Contents: 6 • Research Is Antisocial • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 8 • Close to Critical (Part 1 of 3) • [Mesklin • 2] • serial by Hal Clement 55 • In Times to Come (Astounding, May 1958) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 56 • The Question • short story by Gordon R. Dickson 72 • Special Feature • novelette by Charles V. De Vet 97 • You Take the High Road • [Investigation & Adjustment • 1] • short story by Frank Herbert 109 • Fool Killer • short story by Stanley Mullen 124 • One-Eye • short story by John T. Phillifent [as by John Rackham] 135 • Portrait of You (questionnaire results) • essay by uncredited 136 • The Analytical Laboritory: December 1957 (Astounding, May 1958) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor 137 • The Reference Library: Kid Stuff (Astounding, May 1958) • [The Reference Library] • essay by P. Schuyler Miller 148 • The Analytical Laboritory: January 1958 (Astounding, May 1958) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor 149 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, May 1958) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor 149 •  Letter (Astounding, May 1958) • essay by Alma Hill 150 •  Letter (Astounding, May 1958) • essay by L. S. Rothstein