Vol 40, No 2. Contents: 4 • Flying Somethings • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 6 • Ole Doc Methuselah • [Ole Doc Methuselah] • novelette by L. Ron Hubbard [as by René Lafayette] 39 • Problem in Solid • novelette by George O. Smith 60 • Target • short story by Peter Grainger [as by Peter Cartur] 68 • Collector's Item • short story by Frank Belknap Long 87 • What's Wrong in the Patent System • essay by G. S. Curry 104 • Book Review (Astounding, October 1947) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller 106 • In Times to Come (Astounding, October 1947) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 107 • The End Is Not Yet (Part 3 of 3) • serial by L. Ron Hubbard. 【 PREVIOUS ISSUE ← October 1947 → NEXT ISSUE 】