Astounding Science Fiction Stories Vol 1 Read online

  Halcyon Classics Series

  ASTOUNDING

  SCIENCE FICTION

  STORIES

  An Anthology of 350 Scifi Stories

  Revised Edition

  by Various

  Contents

  Robert Abernathy

  THE RECORD OF CURRUPIRA

  THE ROTIFERS

  WHEN THE MOUNTAIN SHOOK

  THE WORLD OF THE DRONE

  Forrest J. Ackerman

  MICRO-MAN

  Poul Anderson

  DUEL ON SYRTIS

  INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

  SECURITY

  SENTIMENT, INC.

  THE CHAPTER ENDS

  THE SENSITIVE MAN

  THE VALOR OF CAPPEN VARRA

  Wilder Anthony

  WHEN SUPER-APES PLOT

  Joe Archibald

  OPERATION EARTHWORM

  Stephen Arr

  CHAIN OF COMMAND

  MR. PRESIDENT

  Robert Andrew Arthur

  AGGRAVATION OF ELMER

  INDULGENCE OF NEGU MAH

  RING ONCE FOR DEATH

  Isaac Asimov

  YOUTH

  Roger D. Aycock

  ASSIGNMENT'S END

  CLEAN BREAK

  CONTROL GROUP

  PET FARM

  PROBLEM ON BALAK

  THE ANGLERS OF ARZ

  TO REMEMBER CHARLIE BY

  TRADER’S RISK

  Arthur K. Barnes

  ENERGY EATERS

  SATELLITE FIVE

  THE DUAL WORLD

  THE HOTHOUSE WORLD

  THE SEVEN SLEEPERS

  Harry Bates

  SEED OF THE ARCTIC ICE

  UNDER ARCTIC ICE

  Charles Beaumont

  ELEGY

  C. C. Beck

  VANISHING POINT

  Edward Bellamy

  DR. HEIDENHOFF'S PROCESS

  THE BLINDMAN'S WORLD

  John Berryman

  CARD TRICK

  MODUS VIVENDI

  THE RIGHT TIME

  THE TROUBLE WITH TELSTAR

  Eando Binder

  SHIPWRECK IN THE SKY

  Alexander Blade

  THE PLOTTERS

  ZERO HOUR

  James Blish

  ONE SHOT

  THE THING IN THE ATTIC

  Nelson Bond

  LIGHTER THAN YOU THINK

  Jesse Franklin Bone

  A PRIZE FOR EDIE

  A QUESTION OF COURAGE

  ASSASSIN

  INSIDEKICK

  NOBLE REDMAN

  PANDEMIC

  THE ISSAHAR ARTIFACTS

  TO CHOKE AN OCEAN

  Ben Bova

  NEXT LOGICAL STEP

  THE DUELING MACHINE

  Leigh Brackett

  A WORLD IS BORN

  Marion Zimmer Bradley

  YEAR OF THE BIG THAW

  Reginald Bretnor

  SUGAR PLUM

  Miles John Breuer

  THE EINSTEIN SEE-SAW

  THE GOSTAK AND THE DOSHES

  THE RAID FROM MARS

  Kirby Brooks

  ALL THAT GOES UP

  Clyde Brown

  FIRST MAN

  Fredric Brown

  EARTHMEN BEARING GIFTS

  HALL OF MIRRORS

  KEEP OUT

  EXPERIMENT

  SENTRY

  Howard Browne

  TWELVE TIMES ZERO

  John Brudy

  IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T ...

  Bradner Buckner

  THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING

  Algis Budrys

  CITADEL

  DESIRE NO MORE

  RIYA'S FOUNDLING

  THE BARBARIANS

  THE STOKER AND THE STARS

  Arthur J. Burks

  LORDS OF THE STRATOSPHERE

  Russell Burton

  WEAK ON SQUARE ROOTS

  Ellis Parker Butler

  SOLANDER'S RADIO TOMB

  Harold Calin

  WHAT NEED OF MAN?

  John Wood Campbell

  THE LAST EVOLUTION

  H. B. Carleton

  HARD GUY

  William Carroll

  SOLOMON'S ORBIT

  Arnold Castle

  A MIXTURE OF GENIUS

  THE PERFECTIONISTS

  Michael Cathal

  RICH LIVING

  James Causey

  COMPETITION

  EXPLOITER'S END

  FELONY

  TEETHING RING

  Jay Clarke

  HIGH MAN

  Mark Clifton

  A WOMAN'S PLACE

  DO UNTO OTHERS

  PROGRESS REPORT

  SENSE FROM THOUGHT DIVIDE

  THE KENZIE REPORT

  WE'RE CIVILIZED!

  Ed M. Clinton, Jr.

