Vol 30, No 2. Contents: 6 • The Last Stand • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 9 • Lunar Landing • novelette by Lester del Rey 32 • Warriors' Age • novelette by Peter Risk 40 • The Analytical Laboratory: August 1942 (Astounding, October 1942) • [The Analytical Laboratory] • essay by The Editor 41 • The Second Solution • [Rull] • novelette by A. E. van Vogt 50 • The Paris Gun • essay by Willy Ley 56 • Anachron, Inc. • [Anachron] • novelette by Malcolm Jameson 83 • In Times to Come (Astounding, October 1942) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 85 • The Wabbler • short story by Murray Leinster 90 • Late-Model Stars • essay by R. S. Richardson 100 • The Beast • novelette by L. Ron Hubbard 108 • Brass Tacks (Astounding, October 1942) • [Brass Tacks] • essay by The Editor 108 •  Letter (Astounding, October 1942) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp 109 • QRM - Interplanetary • [Venus Equilateral] • novelette by George O. Smith. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← October 1942 → NEXT ISSUE 】