Astounding Science-Fiction, December 1938

By Nat Schachner, L. Sprague de Camp, Lester del Rey, and more

1938

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Astounding Stories of Super-Science

Series · 76 books

By Michael Cassutt, C.L. Schacht, Robert Moore, and more

Vol. 22, No 4. Contents: 6 • Editorial Mutants • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 9 • A Matter of Form • novella by H. L. Gold [as by Horace L. Gold] 50 • The Ephemerae • short story by Edmond Hamilton 61 • Nuisance Value (Part 1 of 2) • serial by Manly Wade Wellman (book publication as The Dark Destroyers 1959) 80 • The Merman • short story by L. Sprague de Camp 91 • Simultaneous Worlds (Part 2 of 2) • serial by Nat Schachner 118 • Helen O'Loy • short story by Lester del Rey 126 • "Let Cymbals Ring!" • short story by Moses Schere [as by M. Schere] 141 • "They Had Rhythm" • [Pvt. Kelton] • short story by Kent Casey 151 • Stored Power • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Arthur McCann] 153 • In Times to Come (Astounding, December 1938) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 154 • The Analytical Laboratory: October 1938 (Astounding, December 1938) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by uncredited 155 • Letter (Astounding, December 1938) • [Letters: Arthur C. Clarke] • essay by Arthur C. Clarke 156 • Letter (Astounding, December 1938) • [Letters: John W. Campbell, Jr.] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Arthur McCann] 157 • Science Discussions and Brass Tacks (Astounding, December 1938) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor 157 • Letters. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← December 1938 → NEXT ISSUE 】

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Authors

Nat Schachner

Author · 6 books

Full name Nathaniel Schachner, also appearing as "Nathan Schachner" and under other bylines, was an American author. His first published story was "The Tower of Evil," written in collaboration with Arthur Leo Zagat and appearing in the Summer 1930 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly. Schachner, who was trained as a lawyer and a chemist, achieved his greatest success writing biographies of early American historical figures, after about a decade of writing science fiction short stories. Schachner was one of Isaac Asimov's favorite authors.

L. Sprague de Camp

Author · 83 books

Lyon Sprague de Camp, (Pseudonym: Lyman R. Lyon) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and biographer. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred books, including novels and notable works of nonfiction, such as biographies of other important fantasy authors. He was widely regarded as an imaginative and innovative writer and was an important figure in the heyday of science fiction, from the late 1930s through the late 1940s.

Lester del Rey

Author · 50 books

Lester del Rey was an American science fiction author and editor. Del Rey is especially famous for his juvenile novels such as those which are part of the Winston Science Fiction series, and for Del Rey Books, the fantasy and science fiction branch of Ballantine Books edited by Lester del Rey and his fourth wife Judy-Lynn del Rey. Also published as: Philip St. John Eric van Lihn Erik van Lhin Kenneth Wright Edson McCann (with Frederik Pohl)

Edmond Hamilton

Author · 74 books

Edmond Moore Hamilton was a popular author of science fiction stories and novels throughout the mid-twentieth century. Born in Youngstown, Ohio, he was raised there and in nearby New Castle, Pennsylvania. Something of a child prodigy, he graduated high school and started college (Westminster College, New Wilmington, Pennsylvania) at the age of 14—but washed out at 17. He was the Golden Age writer who worked on Batman, the Legion of Super-Heroes, and many sci-fi books.

Pseudonym of John W. Campbell.