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Astounding Stories of Super-Science

Series · 175 books

By Michael Cassutt, C.L. Schacht, Robert Moore, and more

Vol. 23, no 4. Contents: 6 • Future Tense • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 9 • Hermit of Mars • novelette by Clifford D. Simak 28 • "Sensitive Instrument • essay by uncredited 29 • When the Future Dies • short story by Nat Schachner 44 • The Analytical Laboratory: April 1939 (Astounding, June 1939) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor 44 • In Times to Come (Astounding, June 1939) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 45 • The Morons • novelette by Harl Vincent 65 • Pressure • short story by Ross Rocklynne 79 • Done in Oil • [Josh McNab] • novelette by Arthur J. Burks 103 • Design for Life (Part 2 of 2) • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 116 • Letter (Astounding, June 1939) • [Letters: Willy Ley] • essay by Willy Ley 116 • Letter (Astounding, June 1939) • essay by A. Arthur Smith 117 • Science Discussions and Brass Tacks (Astounding, June 1939) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor 120 • Pandora's Icebox • essay by Philip M. Morse 125 • One Against the Legion (Part 3 of 3) • [Legion of Space • 3] • serial by Jack Williamson. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← June 1939 → NEXT ISSUE 】

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Authors

L. Sprague de Camp

Author · 87 books

Lyon Sprague de Camp, (Pseudonym: Lyman R. Lyon) was an American science fiction and fantasy author and biographer. In a writing career spanning fifty years he wrote over one hundred books, including novels and notable works of nonfiction, such as biographies of other important fantasy authors. He was widely regarded as an imaginative and innovative writer and was an important figure in the heyday of science fiction, from the late 1930s through the late 1940s.

Full name Nathaniel Schachner, also appearing as "Nathan Schachner" and under other bylines, was an American author. His first published story was "The Tower of Evil," written in collaboration with Arthur Leo Zagat and appearing in the Summer 1930 issue of Wonder Stories Quarterly. Schachner, who was trained as a lawyer and a chemist, achieved his greatest success writing biographies of early American historical figures, after about a decade of writing science fiction short stories. Schachner was one of Isaac Asimov's favorite authors.

Arthur J. Burks

Author · 5 books

Burks was born to a farming family in Waterville, Washington. He married Blanche Fidelia Lane on March 23, 1918 in Sacramento, California and was the father of four children: Phillip Charles, Wasle Carmen, Arline Mary and Gladys Lura. He served in the United States Marine Corps in World War I, and began writing in 1920. After being stationed in the Caribbean and inspired by the native voodoo rituals, Burks began to write stories of the supernatural that he sold to the magazine Weird Tales. In 1928 he resigned from the Marine Corps and began writing full time. He became one of the "million-word-a-year" men in the pulps by virtue of his tremendous output. He was well-known for being able to take any household object that someone would suggest to him on a dare, and instantly generate a plot based around it. His byline was commonplace on pulp covers. He wrote primarily in the genres of aviation, detective, adventure and weird menace. One genre he was not to be found in was the westerns. The pressure of producing so much fiction caused him to ease off in the late-1930s. He returned to active duty as the U.S. entered World War II and eventually retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel. Burks moved to Paradise in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 1948, where he continued to write until his death in 1974. In his later years, he lectured on paranormal activities.

Jack Williamson

Author · 58 books

John Stewart Williamson who wrote as Jack Williamson (and occasionally under the pseudonym Will Stewart) was a U.S. writer often referred to as the "Dean of Science Fiction".

Philip M. Morse

Author · 2 books

Philip McCord Morse was an American physicist.

"He was honored by fans with three Hugo awards and by colleagues with one Nebula award and was named the third Grand Master by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America (SFWA) in 1977." (Wikipedia) See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clifford...