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• 6 • The Ether Vibrates (Startling Stories, December 1952) • essay by The Editor
• 10 • The Long View • novella by Fletcher Pratt
• 10 •  The Long View • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 19 •  The Long View [2] • interior artwork by Virgil Finlay
• 51 • The Silicone World • essay by John D. Clark, Ph.D. and Fletcher Pratt (variant of Introduction (The Petrified Planet)) [as by Fletcher Pratt]
• 55 • Sail On! Sail On! • short story by Philip José Farmer
• 55 •  Sail On! Sail On! • interior artwork by J. Dreany
• 62 • Whoever You Are • novelette by Judith Merril
• 79 • The Book of the Dead • short story by H. H. West
• 79 •  The Book of the Dead • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 83 • Show Me the Way to Go Home • short story by Gordon R. Dickson
• 83 •  Show Me the Way to Go Home • interior artwork by uncredited
• 92 • Love That Air! • novelette by Kendell Foster Crossen
• 92 •  Love That Air! • interior artwork by Alex Schomburg [as by Schomburg]
• 110 • The Children • novelette by Miriam Allen deFord
• 110 •  The Children • interior artwork by Paul Orban [as by Orban]
• 136 •  Letter (Startling Stories, December 1952) • [Letters: L. Sprague de Camp] • essay by L. Sprague de Camp
• 142 • Review of the Current Science Fiction Fan Publications (Startling Stories, December 1952) • essay by Jerome Bixby