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• 5 • Information on Age • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
• 8 • Fighting Philosopher • [The Philosophical Corps] • novelette by Everett B. Cole [as by E. B. Cole]
• 8 •  Fighting Philosopher • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
• 17 •  Fighting Philosopher [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
• 26 •  Fighting Philosopher [3] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
• 35 •  Fighting Philosopher [4] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
• 41 • The Analytical Laboratory: January 1954 (Astounding, April 1954) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
• 42 • Marshmallow World • short story by Joseph Whitehill
• 43 •  Marshmallow World • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 49 • Rite of Passage • novelette by Chad Oliver
• 51 •  Rite of Passage • interior artwork by Doore
• 60 •  Rite of Passage [2] • interior artwork by Doore
• 69 •  Rite of Passage [3] • interior artwork by Doore
• 78 •  Rite of Passage [4] • interior artwork by Doore
• 87 • Washday Minus Zero • essay by Wallace West
• 102 • To Build a Robot Brain • essay by Murray Leinster
• 112 • The Thousandth Year • novelette by Robert Abernathy
• 112 •  The Thousandth Year • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 120 •  The Thousandth Year [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 127 •  The Thousandth Year [3] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
• 134 • Age of Retirement • short story by Hal Lynch
• 134 •  Age of Retirement • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
• 139 • In Times to Come (Astounding, April 1954) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
• 140 • The Reference Library: They Still Fly (Astounding, April 1954) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
• 140 •   Review: Flying Saucers by Donald H. Menzel • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 140 •   Review: Flying Saucers From Outer Space by Donald E. Keyhoe • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 140 •   Review: The Flying Saucers Have Landed by George Adamski and Desmond Leslie • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 144 •   Review: Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 145 •   Review: Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 146 •   Review: Ring Around the Sun by Clifford D. Simak • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 146 •   Review: Sentinels from Space by Eric Frank Russell • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 147 •   Review: Flight Into Yesterday by Charles L. Harness • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 147 •   Review: The Best Science Fiction Stories: 1953 by Everett F. Bleiler and T. E. Dikty • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 148 •   Review: The Syndic by C. M. Kornbluth • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 149 •   Review: Science-Fiction Adventures in Dimension by Groff Conklin • review by P. Schuyler Miller
• 150 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, April 1954) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
• 150 •  Brass Tacks • (1949) • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
• 150 •  Letter (Astounding, April 1954) • essay by John Litster
• 150 •  Letter (Astounding, April 1954) • essay by R. P. Courtis
• 151 •  Letter (Astounding, April 1954) • essay by Ivan C. Smith
• 152 •  Letter (Astounding, April 1954) • [Letters: Poul Anderson] • essay by Poul Anderson
• 158 •  Letter (Astounding, April 1954) • essay by F. Sutherland Macklem
• 159 •  Letter (Astounding, April 1954) • essay by Hal J. Martin