Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942 (UK)

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Publication: Astounding Science Fiction, May 1942 (UK)Publication Record # 359625 (View All Issues) (View Issue Grid)
Editor: John W. Campbell, Jr.
Date: 1942-05-00
Publisher: Atlas Publishing and Distribution Co. Ltd
Price:
0/9^?Prior to decimilisation (1968-1971), UK books were priced in shillings, or shillings and pence, where 20 shillings equals one pound and 12 old pence equals one shilling. Shillings were indicated with a variety of suffixes, e.g. 3s, 3', 3", 3/ all mean 3 shillings. Any number after that is additional pence, usually 6 (half a shilling) but sometimes 3 or 9 (a quarter of a shilling or three-quarters of a shilling).
Pages: 64
Format:
digest^?Digest-size magazine, including both standard digest size, at about 7" by 4.5", and also large digest, such as recent issues of Asimov's, which are about 8.25" by 5.125".
Type: MAGAZINE
Notes: Publisher from Tymn & Ashley (none identifiable on the magazine). Editor supposed to be the same as the US version. Cover artwork not credited but is a near duplicate of this one. Interior artwork is probably the same as the US issues. Note the total absence of paratext. Content taken from the May 1942 US issue.

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Editor Title: Astounding Science Fiction (UK) - 1942 • [Astounding/Analog (UK)] • (1942) • edited by John W. Campbell, Jr.

Contents (view Concise Listing)

2 • Asylum • novella by A. E. van Vogt
2 • Asylum • interior artwork by Charles Schneeman
29 • Foundation • [Foundation (Original Stories) • 1] • novelette by Isaac Asimov
45 • The Push of a Finger • novella by Alfred Bester

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