 •  Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) • (1953) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 87 •  Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) [2] • (1953) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 94 •  Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) [3] • (1953) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 101 •  Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) [4] • (1953) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 109 •  Mission of Gravity (Part 4 of 4) [5] • (1953) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 113 • Review of the nonfiction work "Evolution in Action" by Julian Huxley • (1953) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• 113 • The Reference Library: Man, the Improbable (Astounding, July 1953) • [The Reference Library] • (1953) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• 113 •   Review: The Next Million Years by Charles Galton Darwin • (1953) • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 116 •   Review: Space Service by Andre Norton • (1953) • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 117 •   Review: Prisoner in the Skull by Charles Dye • (1953) • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 117 •   Review: The Legion of Time by Jack Williamson • (1953) • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 118 •   Review: Stars in the Making by Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin • (1953) • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 119 •   Review: The Petrified Planet by Fletcher Pratt • (1953) • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 121 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, July 1953) • [Brass Tacks] • (1953) • essay by uncredited
• 127 • "Our Catalogue Number..." • [Editorial (Astounding)] • (1953) • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]