Vol 50, No 4. Contents: 6 • Question ... • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 7 • Noise Level • [Martin Nagle] • novelette by Raymond F. Jones 43 • In Times to Come (Astounding, December 1952) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 44 • Pest • short story by Randall Garrett and Lou Tabakow 60 • Me and Flapjack and the Martians • short story by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds 68 • The Impacted Man • novelette by Robert Sheckley 83 • The Tiniest Time Traveler • essay by David Fox 96 • The Reference Library: Paradise Sought (Astounding, December 1952) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller 104 • The Currents of Space (Part 3 of 3) • [Trantorian Empire • 3] • serial by Isaac Asimov 164 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, December 1952) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor