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Astounding Science Fiction, January 1950

January 1950

Contents

Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
4 Essay Non Fiction The Real Pushbutton War The Editor
6 Short Fiction Fiction The Xi Effect Philip Latham
24 Short Fiction Fiction Undesirable Alien David McCarthy
33 Short Fiction Fiction Not to Be Opened— Roger Flint Young
66 Short Fiction Fiction Gypsy Poul Anderson
80 Short Fiction Fiction Ole Mother Methuselah René Lafayette
105 Essay Non Fiction Maxwell's Demon and Monsieur Ranque Arthur C. Parlett
111 Serial Fiction ... And Now You Don't (Part 3 of 3) Isaac Asimov
153 Essay Non Fiction Book Review (Astounding, January 1950) Alden Lorraine
153 Review Non Fiction The Ship of Ishtar Alden Lorraine & A. Merritt
154 Essay Non Fiction Brass Tacks (Astounding, January 1950) The Editor
157 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): Sure We've Been Prejudiced in Favor of the Navy! What Do You Expect When All the Top Authors Are Navy or Ex-Navy Men? Heinlein—Hubbard—the Late Jemeson—All Helped Establish the Tradition! Robert L. Smith
158 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): "When There Isn't Room for More Wires—Use Wireless!" Joe Gibson
162 Essay Non Fiction In Times to Come (Astounding, January 1950) The Editor
162 Essay Non Fiction The Analytical Laboratory: October 1949 (Astounding, January 1950) The Editor
154|154.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): Perfectly Correct! Now—Wonder What Ancient, Nameless Genius, Not Knowing the Binary System, Figured It Out? Frank Raasch, Jr.
155|155.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): Strictly for the Math Sharks! Douglas B. Netherwood, Capt. USAF
155|155.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): Mass Hysteria Does Happen! Joe E. Dean
156|156.1 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): Well, We Purr Happily Anytime Someone Does Repeat It. Rumors to the Contrary Notwithstanding, I Am Human. Gary D. Gordon
156|156.2 Essay Non Fiction Letter (Astounding, January 1950): Correction! He's Quite Right—But Even If Liquid Air Didn't Reach Hydrogen's JTIT Point, Hydrogen Expanding in an Engine, Doing Mechanical Work, Would Still Be Cooled, and Cryogenics Would Then Cry for a Good Lube-Oil Effective at -200° C. Crayton M. Crawford
Page Type Kind Title Author(s)
Editor Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction - 1950 John W. Campbell, Jr.
Cover Art Non Fiction Astounding Science Fiction, January 1950 Chesley Bonestell
7 Interior Art Non Fiction The Xi Effect Orban
17 Interior Art Non Fiction The Xi Effect [2] Orban
25 Interior Art Non Fiction Undesirable Alien Edd Cartier
35 Interior Art Non Fiction Not to Be Opened— Ward
44 Interior Art Non Fiction Not to Be Opened— [2] Ward
53 Interior Art Non Fiction Not to Be Opened— [3] Ward
61 Interior Art Non Fiction Not to Be Opened— [4] Ward
66 Interior Art Non Fiction Gypsy Gaughan
73 Interior Art Non Fiction Gypsy [2] Gaughan
81 Interior Art Non Fiction Ole Mother Methuselah Edd Cartier
89 Interior Art Non Fiction Ole Mother Methuselah [2] Edd Cartier
96 Interior Art Non Fiction Ole Mother Methuselah [3] Edd Cartier
101 Interior Art Non Fiction Ole Mother Methuselah [4] Edd Cartier
114 Interior Art Non Fiction ... And Now You Don't (Part 3 of 3) Rogers
123 Interior Art Non Fiction ... And Now You Don't (Part 3 of 3) [2] Rogers
130 Interior Art Non Fiction ... And Now You Don't (Part 3 of 3) [3] Rogers
139 Interior Art Non Fiction ... And Now You Don't (Part 3 of 3) [4] Rogers
154 Interior Art Non Fiction Brass Tacks Edd Cartier