Analog Science Fact – Science Fiction – October, 1963 – Featuring “Where I Wasn’t Going”, by Walt and Leigh Richmond [John Schoenherr]

Coming hard on the pixels of my prior post – featuring John Schoenherr’s cover of the June, ’63 issue of Analog Science Fact -> Science Fiction, here’s his cover illustration that appeared four months later, in the October issue. This is for Walt and Leigh Richmond’s “Where I Wasn’t Going”, which appeared in two parts, the latter in the November issue. I’ve not read this one, but no problem: I can refer you to Rich Horton’s blog for a substantive discussion of the tale, which I understand was not too impressive. A perusal of the Internet Speculative Fiction Database reveals that the story has never been anthologized, though both parts seem to have been combined into the paperback Challenge the Hellmaker, who came out in 1976 and 2019.

Regardless, Schoenherr’s minimalist cover art, with the background-illuminated ring space station, is very effective.