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• 3 • A Basic Science-Fiction Library • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman and Everett F. Bleiler and David H. Keller, M.D. and Henry Kuttner and Sam Merwin, Jr. and P. Schuyler Miller and C. L. Moore and Sam Moskowitz and Paul L. Payne and A. Langley Searles and Theodore Sturgeon and A. E. van Vogt and Donald Wandrei [as by Forrest J. Ackerman and Everett Bleiler and David H. Keller and Sam Merwin, Jr. and P. Schuyler Miller and Sam Moskowitz and Lewis Padgett and Paul L. Payne and A. Langley Searles and Theodore Sturgeon and A. E. van Vogt and Donald Wandrei]
• 31 • Avowal • poem by Clark Ashton Smith
• 32 • The Spring Night • [The Martian Chronicles] • short story by Ray Bradbury (variant of The Summer Night)
• 35 • The Case for Science-Fiction • essay by Sam Moskowitz
• 40 • Dear Pen Pal • short story by A. E. van Vogt
• 46 • The Pool in the Wood • poem by August Derleth
• 47 • Solution of Mind Problems by Imagination • (1928) • essay by Jules Verne
• 49 • The Swallowers of Universes • (1948) • short story by Peter Viereck
• 51 • David Henry Keller and the Scientific Novel in the United States • (1939) • essay by
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• 55 • Time to Rest • [Bert] • short story by John Wyndham [as by John Beynon Harris]
• 69 • Open, Sesame! • short story by August Derleth [as by Stephen Grendon]
• 74 • Travel Talk • poem by Vincent Starrett
• 75 • The Moon as Goal • essay by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 75 •   Review: Voyages to the Moon by Marjorie Hope Nicolson • review by Everett F. Bleiler [as by Everett Bleiler]
• 78 • Charles WIlliams' Novel • essay by Edward Wagenknecht
• 78 •   Review: All Hallows' Eve by Charles Williams • review by Edward Wagenknecht
• 80 • From the Fan Presses • essay by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 80 •   Review: The Torch by Jack Bechdolt • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 80 •   Review: Skylark Three by Edward E. Smith • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 80 •   Review: Slaves of Sleep by L. Ron Hubbard • review by Fritz Leiber [as by Fritz Leiber, Jr.]
• 83 • Frank Merriwell on Venus • essay by Robert Bloch
• 83 •   Review: Space Cadet by Robert Heinlein • review by Robert Bloch
• 85 • Factual Fantasies • essay by Carl Jacobi
• 85 •   Review: Out of the Silence by Patrick Mahony • review by Carl Jacobi
• 87 • Dr. Keller Again • essay by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Weaver Wright]
• 87 •   Review: Solitary Hunters and The Abyss by David H. Keller • review by Forrest J. Ackerman [as by Weaver Wright]
• 88 • Whimsy and Whamsy • essay by Leah Bodine Drake
• 88 •   Review: ... And Some Were Human by Lester del Rey • review by Leah Bodine Drake
• 88 •   Review: Moonfoam and Sorceries by Stanley Mullen • review by Leah Bodine Drake
• 89 • Short Notices (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1949) • [Short Notices] • essay by uncredited
• 89 •   Review: Divide and Rule by L. Sprague de Camp • review by uncredited
• 89 •   Review: The Invisible Man by H. G. Wells • review by uncredited
• 89 •   Review: Fear and Trembling by Alfred Hitchcock • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Chips are Down by Jean-Paul Sartre • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: Angel in the Wardrobe by Robert Tallant • review by uncredited
• 90 •   Review: The Atlantis Myth by H. S. Bellamy • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: Art and the Unconscious by Lionel Goitein • review by uncredited
• 91 •   Review: The Madrone Tree by David Duncan • review by uncredited
• 93 • Editorial Commentary (The Arkham Sampler, Winter 1949) • [Editorial Commentary] • essay by uncredited