UK edition. Partial reprint of the June 1945 (US) issue. Contents: 2 · Pandora’s Millions [Venus Equilateral] · George O. Smith · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1945; illustrated by Paul Orban 16 · The Ethical Equations · Murray Leinster · ss Astounding Science Fiction June 1945 24 · Not Friction · Fred Nash · ms Astounding Science Fiction June 1945 25 · Three Blind Mice [Baldy] · Lewis Padgett · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1945 42 · The Golden Journey · Bertram Chandler · nv Astounding Science Fiction June 1945; given as by “A. Bertram Chandler” in the Table of Contents. 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.