Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1948

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1948Publication Record # 424285 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1948-10-00
Publisher: Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
Price:
1/-^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 68
Format:
pulp^?Magazine using the common pulp size: 6.5" by 9.5". For ISFDB purposes this may also be used as a designation for the quality of the paper. There are some untrimmed pulps that are as large as 8" by 11.75
Type: MAGAZINE
Cover: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1948 by Chesley Bonestell (variant of Astounding Science Fiction, October 1947 1947) [as by Bonestell]
Notes: Vol. VI No. 6 Partial reprint of the October 1947 and August 1946 (US) issues. Editor, cover and story artists from US edition and FictionMags.
External IDs:
- FMI: P_1948AUKOCT

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Contents (view Concise Listing)

2 • Ole Doc Methuselah • [Ole Doc Methuselah] • (1947) • novelette by L. Ron Hubbard [as by René Lafayette]
2 • Ole Doc Methuselah • (1947) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
19 • Collector's Item • (1947) • short story by Frank Belknap Long
29 • Problem in Solid • (1947) • novelette by George O. Smith
39 • The Last Objective • (1946) • novelette by Paul A. Carter
51 • The Cat and the King • (1946) • novelette by Raymond F. Jones
61 • The Cat and the King • (1946) • interior artwork by Swenson

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