ASTOUNDING (HAL CLEMENT; CHARLES DYE & APRIL SMITH; CHAD OLIVER; WILLIAM T. POWERS; ALAN E. NOURSE) - Astounding Science Fiction: April, Apr. 1953 ("Mission of Gravity")

NY, Street & Smith. 1953. SingleIssueMagazine. Vol. LI, No. 2. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Van Dongen for "Mission of Gravity" (pt. 1 of 4) by Hal Cement. Includes "Settle to One" (novelette) by Charles Dye & April Smith; "The Ant and the Eye" (novelette) by Chad Oliver; "Allegory" by William T. Powers; "Family Resemblance" by Alan E. Nourse. Article: "Nature Didn't Make It". Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page:The Fallacy of Null-A"; "In Times to Come"; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrations by van Dongen & Pawelka. Looks like issue was taped shut at upper and fore edges, but no longer so with old brown tape reamaining at cover edges; minor tears; tanning. Very Good-.

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