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• 2 • Editorial (Authentic Science Fiction #78) • [Editorial (Authentic Science Fiction)] • essay by E. C. Tubb
• 4 • Dead Weight (Part 1 of 3) • serial by E. C. Tubb [as by Douglas West]
• 4 •  Dead Weight (Part 1 of 3) • interior artwork by Josh Kirby [as by Kirby]
• 42 •  Dead Weight (Part 1 of 3) [2] • interior artwork by Josh Kirby [as by Kirby]
• 53 • Melroso • (1957) • short story by Duncan Lamont
• 59 • Asymptote • (1957) • short story by Kenneth Bulmer [as by H. Philip Stratford]
• 65 •  Asymptote • interior artwork by E. L. Blandford [as by Blandford]
• 72 • Ideals Die Hard • (1951) • novelette by Isaac Asimov (variant of "In a Good Cause—")
• 72 •  Ideals Die Hard • interior artwork by Josh Kirby [as by Adash]
• 96 • The Evolution of Man: 6. Not Man, Not Ape • [The Evolution of Man • 6] • essay by Kenneth Bulmer and John Newman [as by Kenneth Johns]
• 103 • The Gentle Rain • (1957) • short story by John Cotterill
• 109 • Upstairs • (1957) • short story by unknown [as by Nigel Lloyd]
• 114 •  Upstairs • interior artwork by E. L. Blandford [as by Blandford]