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* LatexSpacesuit: The October 1939 issue has a [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] wearing a silver suit tight enough to show off their muscles, with knee-high boots. Despite being tight around most of the body, the thighs are loose like a pair of jockey pants.
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* LatexSpacesuit: The October 1939 issue has a [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] Literature/{{Lensman}} wearing a silver suit tight enough to show off their muscles, with knee-high boots. Despite being tight around most of the body, the thighs are loose like a pair of jockey pants.
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** The July 1939 issue advertises the upcoming Creator/LesterDelRey's "LiteratureTheLuckOfIgnatz", which will be represented on the magazine's cover with art by Creator/VirgilFinlay. Next issue will also contain Creator/EESmith's "Literature/GrayLensman", Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove", and new writers, Creator/FrederickEngelhardt and Creator/LeeGregor.
** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', the appearance of Creator/LesterDelRey's story "{{Literature/Habit}}", Creator/RobertAHeinlein's story "{{Literature/Misfit}}", and a NonFiction article by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp; ''There Ain't No Such!''.
** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', the appearance of Creator/LesterDelRey's story "{{Literature/Habit}}", Creator/RobertAHeinlein's story "{{Literature/Misfit}}", and a NonFiction article by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp; ''There Ain't No Such!''.
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** The July 1939 issue advertises the upcoming Creator/LesterDelRey's "LiteratureTheLuckOfIgnatz", which will be represented on the magazine's cover with art by Creator/VirgilFinlay. Next issue will also contain Creator/EESmith's "Literature/GrayLensman", "[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]", Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove", and new writers, Creator/FrederickEngelhardt and Creator/LeeGregor.
** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's''Literature/GrayLensman'', ''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'', the appearance of Creator/LesterDelRey's story "{{Literature/Habit}}", Creator/RobertAHeinlein's story "{{Literature/Misfit}}", and a NonFiction article by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp; ''There Ain't No Such!''.
** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's
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* RaygunGothic: The October 1939 issue has one of the [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] standing outside of a [[OurDoorsAreDifferent big circular door]]. They're wearing a silver suit [[LatexSpacesuit tight enough to show off their muscles]], with knee-high boots, a helmet in their hand, and silver goggles with blue shades. The steps they're standing on have round holes in the sides.
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* RaygunGothic: The October 1939 issue has one of the [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] a Literature/{{Lensman}} standing outside of a [[OurDoorsAreDifferent big circular door]]. They're wearing a silver suit [[LatexSpacesuit tight enough to show off their muscles]], with knee-high boots, a helmet in their hand, and silver goggles with blue shades. The steps they're standing on have round holes in the sides.
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** Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', was published in four parts, starting with the October 1939 issue.
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** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]" and ""Literature/GrayLensman" "[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]" by E. E. Smith, [=Ph.D.=]" -- October 1939 cover
** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]'s greatest storyLiterature/GrayLensman" [[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]" -- November 1939 cover
** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]'s greatest story
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* ToBeContinued: When Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the October 1939 issue of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with Kinnison watching as Madam Desplaines dies, with "END PART ONE".
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* ToBeContinued: When Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'' ''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the October 1939 issue of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with Kinnison watching as Madam Desplaines dies, with "END PART ONE".
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** In [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s "Literature/ShawnsSword", the titular sword is compared to [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur's]] ''Excalibur'' and [[Literature/Nibelungenlied Siegfried's]] ''Nothung''.
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** In [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s "Literature/ShawnsSword", the titular sword is compared to [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur's]] ''Excalibur'' and [[Literature/Nibelungenlied [[{{Literature/Nibelungenlied}} Siegfried's]] ''Nothung''.
