Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1947

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1947Publication Record # 57646 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1947-10-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.25^?$: US dollar. ISO code: USD
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, October 1947 by Chesley Bonestell [as by Bonestell]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Sep. 1947←Oct. 1947→Nov. 1947 Vol 40, No 2. Cover illustration is symbolic as labelled on the cover, "Sun...Mercury in Transit", as noted in "In Times to Come" from the September 1947 issue (scanned version from Internet Archive). The full text and images of this edition are available at Internet Archive, see web page for link.
External IDs:
- FMI: P_1947ASFOCT

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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1947 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1947) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • Flying Somethings • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
6 • Ole Doc Methuselah • [Ole Doc Methuselah] • novelette by L. Ron Hubbard [as by René Lafayette]
6 • Ole Doc Methuselah • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
13 • Ole Doc Methuselah [2] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
20 • Ole Doc Methuselah [3] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
27 • Ole Doc Methuselah [4] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
35 • Ole Doc Methuselah [5] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier [as by Cartier]
39 • Problem in Solid • novelette by George O. Smith
39 • Problem in Solid • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
43 • Problem in Solid [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
50 • Problem in Solid [3] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
55 • Problem in Solid [4] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
60 • Target • short story by Peter Grainger [as by Peter Cartur]
60 • Target • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
68 • Collector's Item • short story by Frank Belknap Long
68 • Collector's Item • interior artwork by William Timmins [as by Timmins]
73 • Collector's Item [2] • interior artwork by William Timmins [as by Timmins]
78 • Collector's Item [3] • interior artwork by William Timmins [as by Timmins]
82 • Collector's Item [4] • interior artwork by William Timmins [as by Timmins]
87 • What's Wrong in the Patent System • essay by G. S. Curry
104 • Book Review (Astounding, October 1947) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
104 • Review: Spacehounds of IPC by Edward E. Smith • review by P. Schuyler Miller
106 • In Times to Come (Astounding, October 1947) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
107 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) • serial by L. Ron Hubbard
107 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
113 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
124 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) [3] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
135 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) [4] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
150 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) [5] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]

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Miller/Contento	Verified	Alvonruff	2006-11-28 20:17:39
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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, October 1947

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