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• 5 • Nothing with a Name • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
• 7 • Aesop • [City] • novelette by Clifford D. Simak
• 7 •  Aesop • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
• 14 •  Aesop [2] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
• 21 •  Aesop [3] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
• 29 •  Aesop [4] • interior artwork by Edd Cartier
• 32 • Age of Unreason • short story by Alfred Coppel [as by Alfred Coppel, Jr.]
• 32 •  Age of Unreason • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli [as by Napoli]
• 39 •  Age of Unreason [2] • interior artwork by Vincent Napoli [as by Napoli]
• 44 • The Barbarian • [Clane] • novelette by A. E. van Vogt
• 44 •  The Barbarian • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 49 •  The Barbarian [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 56 •  The Barbarian [3] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 63 •  The Barbarian [4] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 67 • The Dreamers • short story by Michael Yamin
• 67 •  The Dreamers • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 76 •  The Dreamers [2] • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 82 • In Times to Come (Astounding, December 1947) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
• 83 • White Dwarf Stars • essay by John W. Abrams
• 99 • The Analytical Laboratory: August 1947 (Astounding, December 1947) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
• 99 • The Analytical Laboratory: September 1947 (Astounding, December 1947) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
• 100 • Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) • [Lensman • 6] • serial by Edward E. Smith
• 100 •  Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
• 111 •  Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) [2] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
• 122 •  Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) [3] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
• 131 •  Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) [4] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
• 142 •  Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) [5] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
• 151 •  Children of the Lens (Part 2 of 4) [6] • interior artwork by Hubert Rogers [as by Rogers]
• 156 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, December 1947) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor
• 156 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): We're Even Sorrier—But Unknown Remains Unknown. The Paper Selection Is as Bad as Ever. • essay by E. Block
• 156 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): Dr. Smith? Coming Right Up! • essay by Chad Oliver
• 157 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): Hey—Those Aren't Rivets! They're Portholes! • essay by John Woods (I)
• 158 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): It Was Reprinted—in "Adventures in Time and Space," the Random House Anthology. • essay by Seymour B. Levinson
• 158 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): Don't Read It—Write It! • essay by Marvin Weinberg, M.D.
• 159 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): It Was Stated That Alaric Could Learn Logic, But It Was Harder for Him. His Network Thinking Might Have Read on a Page-as-a-Concept Basis, Rather Than Phrase-at-a-Time as We Do. • essay by William R. Boniface
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  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): Zeno's Paradox Starts with Two Velocities. Therefore, When the Distance Is Subdivided Indefinitely, the Elapsed Time Must Also Be Subdivided, Yielding, in the End. ∫ds/dt. Only the Greeks Didn't Have Integral Calculus. Incidentally, "Slan" Is Available in a Somewhat Modernized Book Form.^?Letter (Astounding, December 1947): Zeno's Paradox Starts with Two Velocities. Therefore, When the Distance Is Subdivided Indefinitely, the Elapsed Time Must Also Be Subdivided, Yielding, in the End. Sds/dt. Only the Greeks Didn't Have Integral Calculus. Incidentally, "Slan" Is Available in a Somewhat Modernized Book Form.
  • essay by Walt Kessel
• 162 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947): In Other Words, Hank Kuttner's Good—But He's Not All the Good Authors! • essay by Scott Meredith