Vol 44, No 1. Contents: 4 • Narrow Limits • [Editorial (Astounding)] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. [as by The Editor] 6 • The Double-Dyed Villains • [Wing Alak] • novelette by Poul Anderson 31 • Progress Report • short story by John H. Pomeroy 41 • Special Jobbery • [Bureau of Slick Tricks • 2] • novelette by H. B. Fyfe 67 • In Times to Come (Astounding, September 1949) • [In Times to Come (Astounding)] • essay by The Editor 68 • Hide and Seek • short story by Arthur C. Clarke 78 • Cybernetics • essay by E. L. Locke 88 • The Queen of Zamba (Part 2 of 2) • [Viagens Interplanetarias • 1] • serial by L. Sprague de Camp 150 • Book Reviews (Astounding, September 1949) • essay by P. Schuyler Miller 154 • Brass Tacks & Letters.