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[[folder:January issue]]
[[index]]
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "A Variety of Things", by editor
* "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano", by [[Creator/NelsonTremaine Warner Van Lorne]]
* "Literature/SaurianValedictory", by Creator/NormanLKnight
* "Literature/MaidenVoyage", by Creator/VicPhillips
* "Literature/The Incorrigible", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* [[/index]] "Telescopes vs. Cameras", by Creator/HALower [[index]] %%nonfiction
* ''[[Literature/TheDarkDestroyers Nuisance Value]]'', by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman %%Part 2 of 2, Part 1 published year before
* "Literature/MillOfTheGods", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Literature/TheFirstShallBeLast", by Creator/ArthurJBurks
* "Science Discussions and Brass Tacks", by editor
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%* "Literature/
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[[folder:July issue]]
[[index]]
* "Addenda", by editor
* "Literature/BlackDestroyer", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "{{Literature/Trends}}", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]]
* "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays", by Creator/NatSchachner
* "[[Literature/LightshipHo Lightship, Ho!]]", by Creator/NelsonSBond
* [[/index]] "Tools For Brains", by Creator/LeoVernon [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/TheMoth", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
* "[[Literature/WhenTheHalfGodsGo When the Half Gods Go—]]", by Creator/AmeliaRLong
* [[/index]] "Geography For Time Travelers", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/GreaterThanGods", by Creator/CLMoore
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:August issue]]
[[index]]
* "Invention and Imagination", by editor
* "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "Literature/HeavyPlanet", by [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]
* ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]] %%Part 1 of 2
* "Literature/Isotope235", by Creator/ArthurMcCann
* "Literature/SpaceWar", by Creator/WillyLey
* "Literature/LifeLine", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
* "{{Literature/Stowaway}}", by Creator/NelsonSBond
* "Literature/TheresJustAsGoodFish There's Just as Good Fish—]]", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/AnUltimatumFromMars", by Creator/RayCummings
* "Literature/PleasureTrove", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:September issue]]
[[index]]
* "Ending Year Six", by editor
* "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!", by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "{{Literature/Atmospherics}}", by Victor Valding (PenName of Creator/AllanIngvaldBenson and Creator/JohnVictorPeterson)
* "Literature/TheLastHope", by Creator/DonEvans
* "Literature/TheOtherSideOfAstronomy", by Creator/RSRichardson
* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
* "Literature/MassonsSecret", by Creator/RaymondZGallun
* "Literature/EtherBreather", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* [[/index]]''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]] %%Part 2 of 2
[[/folder]]
[[folder:October issue]]
[[index]]
* "Invitation", by editor
* ''Literature/GrayLensman'', by Creator/EEDocSmith %%Part 1 of 4
* "Literature/SpaceRating", by Creator/JohnBerryman
* "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Literature/EpisodeOnDheeMinor", by Creator/HarryWalton
* "Literature/ShawnsSword", by [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]
* "Literature/HuntingBigGame", by Creator/HaroldALower
* "{{Literature/Rust}}", by Creator/JosephEKelleam
* "Literature/EarthsSecondMoon", by Creator/WillyLey
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:November issue]]
[[index]]
* "Robots", by editor
* [[/index]]''Literature/GrayLensman'', by Creator/EEDocSmith [[index]] %%Part 2 of 4
* "Rotten-Egg Gas", by editor
* "{{Literature/Misfit}}", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Deadly Metal", by editor
* "Literature/SpaceWarTactics", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}", by Creator/OscarABoch
* [[/index]] ''There Ain't No Such!'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2, nonfiction
* "Literature/ThisShipKills!", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]
* "{{Literature/Habit}}", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "Literature/PowerPlant", by Creator/HarlVincent
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:December issue]]
[[index]]
* "Literature/Ad Astra, Et Cetera—", by editor
* "Literature/DiscordInScarlet", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "Literature/ThunderingPeace", by Creator/KentCasey
* "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind", by Creator/NatSchachner
* "Literature/SculptorsOfLife", by Creator/WallaceWest
* "Literature/TheNova", by Creator/EdwinKSloat
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* [[/index]] ''There Ain't No Such!'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp [[index]] %%Part 2 of 2, nonfiction
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
* [[/index]]''Literature/GrayLensman'', by Creator/EEDocSmith %%Part 3 of 4
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!!Examples from ''Astounding Stories'' issues published in the year 1939:
* AlienSky: The April 1939 cover has a mountainous foreground with {{UsefulNotes/Saturn}} in the sky, suggesting a moon or asteroid.
