Contents: 5 • Television's Niche • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 7 • The Code • novelette by C. L. Moore [as by Lawrence O'Donnell] 43 • Malcolm Jameson (Obituary) • essay by The Editor 44 • Resonance • novelette by Eric Frank Russell 67 • The Last Outpost • novelette by Ross Rocklynne 99 • "Stop and Be Recognized" • essay by The Editor 101 • The Secret Giant • essay by Willy Ley 115 • Disappearance • short story by Chester S. Geier 131 • Tight Place • short story by Murray Leinster 144 • The Lion and the Unicorn • [Baldy] • novelette by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore [as by Lewis Padgett]