Astounding Stories of Super-Science (Vol. I No. 1 January, 1930); pulp science fiction and horror.In this issue:Part One of “The Beetle Horde” by Victor Rousseau“The Cave of Horror” by Captain S.P. Meek“Phantoms of Reality” by Ray Cummings“The Stolen Mind” by M.L. Staley“Compensation” by C.V. Tench“Tanks” by Murray Leinster“Invisible Death” by Anthony Pelcher
Introducing- ASTOUNDING STORIES What are "astounding" stories? Well, if you lived in Europe in 1490, and someone told you the earth was round and moved around the sun-that would have been an "astounding" story. Or if you lived in 1840, and were told that someday men a thousand miles apart would be able to talk to each other through a little wire-or without any wire at all-that would have been another. Or if, in 1900, they predicted ocean-crossing airplanes and submarines, world-girdling Zeppelins, sixty-story buildings, radio, metal that can be made to resist gravity and float in the air-these would have been other "astounding" stories. To-day, time has gone by, and all these things are commonplace. That is the only real difference between the astounding and the commonplace-Time. To-morrow, more astounding things are going to happen. Your children-or their children-are going to take a trip to the moon. They will be able to render themselves invisible-a problem that has already been partly solved. They will be able to disintegrate their bodies in New York and reintegrate them in China-and in a matter of seconds. Astounding? Indeed, yes. Impossible? Well-television would have been impossible, almost unthinkable, ten years ago. Now you will see the kind of magazine that it is our pleasure to offer you beginning with this, the first number of ASTOUNDING STORIES. It is a magazine whose stories will anticipate the super-scientific achievements of To-morrow-whose stories will not only be strictly accurate in their science but will be vividly, dramatically and thrillingly told. Already we have secured stories by some of the finest writers of fantasy in the world-men such as Ray Cummings, Murray Leinster, Captain S. P. Meek, Harl Vincent, R. F. Starzl and Victor Rousseau. So-order your next month's copy of ASTOUNDING STORIES in advance!-The Editor.
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 by Victor Rousseau, Captain S. P. Meek, Ray Cummings, M. L. Staley C. V. Tench, Murray Leinster, Anthony Pelcher.VOL. I No. 1 JANUARY, 1930. W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher. HARRY BATES, Editor. H. W. WESSOLOWSKI
Astounding Stories of Super-Science January 1930 by Victor Rousseau, Captain S. P. Meek, Ray Cummings, M. L. Staley C. V. Tench, Murray Leinster, Anthony Pelcher.VOL. I No. 1 JANUARY, 1930. W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher. We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.
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