* FishbowlHelmet: On the December 1939 cover, there are four people in the foreground with bubble-shaped clear helmets with a tube in the back, like a deep-sea diving suit.
* ForcedPerspective: The July 1939 cover (inspired by Creator/AEVanVogt's "Literature/BlackDestroyer") has a black cat-like creature in the foreground on a rock with a rocketship and crew in the distant background. It initially looks like the cat-like creature is larger than the ship, but more careful examination of the rocks and people show it to be a forced perspective trick. In the story, "Pussy" is around the size of a human instead of bigger than the ship.
* IntroOnlyPointOfView: In the July 1931 issue, Creator/WillyLey's "Geography For Time Travelers" begins with a fiction of space explorers whose "[[FasterThanLightTravel space-warp]]" sometimes has a "[[TimeTravel time-warp]]" effect. This is a premise to show how different Earth looks compared to three hundred fifty million years ago. The fiction stops and Ley begins explaining how the geography of the Earth has changed from the Devonian Period to the map of today.
* LatexSpacesuit: The October 1939 issue has a [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] wearing a silver suit tight enough to show off their muscles, with knee-high boots. Despite being tight around most of the body, the thighs are loose like a pair of jockey pants.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: On the December 1939 cover, the central figure has four arms (each of which has eight fingers and no thumbs).
* TheNamesake: In the October 1939 issue, Creator/HaroldALower's nonfiction article, "Hunting Big Game", refers to the efforts taken to identify supernovae, the biggest explosions in the cosmos.
* {{Novelette}}:
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Misfit}}"
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage"
** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/SaurianValedictory"
** Creator/WarnerVanLorne's "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano"
** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove"
** Creator/CLMoore's "Literature/GreaterThanGods"
** Creator/VicPhillips's "Literature/MaidenVoyage"
** Creator/NatSchachner's
*** "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind"
*** "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays"
** Creator/AEVanVogt's
*** "Literature/BlackDestroyer"
*** "Literature/DiscordInScarlet"
** Creator/HarlVincent's "Literature/PowerPlant"
** Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!"
* {{Novella}}: Creator/DonEvans's "Literature/TheLastHope"
* OneWordTitle:
** Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
* OnTheNext: From "In Times to Come":
** The July 1939 issue advertises the upcoming Creator/LesterDelRey's "LiteratureTheLuckOfIgnatz", which will be represented on the magazine's cover with art by Creator/VirgilFinlay. Next issue will also contain Creator/EESmith's "Literature/GrayLensman", Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove", and new writers, Creator/FrederickEngelhardt and Creator/LeeGregor.
** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', the appearance of Creator/LesterDelRey's story "{{Literature/Habit}}", Creator/RobertAHeinlein's story "{{Literature/Misfit}}", and a NonFiction article by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp; ''There Ain't No Such!''.
* OurDoorsAreDifferent: The October 1939 issue has a door that is shaped like a movie set's bank vault door, with small levers set into the centre instead of a wheel.
* PenName:
** Creator/JohnWCampbell used the pseudonym Arthur [=McCann=] several times this year for short columns, such as "Literature/Isotope235" and "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning".
** Creator/LRonHubbard used the pseudonym Frederick Engelhardt for several stories for ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', such as when he published ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'' in the August and September 1939 issues, and "Literature/ThisShipKills!" in the November 1939 issue.
** Creator/MiltonARothman used the pseudonym Lee Gregor when publishing "Literature/HeavyPlanet" in the August 1939 issue and when publishing "Literature/ShawnsSword" in the October 1939 issue.
* RaygunGothic: The October 1939 issue has one of the [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] standing outside of a [[OurDoorsAreDifferent big circular door]]. They're wearing a silver suit [[LatexSpacesuit tight enough to show off their muscles]], with knee-high boots, a helmet in their hand, and silver goggles with blue shades. The steps they're standing on have round holes in the sides.
