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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 1. Contents: 5 • Apologia • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 9 • Cloak of Aesir • [Sarn] • novella by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by Don A. Stuart] 43 • An Electric Battery—2,000 Years Ago • essay by Willy Ley 45 • Follow the Bouncing Ball • [Josh McNab] • short story by Arthur J. Burks 57 • Cosmic Engineers (Part 2 of 3) • serial by Clifford D. Simak 88 • Toward the Superman • essay by Richard Tooker 94 • Breeding for Size • essay by uncredited 95 • Star Crash • [Pvt. Kelton] • short story by Kent Casey 109 • Children of the "Betsy B" • short story by Malcolm Jameson 118 • The Analytical Laboratory: January 1939 (Astounding, March 1939) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor 119 • Problem in Murder • novelette by H. L. Gold 140 • In Times to Come (Astounding, March 1939) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 141 • Beyond the Sun • short story by D. L. James 154 • Science Discussions and Brass Tacks (Astounding, March 1939) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor 154 • Letters. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← March 1939 → NEXT ISSUE 】

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Richard Tooker

Author · 1 books

Richard Presley Tooker was born in Farina, Illinois, in 1902. He inherited a flair for adventure from his father's people, who were sea captains, soldiers and adventurers; while from his mother came a literary bent from her relationship to Maurice Thompson, author of Alice of Old Vincennes. His first story was published in magazine form when he was 15 years old. After leaving preparatory school he held several editorial positions with various Western publications. He served for two years with the United States Marine Corps, and through the course of his life worked at various times as an editor, a reporter, a soldier, a musician, a cowboy, a railroad clerk, a bank cashier, a dairyman, and a farmer.

Pseudonym of John W. Campbell Jr..

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.

Malcolm Jameson began writing only seven years before his death. Yet in that short span he wrote and sold more than 70 novelettes and short stories. Critic Groff Conklin calls Jameson's work "lively, ingenious and readable." The majority of Jameson's work appeared in the magazines "Astounding Science Fiction" and "Unknown Worlds" but he was also published in a number of the other pulp magazines of the late 1930's and early 40's. His novella "Blind Alley", first published in the June 1943 issue of Unknown, was the basis for the Twilight Zone episode "Of Late I Think of Cliffordville" starring Albert Salmi, John Anderson, and Julie Newmar. The hour-long episode was broadcast on April 11, 1963.

Clifford D. Simak

Author · 99 books

"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...

D.L. James

Author · 1 books