  SECURITY RISK

  THE SMALL WORLD OF M-75

  UNTECHNOLOGICAL EMPLOYMENT

  Stanton A. Coblentz

  FLIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW

  THE COSMIC DEFLECTOR

  THE ROUND TOWER

  Ron Cocking

  WARNING FROM THE STARS

  Alan Cogan

  IN THE CARDS

  Frank W. Coggins

  SAY "HELLO" FOR ME

  Everett B. Cole

  ALARM CLOCK

  FINAL WEAPON

  INDIRECTION

  MILLENNIUM

  THE PLAYERS

  THE WEAKLING

  Les Collins

  QUESTION OF COMFORT

  Paul Compton

  THE DIARY OF PHILIP WESTERLY

  Barbara Constant

  THE SOUND OF SILENCE

  Alfred Coppel

  THE HILLS OF HOME

  THE INVADER

  THE PEACEMAKER

  TURNING POINT

  TURNOVER POINT

  John Cory

  EGOCENTRIC ORBIT

  Charles Cottrell

  JACK OF NO TRADES

  James A. Cox

  A CHOICE OF MIRACLES

  Irving Cox, Jr.

  ADOLESCENTS ONLY

  IMPACT

  LOVE STORY

  THE CARTELS JUNGLE

  THE GUARDIANS

  THE INSTANT OF NOW

  M. A. Cummings

  NO PETS ALLOWED

  Raymond King Cummings

  ATOM BOY

  THE SCALPEL OF DOOM

  THE WHITE INVADERS

  THE WORLD BEYOND

  Betsy Curtis

  THE TRAP

  Charles Ammi Cutter

  THE BUFFALO PUBLIC LIBRARY IN 1983

  Lucius Daniel

  MARTIANS NEVER DIE

  John & Dorothy De Courcy

  FOUNDLING ON VENUS

  Charles V. De Vet

  BIG STUPE

  DELAYED ACTION

  MONKEY ON HIS BACK

  THERE IS A REAPER ...

  VITAL INGREDIENT

  WHEELS WITHIN

  Miriam Allen DeFord

  ONE WAY

  THE EEL

  Thornton DeKy

  THE ULTIMATE EXPERIMENT

  Lester del Rey

  DEAD RINGER

  LET 'EM BREATHE SPACE!

  NO STRINGS ATTACHED

  PURSUIT

  VICTORY

  August Derleth

  A TRAVELER IN TIME

  McILVAINE'S STAR

  Gaston Derreaux

  THE SUN KING

  Gordon Dewey

  HOIMAN AND THE SOLAR CIRCUIT

  Philip K. Dick

  ADJUSTMENT TEAM

  BEYOND LIES THE WUB

  BEYOND THE DOOR

  MR. SPACESHIP

 
OF WITHERED APPLES

  PIPER IN THE WOODS

  SECOND VARIETY

  THE CRYSTAL CRYPT

  THE DEFENDERS

  THE EYES HAVE IT

  THE GOLDEN MAN

  THE GUN

  THE HANGING STRANGER

  THE SKULL

  TONY AND THE BEETLES

  Gordon R. Dickson

  NO SHIELD FROM THE DEAD

  Charles Willard Diffin

  DARK MOON

  HOLOCAUST

  SPAWN OF THE STARS

  THE EYE OF ALLAH

  THE HAMMER OF THOR

  THE POWER AND THE GLORY

  Thomas M. Disch

  THE DEMI-URGE

  Sonya Dorman

  THE PUTNAM TRADITION

  Jack Douglas

  DEAD WORLD

  TEST ROCKET!

  Dave Dryfoos

  NEW HIRE

  TREE, SPARE THAT WOODMAN

  UNIFORM OF A MAN

  WASTE NOT, WANT

  Charles Dye

  THE MAN WHO STAKED THE STARS

  G. C. Edmondson

  BLESSED ARE THE MEEK

  George Edrich

  OUT OF THE EARTH

  Jack Egan

  CULLY

  Boyd Ellanby

  CATEGORY PHOENIX

  SHOW BUSINESS

  THE STAR LORD

  Sophie Wenzel Ellis

  CREATURES OF THE LIGHT

  Victor Endersby

  DISOWNED

  Knut Enferd

  DAY OF THE DRUID

  George Allen England

  THE THING FROM  OUTSIDE

  Paul Ernst

  MAROONED UNDER THE SEA

  MASK OF DEATH

  THE PLANETOID OF PERIL

  THE RADIANT SHELL

  THE RAID ON THE TERMITES

  THE RED HELL OF JUPITER

  THE WORLD BEHIND THE MOON

  Dean Evans

  THE VERY BLACK

  Paul W. Fairman

  DEADLY CITY

  THE BEASTS IN THE VOID

  Philip José Farmer

  RASTIGNAC THE DEVIL

  THEY TWINKLED LIKE JEWELS

  Joseph Farrell

  THE ETHICAL WAY

  Vern Fearing

  THE SLOTHS OF KRUVNY

  T. R. Fehrenbach

  REMEMBER THE ALAMO!