* SerialNovel:
** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]'s ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', was published in two parts, starting with the August 1939 issue.
** Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', was published in four parts, starting with the October 1939 issue.
** Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's ''Literature/TheDarkDestroyers'' (1959) was originally published in the December 1938 and January 1939 issues of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', under the name ''Literature/NuisanceValue''.
* ShinyLookingSpaceships:
** The February 1939 cover has a sleek silvery spaceship that had crashed into a desert. You can tell it crashed based on the white smoke from holes, including one tear along the side and a slightly malformed front.
** The September 1939 cover has a pair of shiny, smooth, [[RetroRocket cigar-shaped rockets]] (but without fins). The foreground is the inside of a similar-looking ship, with curved windows and glasses, rounded edges everywhere (including the lever handles).
* ShortStory:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Trends}}"
** Creator/JohnBerryman's "Literature/SpaceRating"
** Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
** Creator/NelsonSBond's
*** "{{Literature/Stowaway}}"
*** "[[Literature/LightshipHo Lightship, Ho!]]"
** Creator/ArthurJBurks's "Literature/TheFirstShallBeLast"
** Creator/KentCasey's "Literature/ThunderingPeace"
** Creator/RayCummings's "Literature/AnUltimatumFromMars"
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheIncorrigible"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]'s "Literature/ThisShipKills!"
** Creator/RaymondZGallun's "Literature/MassonsSecret"
** [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s
*** "Literature/HeavyPlanet"
*** "Literature/ShawnsSword"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/LifeLine"
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/MillOfTheGods"
** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
** Creator/AmeliaRLong's "[[Literature/WhenTheHalfGodsGo When the Half Gods Go—]]"
** Creator/RossRocklynne's "Literature/TheMoth"
** Creator/EdwinKSloat's "Literature/TheNova"
** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/EtherBreather"
** Victor Valding's "{{Literature/Atmospherics}}"
** Creator/HarryWalton's "Literature/EpisodeOnDheeMinor"
** Creator/WallaceWest's "Literature/SculptorsOfLife"
* ShoutOut:
** In [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s "Literature/ShawnsSword", the titular sword is compared to [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur's]] ''Excalibur'' and [[Literature/Nibelungenlied Siegfried's]] ''Nothung''.
** In the October 1939 issue, Creator/HaroldALower begins his nonfiction article "Hunting Big Game" by thanking Dr Zwicky for allowing them to use information on supernovae data published in ''Astrophysical Journal''
** In the October 1939 issue, Creator/WillyLey's nonfiction article "Earth's Second Moon" references Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/RoundTheMoon'' (and ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''), even quoting part of it, because it Verne was inspired by Frederic Petit's calculations of a captured satellite around the Earth.
** In the October 1939 issue, Creator/WillyLey's nonfiction article "Earth's Second Moon" references ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', which predicted that {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} would have two moons.
* {{Tagline}}:
** "Literature/MaidenVoyage by Creator/VicPhillips" -- January 1939 cover
** "Literature/CrucibleOfPower by Creator/JackWilliamson" -- February 1939 cover
** "Literature/CloakOfAesir by Creator/DonAStuart" -- March 1939 cover
** "Literature/WorldsDontCare by Creator/NatSchachner" -- April 1939 cover
** "Literature/CoilsOfTime by Creator/PSchuylerMiller" -- May 1939 cover
** "Literature/HermitOfMars by Creator/CliffordDSimak" -- June 1939 cover
** "Literature/BlackDestroyer by Creator/AEVanVogt" -- July 1939 cover
** "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz by Creator/LesterDelRey" -- August 1939 cover
** "Literature/ForcesMustBalance by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman" -- September 1939 cover
** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]" and ""Literature/GrayLensman" by E. E. Smith, [=Ph.D.=]" -- October 1939 cover
** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]'s greatest story Literature/GrayLensman" -- November 1939 cover
** "Literature/DiscordInScarlet by Creator/AEVanVogt" -- December 1939 cover
* ToBeContinued: When Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the October 1939 issue of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with Kinnison watching as Madam Desplaines dies, with "END PART ONE".
