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A theme of red: Red cover, and art depicting a space shuttle deploying a probe above a red planet, surrounded by a glowing reddish atmosphere.
Notice that the cover illustration of Volume 4 of The Great SF Stories is identical to the image on the cover of Volume 7!
Contents
The Star Mouse, by Frederic Brown, from Planet Stories
The Wings of Night, by Lester del Rey, from Astounding Science Fiction
Cooperate – Or Else, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction
Foundation, by Isaac Asimov, from Astounding Science Fiction
The Push of A Finger, by Alfred Bester, from Astounding Science Fiction
Asylum, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction
Proof, by Hal Clement, from Astounding Science Fiction
Nerves, by Lester del Rey, from Astounding Science Fiction
Barrier, by Anthony Boucher, from Astounding Science Fiction
The Twonky, by Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore (as “Lewis Padgett”), from Astounding Science Fiction
QRM-Interplanetary, by George O. Smith, from Astounding Science Fiction
The Weapon Shop, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction
Mimic, by Donald A. Wollheim, from Astonishing Stories