Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1959

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1959Publication Record # 57606 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1959-05-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.35^?$: 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, May 1959 by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Apr. 1959←May 1959→Jun. 1959 Vol. LXIII, No. 3. Cover illustration for "Dorsai!" (untitled in the magazine). Illustrations are credited at beginnings of stories. Illustrations credited to Freas are signed with his KF-circle logo. Illustrations on pp. 61 & 75 are signed "Emsh"; credited to Emsh. Illustrations credited to Martinez are signed with a stylized "M". Illustration on p. 122 is signed "LRSummers"; those on pp. 130 & 137 are signed "LRS". The reviews on pp. 147-148 are parts of an introductory section titled "Who Says?". The review of No More War! includes the exclamation mark in the title & gives the author as Dr. Linus Pauling. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.
External IDs:
- FMI: P_1959ASFMAY

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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1959 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1959) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

5 • Mr. Newton's Wonderful Discovery • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
8 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) • [Childe Cycle] • serial by Gordon R. Dickson
8 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
17 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
24 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) [3] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
31 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) [4] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
38 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) [5] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
47 • Dorsai! (Part 1 of 3) [6] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
55 • We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly • short story by Roger Kuykendall
57 • We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
59 • In Times to Come (Astounding, May 1959) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
60 • Cum Grano Salis • novelette by Randall Garrett [as by David Gordon]
61 • Cum Grano Salis • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
68 • Cum Grano Salis [2] • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
75 • Cum Grano Salis [3] • interior artwork by Ed Emshwiller [as by Emsh]
80 • History Repeats • short story by George O. Smith
80 • History Repeats • interior artwork by Martinez
87 • History Repeats [2] • interior artwork by Martinez
92 • Operation Haystack • [Investigation & Adjustment • 3] • novelette by Frank Herbert
92 • Operation Haystack • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
99 • Operation Haystack [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
103 • Operation Haystack [3] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
112 • Disturbing Sun • short story by R. S. Richardson [as by Philip Latham]
112 • Disturbing Sun • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
122 • Hex • novelette by Laurence M. Janifer [as by Larry M. Harris]
122 • Hex • interior artwork by Leo Summers [as by Summers]
130 • Hex [2] • interior artwork by Leo Summers [as by Summers]
137 • Hex [3] • interior artwork by Leo Summers [as by Summers]
146 • The Reference Library: Who Says? (Astounding, May 1959) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
147 • Review of the nonfiction work "Hoaxes" by Curtis D. MacDougall • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
148 • Review: Brighter Than a Thousand Suns by Robert Jungk • review by P. Schuyler Miller
148 • Review: No More War by Linus Pauling • review by P. Schuyler Miller
150 • Review: Honeymoon in Hell by Fredric Brown • review by P. Schuyler Miller
152 • Review: Theory of Flight by Jacques Casolet • review by P. Schuyler Miller
152 • Review: The Planet Jupiter by Bertrand M. Peek • review by P. Schuyler Miller
154 • Review: Star Gate by Andre Norton • review by P. Schuyler Miller
154 • Review: The Time Traders by Andre Norton • review by P. Schuyler Miller
155 • Review: A Mile Beyond the Moon by C. M. Kornbluth • review by P. Schuyler Miller
156 • Review: No Place on Earth by Louis Charbonneau • review by P. Schuyler Miller
157 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, May 1959) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
157 • Letter (Astounding, May 1959) • essay by Willford McFadden
158 • Letter (Astounding, May 1959) • essay by Paul Lipton
158 • Letter (Astounding, May 1959) • essay by C. Edward Woods

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1959

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