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[[index]]
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "A Variety of Things", by editor
* "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano", by [[Creator/NelsonTremaine Warner Van Lorne]]
* "Literature/SaurianValedictory", by Creator/NormanLKnight
* "Literature/MaidenVoyage", by Creator/VicPhillips
* "Literature/The Incorrigible", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* [[/index]] "Telescopes vs. Cameras", by Creator/HALower [[index]] %%nonfiction
* ''[[Literature/TheDarkDestroyers Nuisance Value]]'', by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman %%Part 2 of 2, Part 1 published year before
* "Literature/MillOfTheGods", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Literature/TheFirstShallBeLast", by Creator/ArthurJBurks
* "Science Discussions and Brass Tacks", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[index]]
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%%* "Literature/
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[[folder:July issue]]
[[index]]
* "Addenda", by editor
* "Literature/BlackDestroyer", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "{{Literature/Trends}}", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]]
* "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays", by Creator/NatSchachner
* "[[Literature/LightshipHo Lightship, Ho!]]", by Creator/NelsonSBond
* [[/index]] "Tools For Brains", by Creator/LeoVernon [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/TheMoth", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
* "[[Literature/WhenTheHalfGodsGo When the Half Gods Go—]]", by Creator/AmeliaRLong
* [[/index]] "Geography For Time Travelers", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/GreaterThanGods", by Creator/CLMoore
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:August issue]]
[[index]]
* "Invention and Imagination", by editor
* "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "Literature/HeavyPlanet", by [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]
* ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]] %%Part 1 of 2
* "Literature/Isotope235", by Creator/ArthurMcCann
* "Literature/SpaceWar", by Creator/WillyLey
* "Literature/LifeLine", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
* "{{Literature/Stowaway}}", by Creator/NelsonSBond
* "Literature/TheresJustAsGoodFish There's Just as Good Fish—]]", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Literature/AnUltimatumFromMars", by Creator/RayCummings
* "Literature/PleasureTrove", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:September issue]]
[[index]]
* "Ending Year Six", by editor
* "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!", by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "{{Literature/Atmospherics}}", by Victor Valding (PenName of Creator/AllanIngvaldBenson and Creator/JohnVictorPeterson)
* "Literature/TheLastHope", by Creator/DonEvans
* "Literature/TheOtherSideOfAstronomy", by Creator/RSRichardson
* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
* "Literature/MassonsSecret", by Creator/RaymondZGallun
* "Literature/EtherBreather", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* [[/index]]''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]] %%Part 2 of 2
[[/folder]]
[[folder:October issue]]
[[index]]
* "Invitation", by editor
* ''Literature/GrayLensman'', by Creator/EEDocSmith %%Part 1 of 4
* "Literature/SpaceRating", by Creator/JohnBerryman
* "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Literature/EpisodeOnDheeMinor", by Creator/HarryWalton
* "Literature/ShawnsSword", by [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]
* "Literature/HuntingBigGame", by Creator/HaroldALower
* "{{Literature/Rust}}", by Creator/JosephEKelleam
* "Literature/EarthsSecondMoon", by Creator/WillyLey
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:November issue]]
[[index]]
* "Robots", by editor
* [[/index]]''Literature/GrayLensman'', by Creator/EEDocSmith [[index]] %%Part 2 of 4
* "Rotten-Egg Gas", by editor
* "{{Literature/Misfit}}", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Deadly Metal", by editor
* "Literature/SpaceWarTactics", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}", by Creator/OscarABoch
* [[/index]] ''There Ain't No Such!'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2, nonfiction
* "Literature/ThisShipKills!", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]
* "{{Literature/Habit}}", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "Literature/PowerPlant", by Creator/HarlVincent
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:December issue]]
[[index]]
* "Literature/Ad Astra, Et Cetera—", by editor
* "Literature/DiscordInScarlet", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "Literature/ThunderingPeace", by Creator/KentCasey
* "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind", by Creator/NatSchachner
* "Literature/SculptorsOfLife", by Creator/WallaceWest
* "Literature/TheNova", by Creator/EdwinKSloat
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* [[/index]] ''There Ain't No Such!'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp [[index]] %%Part 2 of 2, nonfiction
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
* [[/index]]''Literature/GrayLensman'', by Creator/EEDocSmith %%Part 3 of 4
[[/folder]]
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!!Examples from ''Astounding Stories'' issues published in the year 1939:
* AlienSky: The April 1939 cover has a mountainous foreground with {{UsefulNotes/Saturn}} in the sky, suggesting a moon or asteroid.
