Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August 1955

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August 1955Publication Record # 57419 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1955-08-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar
Pages: 164
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, August 1955 by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Jul. 1955←Aug. 1955→Sep. 1955 Vol 55, No 6. Cover illustration for "Call Him Dead" (untitled in the magazine). 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 - 1955 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1955) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

5 • Philosophy Doesn't Pay • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
8 • Call Him Dead (Part 1 of 3) • serial by Eric Frank Russell (book publication as Three to Conquer 1956)
8 • Call Him Dead (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
19 • Call Him Dead (Part 1 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
28 • Call Him Dead (Part 1 of 3) [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
37 • Call Him Dead (Part 1 of 3) [4] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
48 • Call Him Dead (Part 1 of 3) [5] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
57 • Judgment Day • short story by L. Sprague de Camp
57 • Judgment Day • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
67 • Judgment Day [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
73 • In Times to Come (Astounding, August 1955) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
74 • Victory • novelette by Lester del Rey
75 • Victory • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
82 • Victory [2] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
88 • Victory [3] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
95 • Victory [4] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
101 • Victory [5] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
108 • Victory [6] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
113 • Cover Symbol • essay by uncredited
114 • Pagan • short story by Algis Budrys
114 • Pagen • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
122 • Pagan [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
127 • One-Shot • short story by James Blish
127 • One-Shot • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
133 • One-Shot [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
138 • Feeding Time • short story by James E. Gunn
139 • Feeding Time [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
143 • The Analytical Laboratory: May 1955 (Astounding, August 1955) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
144 • The Reference Library: The Good Old Days (Astounding, August 1955) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
144 • Review: Tyrant of Time by Lloyd Arthur Eshbach • review by P. Schuyler Miller
145 • Review: One Against Eternity / The Other Side of Here by Murray Leinster and A. E. van Vogt • review by P. Schuyler Miller
145 • Review: One Against Eternity by A. E. van Vogt • review by P. Schuyler Miller
145 • Review: The Other Side of Here by Murray Leinster • review by P. Schuyler Miller
147 • Review: Deep Space by Eric Frank Russell • review by P. Schuyler Miller
148 • Review: Lucky Starr and the Oceans of Venus by Paul French • review by P. Schuyler Miller
148 • Review: Northwest of Earth by C. L. Moore • review by P. Schuyler Miller
149 • Review: Assignment in Tomorrow by Frederik Pohl • review by P. Schuyler Miller
150 • Review: The Big Ball of Wax by Shepherd Mead • review by P. Schuyler Miller
150 • Review: Operation: Outer Space by Murray Leinster • review by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Review: To Walk the Night by William Sloane • review by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Review: Undersea Quest by Frederik Pohl and Jack Williamson • review by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Review: Step to the Stars by Lester del Rey • review by P. Schuyler Miller
151 • Review: The World at Bay by Paul Capon • review by P. Schuyler Miller
152 • Review: Conquest by Man by Paul Herrman • review by P. Schuyler Miller
154 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, August 1955) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
160 • Letter (Astounding, August 1955) • essay by Edward E. Smith [as by Edward Elmer Smith]

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August 1955

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