Light wear. Small area of chipping to bottom spine. Nice color. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Cover art by Baer ("Interplanetary Industrial Design"). Includes "Mission of Gravity" (pt. 2 of 4) by Hal Clement; "Medicine Show" (novelette) by Robert Moore Williams; "Multifarious" by Algis Budrys; "Lady with a Past" by Irving E. Cox, Jr.; "Operating Instructions" by Robert Sheckley. Article: "Space, Time and Education" by John E. Arnold. Readers' Departments: "The Editor's Page: Thinking Machine" by John W. Campbell, Jr.; "The Analytical Laboratory"; "The Reference Library" by P. Schuyler Miller; "Brass Tacks". Illustrated by Dreany, Orban, Pawelka, Schecterson and van Dongen.

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Title: ASTOUNDING Science Fiction: May 1953 ("Mission of Gravity")
Publisher: Street & Smith Publications
Publication Date: 1953
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: Very Good

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