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Astounding Science Fiction

Astounding Science Fiction

Pages
162
Published
1959
Language
English

Synopsis

Astounding Science Fiction, March 1959 (Volume LXIII, No. 1) edited by John W. Campbell, Jr., with cover art by Ed Emshwiller and interior illustrations by Freas, Martinez, and Van Dongen. Fiction and non-fiction contents include: The Pirates of Ersatz, part two of a three-part serial by Murray Leinster; Despoilers of the Golden Empire, a novelette by David Gordon; Instinct, a short story by George O. Smith; The Man Who Did Not Fit, a short story by Algis Budrys; Translation Error, a short story by Robert Silverberg; and The Superman, an editorial by John W. Campbell, Jr. Regular features include: The Reference Library, with book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller; and Brass Tacks, with letters from the readers.

Authors

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John W. Campbell

John Wood Campbell Jr. was an American science fiction writer and editor. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the Golden Age of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely." As a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody stories under his primary and...

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Randall Garrett

Randall Garrett was an American science fiction and fantasy author. He was a prolific contributor to Astounding and other science fiction magazines of the 1950s and 1960s. Garrett is best known for the Lord Darcy books, the novel Too Many Magicians and two short story collections. He was also an inveterate punster (defining a pun as "the odor given off by a decaying mind"), he was a favorite guest at science fiction convention. Source: wikipedia