UK edition. Partial reprint of the May 1953 (US) issue. Cover illustration was originally associated with ‘Space, Time and Education’ by John E. Arnold. Contents: 2 · Medicine Show · Robert Moore Williams · nv Astounding Science Fiction May 1953; illustrated by J. Dreany 16 · Mission of Gravity [Part 2 of 4; Mesklin] · Hal Clement · n. Astounding Science Fiction May 1953 48 · Multifarious · Algis Budrys · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1953 55 · Lady with a Past · Irving E. Cox, Jr. · ss Astounding Science Fiction May 1953 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.