Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1949

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1949Publication Record # 57387 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1949-04-00
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, April 1949 by Santry
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Mar. 1949←Apr. 1949→May 1949 Vol 43, No 2. Cover illustration for "Plague" as noted in the "In Times to Come" for March 1949. Attributions for art use the most complete form of the artist's name found in this issue. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.
External IDs:
- FMI: P_1949ASFAPR

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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1949 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1949) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

4 • "Oh King, Live Forever ..." • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
6 • Plague • [Ole Doc Methuselah] • novelette by L. Ron Hubbard [as by René Lafayette]
7 • Plague • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
14 • Plague [2] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
21 • Plague [3] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
29 • Plague [4] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
33 • Extraterrestrial Biochemistry Note • essay by uncredited
34 • Devious Weapon • short story by M. C. Pease
35 • Devious Weapon • interior artwork by Quackenbush
44 • The Undecided • novelette by Eric Frank Russell
45 • The Undecided • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
54 • The Undecided [2] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
65 • The Undecided [3] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
71 • Prodigy • short story by Theodore Sturgeon
71 • Prodigy • interior artwork by Quackenbush
78 • Prodigy [2] • interior artwork by Quackenbush
81 • Colonial • [Max Larkin] • novelette by John Christopher [as by Christopher Youd]
83 • Colonial • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
92 • Colonial [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
101 • Colonial [3] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
104 • In Times to Come (Astounding, April 1949) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
105 • Seetee Shock (Part 3 of 3) • [Seetee • 2] • serial by Jack Williamson [as by Will Stewart]
107 • Seetee Shock (Part 3 of 3) • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
118 • Seetee Shock (Part 3 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
129 • Seetee Shock (Part 3 of 3) [3] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
141 • Seetee Shock (Part 3 of 3) [4] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
146 •
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• essay by Arthur C. Parlett, Jr. [as by Arthur C. Parlett]
162 • The Analytical Laboratory: January 1949 (Astounding, April 1949) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, April 1949

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