  Arthur Feldman

  THE MATHEMATICIANS

  J. Anthony Ferlaine

  ONE OUT OF TEN

  Benjamin Ferris

  THE INVADERS

  David E. Fisher

  YOU DON'T MAKE WINE LIKE THE GREEKS DID

  R. C. FitzPatrick

  THE CIRCUIT RIDERS

  James Elroy Flecker

  THE LAST GENERATION

  Charles Fontenay

  ATOM DRIVE

  DISQUALIFIED

  SERVICE WITH A SMILE

  THE GIFT BEARER

  THE JUPITER WEAPON

  THE SILK AND THE SONG

  WIND

  E.M. Forster

  THE MACHINE STOPS

  V. R. Francis

  THE FLYING CUSPIDORS

  Charles E. Fritch

  I LIKE MARTIAN MUSIC

  SKIN GAME

  THE ODYSSEY OF SAM MEECHAM

  H. B. Fyfe

  A TRANSMUTATION OF MUDDLES

  EXILE

  FEE OF THE FRONTIER

  FLAMEDOWN

  IRRESISTIBLE WEAPON

  LET THERE BE LIGHT

  LUNA ESCAPADE

  MANNERS OF THE AGE

  SATELLITE SYSTEM

  THE ENVOY, HER

  THE OUTBREAK OF PEACE

  THE TALKATIVE TREE

  THE WEDGE

  THIS WORLD MUST DIE!

  Raymond Z. Gallun

  ASTEROID OF FEAR

  BIG PILL

  COMET'S BURIAL

  STAMPED CAUTION

  THE ETERNAL WALL

  Daniel F. Galouye

  SPILLTHROUGH

  Randall Garrett

  A SPACESHIP NAMED McGUIRE

  A WORLD BY THE TALE

  AFTER A FEW WORDS

  ANCHORITE

  BELLY LAUGH

  BUT, I DON'T THINK

  BY PROXY

  CARD ... TRICK

  Vaseleos Garson

  ACID BATH

  Clee Garson

  DIRECT WIRE

  William Campbell Gault

  THE HUDDLERS

  THE MIGHTY DEAD

  Chester S. Geier

  THE SPHERE OF SLEEP

  William Gerken

  STOPOVER

  Robert E. Gilbert

  A THOUGHT FOR TOMORROW

  STOPOVER PLANET

  THY ROCKS AND RILLS

  Anthony Gilmore

  FOUR MILES WITHIN

  HAWK CARSE

  THE AFFAIR OF THE BRAINS

  THE BLUFF OF THE HAWK

  THE PASSING OF KU SUI

  Tom Godwin

  AND DEVIOUS THE LINE OF DUTY

  CRY FROM A FAR PLANET

  THE HELPFUL HAND OF GOD

  THE NOTHING EQUATION

  H. L. Gold

  AT THE POST

  NO CHARGE FOR ALTERATIONS

  THE ENORMOUS ROOM

  THE OLD DIE RICH

  James A. Goldthwaite

  BOOMERANG BULLETS

  Nathaniel Gordon

  THE GOLDEN JUDGE

  Roger Phillips Graham

  THE GALLERY

  UNTHINKABLE

  Darius John Granger

  A WORLD CALLED CRIMSON

  DISASTER REVISITED

  James E. Gunn

  BREAKING POINT

  James R. Hall

  AM I STILL THERE?

  D. W. Hall

  A SCIENTIST RISES

  RAIDERS INVISIBLE

  Austin Hall

  THE MAN WHO SAVED THE EARTH

  T. D. Hamm

  NATIVE SON

  THE LAST SUPPER

  L. Taylor Hansen

  THE UNDERSEA TUBE

  F. E. Hardart

  THE BEAST OF SPACE

  William Hardy

  PIONEER

  Edmond Hamilton

  DREAMER'S WORLDS

  MONSTERS OF MARS

  THE DOOR INTO INFINITY

  THE LAKE OF LIFE

  THE LEGION OF LAZARUS

  THE MAN WHO EVOLVED

  THE MAN WHO SAW THE FUTURE

  Jim Harmon

  MEASURE FOR A LONER

  THE LAST PLACE ON EARTH

  THE PLANET WITH NO NIGHTMARE

  Kenneth Harmon

  THE PASSENGER

  Tom W. Harris

  GOODBYE, DEAD MAN!

  Harry Harrison

  ARM OF THE LAW

  NAVY DAY

  THE K-FACTOR

  THE MISPLACED BATTLESHIP

  THE REPAIRMAN

  THE VELVET GLOVE

  TOY SHOP

  Robert W. Haseltine

  PRELUDE TO SPACE

  Henry Hasse

  ONE PURPLE HOPE!

  THE BEGINNING

  WALLS OF ACID

  WE'RE FRIENDS, NOW

  Alvin Heiner

  THE STOWAWAY

  Gene L. Henderson

  ALL IN THE MIND

  Joe L. Hensley

  NOW WE ARE THREE

  Frank Herbert

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