Vol 40, No 4. Contents: 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 32 • Age of Unreason • short story by Alfred Coppel [as by Alfred Coppel, Jr.] 44 • The Barbarian • [Clane] • novelette by A. E. van Vogt 67 • The Dreamers • short story by Michael Yamin 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 156 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, December 1947) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor 156 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947) • essay by Chad Oliver 162 •  Letter (Astounding, December 1947) • essay by Scott Meredith. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← December 1947 → NEXT ISSUE 】