
Contents: The Silver Lining / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.) The Weapon Makers, Part 1 of 3 (Weapon Shops of Isher #) / A.E. van Vogt; interior artwork by Frank Kramer In Times to Come / essay by unknown Flight into Darkness / Webb Marlowe (i.e. J. Francis McComas); interior artwork by Frank Kramer Mimsy Were the Borogoves / Lewis Padgett (i.e. Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore); interior artwork by Kolliker The Man in the Moon / Henry A. Norton; interior artwork by Kolliker God's Footstool / essay by Malcolm Jameson The Analytical Laboratory: December 1942 / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.) Blue Ice (Probability Zero series) / Henry Kuttner Probability Zero! / essay by L. Sprague de Camp and Fox B. Holden and Colin Keith and Henry Kuttner Efficiency (Probability Zero series) / Colin Keith (i.e. Malcolm Jameson) Noise is Beautiful! (Probability Zero series) / Fox B. Holden The Anecdote of the Movable Ears (Probability Zero series) / L. Sprague de Camp Brass Tacks / essay by The Editor (i.e. John W. Campbell Jr.) Opposites—React!, Part 2 of 2 (Seetee serial) / Willi Stewart (i.e. Jack Williamson); interior artwork by Kolliker
Author

John Wood Campbell, Jr. was an influential figure in American science fiction. As editor of Astounding Science Fiction (later called Analog Science Fiction and Fact), from late 1937 until his death, he is generally credited with shaping the so-called Golden Age of Science Fiction. Isaac Asimov called Campbell "the most powerful force in science fiction ever, and for the first ten years of his editorship he dominated the field completely." As a writer, Campbell published super-science space opera under his own name and moody, less pulpish stories as Don A. Stuart. He stopped writing fiction after he became editor of Astounding. Known Pseudonyms/Alternate Names: Don A. Stuart Karl van Campen John Campbell J. W. C., Jr. John W. Campbell John Wood Campbell