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• 3 • Editorial (Amazing Stories, October 1959) • [Editorial (Amazing Stories)] • essay by Norman M. Lobsenz
• 6 • Triple-Time Try • short story by Les Cole [as by Les Collins]
• 7 •  Triple-Time Try • interior artwork by Leo Summers [as by Summers]
• 21 • The Most Important Man in the World • short story by Milton Lesser [as by Darius John Granger]
• 39 • Unauthorized • short story by Harold Calin
• 39 •  Unauthorized • interior artwork by uncredited
• 50 • Excellence • short story by Tom Purdom
• 52 •  Excellence • interior artwork by Leo Summers [as by Summers]
• 61 •  Cartoon: "I'm glad I brought along my magnetic ray machine!" • interior artwork by Frosty
• 62 • They Like Us • short story by John Brudy
• 62 •  They Like Us • interior artwork by Leo Summers [as by Summers]
• 74 • The Spectroscope (Amazing Stories, October 1959) • essay by S. E. Cotts
• 74 •   Review: The Fourth "R" by George O. Smith • review by S. E. Cotts
• 74 •   Review: No Time Like Tomorrow by Brian Aldiss • review by S. E. Cotts
• 75 •   Review: Bombs in Orbit by Jeff Sutton • review by S. E. Cotts
• 76 • Sound of the Scythe • novella by Harlan Ellison
• 76 •  Sound of the Scythe • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 140 •  Cartoon: "I thought there was a catch to the economy plan vacation!" • interior artwork by Frosty
• 142 • ... Or So You Say (Amazing Stories, October 1959) • essay by uncredited