October 1952, Howard Browne, Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 164pp, Pulp. Contents fep • Men Behind Amazing Stories: Ed Emsler • essay by Ed Emshwiller [as by Ed Emsler ] 6 • The Observatory (Amazing Stories, October 1952) • [Editorial (Amazing Stories)] • essay by Howard Browne 7 • Lunar Lust • essay by T. Locar 7 • Look - Don't Listen • essay by Wyman Tate 8 • Shadow on the Moon • novella by Joe Gibson 8 • Shadow on the Moon • interior artwork by Bill Ashman 51 • 7-11 . . . But Who Wins? • essay by Peter Dakin 52 • The Innkeeper of Mars • shortstory by Dex R. Moore 52 • The Innkeeper of Mars • interior artwork by Dick Francis 60 • The Last Alibi • essay by Tom Neal 60 • Follow That Wind! • essay by Salem Lane 60 • Of Time and Mesons • essay by June Lurie 61 • Salamanders Suffer for Man • essay by Walt Crain 61 • Dopple Spots Dummies • essay by Ralph Cox 62 • Deadly Dust • novelette by unknown [as by Gerald Vance ] 62 • Deadly Dust • interior artwork by Ed Emsler 83 • The Moving Land • essay by Estes Keech 83 • Stars for Wishing • essay by Leo Lewin 83 • Moon Tunnel • essay by E. Bruce Yaches 84 • He Played with Dolls • shortstory by William P. McGivern 84 • He Played with Dolls • interior artwork by Tom Beecham 95 • Who Needs Muscles? • essay by Merritt Linn 95 • Hope for the Hopeless • essay by Sam Dewey 96 • The Blessed Assassins • novella by unknown [as by Ivar Jorgensen ] 96 • The Blessed Assassins • interior artwork by Tom Beecham 127 • Theory into Fact • essay by A. T. Kedzie 127 • Shoe-String Labs • essay by Tom Lynch 128 • Master of the Universe - VII (Part 7 of 8) • serial by unknown 128 • Master of the Universe - VII (Part 7 of 8) • interior artwork by Ed Valigursky 133 • Those Temperamental Rockets • essay by Charles Recour 134 • Idiot Command • shortstory by John Jakes 134 • Idiot Command • interior artwork by Bill Ashman 138 • When Volcanoes Fall • essay by Omar Booth 139 • Astronomers Are Jerks • essay by Leland Wing 140 • The Club House (Amazing Stories, October 1952) • essay by Rog Phillips 146 • Science Fiction Bookcase (Amazing Stories, October 1952) • essay by Sam Merwin, Jr. 146 • Review: The Mixed Men by A. E. van Vogt • book review by Sam Merwin, Jr. 147 • Review: Son of the Stars by Raymond F. Jones • book review by Sam Merwin, Jr. 147 • Review: Marooned on Mars by Lester del Rey • book review by Sam Merwin, Jr. 148 • Jovian Jungles • essay by Jon Barry 148 • Review: Five Against Venus by Philip Latham • book review by Sam Merwin, Jr. 148 • Review: Find the Feathered Serpent by Evan Hunter • book review by Sam Merwin, Jr. 148 • Review: Earthbound by Milton Lesser • book review by Sam Merwin, Jr. 149 • The Reader's Forum (Amazing Stories, October 1952) • essay by The Editor 154 • Atomic Artillery • essay by Jon Barry 154 • Now You See It . . . • essay by Don Morrow 155 • Before He Learned to Climb • essay by Jack Winter 156 • Spacemen Don't Primp • shortfiction by Lee Owen 158 • The Usurper • essay by Roger Dee 158 • The Rocket Way • essay by Howard Eisen 159 • Martian Milestone • essay by Sol Overman 160 • Mercury's No Planet! • essay by Lincoln Warren 161 • Numbers Have Ghosts • essay by Sid Seeman