UK edition. Partial reprint of the August 1952 (US) issue plus a single story from the May 1951 (US) issue plus the editorial from the January 1952 (US) issue. Contents: 2 · The Face of the Enemy · Thomas Wilson · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1952; illustrated by H. R. Van Dongen 26 · Cold Awakening · Walter M. Miller, Jr. · nv Astounding Science Fiction August 1952; illustrated by Paul Orban 49 · Success Story [Tree Houses] · Julian Chain · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1951; illustrated by Paul Orban 63 · Proposed History · John W. Campbell, Jr. · ed Astounding Science Fiction January 1952. The UK edition, published by Atlas, appeared August 1939-August 1963. The contents were severely truncated during the 1940s, and the magazine did not appear regularly, adopting a variable bimonthly schedule. It became monthly from February 1952; from November 1953, when it changed from pulp to digest, it was practically a full reprint (four months behind in cover date) of the US edition, although some stories and departments were omitted.