Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August 1958

Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August 1958Publication Record # 57422 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1958-08-00
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications, Inc.
Price:
$0.35^?$: US dollar
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, August 1958 by H. R. Van Dongen
Webpages: archive.org
Notes: Jul. 1958←Aug. 1958→Sep. 1958 Vol LXI, No 6. The four reviews on page 147 are mini-reviews of paperback releases of previously reviewed hardcovers. The full text and images of this edition are available at The Internet Archive, see web page for link.

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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction - 1958 • [Astounding / Analog (1937-1971)] • (1958) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

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4 • Hyperdemocracy • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor]
8 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) • [David Ryerson] • serial by Poul Anderson (book publication as The Enemy Stars)
8 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
17 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
26 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) [3] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
33 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) [4] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
42 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) [5] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
49 • We Have Fed Our Sea (Part 1 of 2) [6] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
56 • They've Been Working on ... • short story by Anton Lee Baker
56 • They've Been Working On ... • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
66 • Cargo for Colony 6 • [The War with the Outs • 7] • novelette by Christopher Anvil
66 • Cargo for Colony 6 • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
73 • Cargo for Colony 6 [2] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
80 • Cargo for Colony 6 [3] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
91 • Cargo for Colony 6 [4] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
100 • Cargo for Colony 6 [5] • interior artwork by H. R. Van Dongen [as by Van Dongen]
106 • In Times to Come (Astounding, August 1958) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor
107 • Every Astronomer Has His Horror Story • essay by R. S. Richardson [as by Robert S. Richardson]
119 • The Analytical Laboratory: May 1958 (Astounding, August 1958) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor
120 • Point of Focus • short story by Robert Silverberg
120 • Point of Focus • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
127 • Point of Focus [2] • interior artwork by Frank Kelly Freas [as by Freas]
134 • The Reference Library: From Numenor to Edgestow (Astounding, August 1958) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
134 • Review: Out of the Silent Planet by C. S. Lewis • review by P. Schuyler Miller
134 • Review: Perelandra by C. S. Lewis • review by P. Schuyler Miller
134 • Review: The Tortured Planet by C. S. Lewis • review by P. Schuyler Miller
137 • Review: Spaceways Satellite by Charles Eric Maine • review by P. Schuyler Miller
138 • Review: Wasp by Eric Frank Russell • review by P. Schuyler Miller
139 • Review: The Mind Cage by A. E. van Vogt • review by P. Schuyler Miller
140 • Review of the nonfiction work "The Inner Metagalaxy" by Harlow Shapley • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
140 • Review of the nonfiction work "Discovery of the Universe" by Gerard de Vaucouleurs • essay by P. Schuyler Miller
142 • Review: The Other Side of the Sky by Arthur C. Clarke • review by P. Schuyler Miller
143 • Review: Only a Trillion by Isaac Asimov • review by P. Schuyler Miller
145 • Review: Beyond Thirty and The Man-Eater by Edgar Rice Burroughs • review by P. Schuyler Miller
146 • Review: In the Wet by Nevil Shute • review by P. Schuyler Miller
147 • Review: Satellite E One by Jeffery Lloyd Castle • review by P. Schuyler Miller
147 • Review: Earthlight by Arthur C. Clarke • review by P. Schuyler Miller
147 • Review: Children of the Atom by Wilmar H. Shiras • review by P. Schuyler Miller
147 • Review: Strangers in the Universe by Clifford D. Simak • review by P. Schuyler Miller
148 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, August 1958) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by uncredited
154 • Letters (Astounding, August 1958) • essay by Wayne Batteau
156 • Letters (Astounding, August 1958) • essay by Sylvia Jacobs

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, August 1958

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