Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959Publication Record # 57580 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1959-03-00
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, March 1959 by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Feb. 1959←Mar. 1959→Apr. 1959 Vol. LXIII, No. 1. Cover illustration is a "symbolic cover" as noted in "In Times to Come" from the February 1959 issue. As well as being credited to Emsh, the cover is signed that way (part of verbiage on sign in picture). Illustrations by Kelly Freas on pp. 10, 17, 24, 39, 92, 101, 110, 120, 129 are signed with his KF-circle logo. Credit is to "Freas" at beginning of stories' texts. Illustrations by Martinez on pp. 44, are signed with stylized "M". Credit is to "Martinez" at beginning of story text. "The Man Who Did Not Fit" and "Translation Error" are listed as short stories. The reviews on p. 148 are reprint notices with brief comments. Manly Wade Wellman's name is as listed in the book review section. Copies have also been verified with an overprinted price of "50 Cents" 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 - 1959 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1959) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Fiction and Essays (view Full Listing)

6 • The Superman • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
10 • Despoilers of the Golden Empire • novelette by Randall Garrett [as by David Gordon]
44 • Instinct • short story by George O. Smith
55 • The Man Who Did Not Fit • [Michael Wireman] • novelette by Algis Budrys
76 • Translation Error • short story by Robert Silverberg
92 • The Pirates of Ersatz (Part 2 of 3) • serial by Murray Leinster (book publication as The Pirates of Zan)
138 • The Reference Library: the Gentlemen Amateurs (Astounding, March 1959) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
139 • Review of nongenre nonfiction _Aku-Aku_ (Thor Heyerdahl) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
149 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, March 1959) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
149 • Letter: To be read after you have finished "Despoilers of the Golden Empire." • essay by Randall Garrett [as by David Gordon]

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959

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