Astounding Science Fiction (Oct, 1952)

Published 1952 by Street And Smith Publications Inc Editor(s): John W Campbell Jr.

Contents:

• The Perfect Machine - essay by John W Campbell Jr.

• The Currents of Space (part 1) - serial by Isaac Asimov - (Empire Novels)

• In Times To Come - essay by John W Campbell Jr.

• The Exile - short story by Alfred Coppel

• But You said ... - essay by Ralph Williams

• Fireworks - essay by Willy Ley

• Modern Style Rockets - essay by Uncredited

• The Big Hunger - short story by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

• The Analytical Laboratory - essay by John W Campbell Jr.

• Survival Policy - novelette by James E. Gunn  (under the name of Edwin James)

• Brass Tacks - essay by John W Campbell Jr.

• The Evidence at Hand - novelette by Dean McLaughlin

• The Reference Library: Matters of Fact - essay by P Schuyler Miller - (The Reference Library)