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Art by Oliviero Berni connoting themes of solitude, power, mystery, and transformation. This piece would actually be fitting for Theodore Sturgeon’s 1959 short story The Man Who Lost the Sea.
Contents
Far Centaurus, by A.E. van Vogt, from Astounding Science Fiction
Deadline, by Cleve Cartmill, from Astounding Science Fiction
The Veil of Astellar, by Leigh Brackett, from Thrilling Wonder Stories
Sanity, by Fritz Leiber, from Astounding Science Fiction
Invariant, by John R. Pierce, from Astounding Science Fiction
City, by Clifford D. Simak, from Astounding Science Fiction
Arena, by Frederic Brown, from Astounding Science Fiction
Huddling Place, by Clifford D. Simak, from Astounding Science Fiction
Kindness, by Lester del Rey, from Astounding Science Fiction
Desertion, by Clifford D. Simak, from Astounding Science Fiction
When the Bough Breaks, Henry Kuttner and Catherine L. Moore (as “Lewis Padgett”), from Astounding Science Fiction
Killdozer!, by Theodore Sturgeon, from Astounding Science Fiction
No Woman Born, by Catherine L. Moore, from Astounding Science Fiction