Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956Publication Record # 57681 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1956-09-00
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, September 1956 by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Aug. 1956←Sep. 1956→Oct. 1956 Vol 58, No 1. Cover illustration for "Pandora's Planet", as noted in "In Times to Come" for August 1956. There is no "Brass Tacks" column in this issue. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.

Cover art supplied by Galactic Central

Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1956 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1956) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

6 • I Try to Have an Open Mind • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
9 • Pandora's Planet • [Pandora's Planet • 1] • novelette by Christopher Anvil
9 • Pandora's Planet • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
18 • Pandora's Planet [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
27 • Pandora's Planet [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
36 • Pandora's Planet [4] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
42 • In Times to Come (Astounding, September 1956) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
43 • Margin of Profit • [Nicholas Van Rijn] • novelette by Poul Anderson
43 • Margin of Profit • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
50 • Margin of Profit [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
57 • Margin of Profit [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
62 • The Swamp Was Upside Down • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
63 • The Swamp Was Upside Down • [Colonial Survey] • novelette by Murray Leinster
72 • The Swamp Was Upside Down [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
81 • The Swamp Was Upside Down [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
88 • The Swamp Was Upside Down [4] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
95 • The Swamp Was Upside Down [5] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
102 • What Is a Machine? • essay by uncredited
103 • Pâté de Foie Gras • short story by Isaac Asimov
103 • Pâté de Foie Gras • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
108 • Pâté de Foie Gras [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
113 • Pâté de Foie Gras [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
118 • Dust Rag • short story by Hal Clement
118 • Dust Rag • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
127 • Dust Rag [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
135 • Mind for Business • short story by Robert Silverberg
135 • Mind for Business • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
141 • Mind for Business [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
147 • The Reference Library: Whodunit? (Astounding, September 1956) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
153 • Review: Reach for Tomorrow by Arthur C. Clarke • review by P. Schuyler Miller
154 • Review: The Best from Fantasy and Science Fiction: Fifth Series by Anthony Boucher • review by P. Schuyler Miller
156 • Review: The Power by Frank M. Robinson • review by P. Schuyler Miller
156 • Review: Contraband Rocket / The Forgotten Planet by Lee Correy and Murray Leinster • review by P. Schuyler Miller
156 • Review: Contraband Rocket by Lee Correy • review by P. Schuyler Miller
156 • Review: The Forgotten Planet by Murray Leinster • review by P. Schuyler Miller
157 • Review: Forbidden Area by Pat Frank • review by P. Schuyler Miller
158 • Review: Survival in the Sky by Charles Coombs • review by P. Schuyler Miller
158 • Review: The World Jones Made / Agent of the Unknown by Philip K. Dick and Margaret St. Clair • review by P. Schuyler Miller
158 • Review: The World Jones Made by Philip K. Dick • review by P. Schuyler Miller
158 • Review: Agent of the Unknown by Margaret St. Clair • review by P. Schuyler Miller
158 • Review of the nongenre anthology "The Best American Short Stories: 1955" edited by Martha Foley • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
159 • Review of the nonfiction work "Guided Missiles in War and Peace" by Nels A. Parson, Jr. • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
160 • Review: A Scientific Report on "The Search for Bridey Murphy" by Milton V. Kline • review by P. Schuyler Miller

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, September 1956

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