UK edition. Partial reprint of the October 1940 (US) issue. Cover illustration was originally for ‘Slan’ by A.E. van Vogt. Contents: 2 · White Mutiny [Bullard] · Malcolm Jameson · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940; illustrated by Charles Schneeman 14 · Farewell to the Master · Harry Bates · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940 36 · Runaway Cargo · Nat Schachner · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940 49 · Butyl and the Breather [Ether Breather] · Theodore Sturgeon · nv Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940 61 · The Search for Zero [Part 1 of 2] · Willy Ley · ar Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940 71 · The Warrior Race · L. Sprague de Camp · ss Astounding Science-Fiction October 1940. 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.