* FishbowlHelmet: On the December 1939 cover, there are four people in the foreground with bubble-shaped clear helmets with a tube in the back, like a deep-sea diving suit.
* ForcedPerspective: The July 1939 cover (inspired by Creator/AEVanVogt's "Literature/BlackDestroyer") has a black cat-like creature in the foreground on a rock with a rocketship and crew in the distant background. It initially looks like the cat-like creature is larger than the ship, but more careful examination of the rocks and people show it to be a forced perspective trick. In the story, "Pussy" is around the size of a human instead of bigger than the ship.
* IntroOnlyPointOfView: In the July 1931 issue, Creator/WillyLey's "Geography For Time Travelers" begins with a fiction of space explorers whose "[[FasterThanLightTravel space-warp]]" sometimes has a "[[TimeTravel time-warp]]" effect. This is a premise to show how different Earth looks compared to three hundred fifty million years ago. The fiction stops and Ley begins explaining how the geography of the Earth has changed from the Devonian Period to the map of today.
* LatexSpacesuit: The October 1939 issue has a [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] wearing a silver suit tight enough to show off their muscles, with knee-high boots. Despite being tight around most of the body, the thighs are loose like a pair of jockey pants.
* MultiArmedAndDangerous: On the December 1939 cover, the central figure has four arms (each of which has eight fingers and no thumbs).
* TheNamesake: In the October 1939 issue, Creator/HaroldALower's nonfiction article, "Hunting Big Game", refers to the efforts taken to identify supernovae, the biggest explosions in the cosmos.
* {{Novelette}}:
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Misfit}}"
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage"
** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/SaurianValedictory"
** Creator/WarnerVanLorne's "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano"
** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove"
** Creator/CLMoore's "Literature/GreaterThanGods"
** Creator/VicPhillips's "Literature/MaidenVoyage"
** Creator/NatSchachner's
*** "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind"
*** "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays"
** Creator/AEVanVogt's
*** "Literature/BlackDestroyer"
*** "Literature/DiscordInScarlet"
** Creator/HarlVincent's "Literature/PowerPlant"
** Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!"
* {{Novella}}: Creator/DonEvans's "Literature/TheLastHope"
* OneWordTitle:
** Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
* OnTheNext: From "In Times to Come":
** The July 1939 issue advertises the upcoming Creator/LesterDelRey's "LiteratureTheLuckOfIgnatz", which will be represented on the magazine's cover with art by Creator/VirgilFinlay. Next issue will also contain Creator/EESmith's "Literature/GrayLensman", Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove", and new writers, Creator/FrederickEngelhardt and Creator/LeeGregor.
** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', the appearance of Creator/LesterDelRey's story "{{Literature/Habit}}", Creator/RobertAHeinlein's story "{{Literature/Misfit}}", and a NonFiction article by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp; ''There Ain't No Such!''.
* OurDoorsAreDifferent: The October 1939 issue has a door that is shaped like a movie set's bank vault door, with small levers set into the centre instead of a wheel.
* PenName:
** Creator/JohnWCampbell used the pseudonym Arthur [=McCann=] several times this year for short columns, such as "Literature/Isotope235" and "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning".
** Creator/LRonHubbard used the pseudonym Frederick Engelhardt for several stories for ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', such as when he published ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'' in the August and September 1939 issues, and "Literature/ThisShipKills!" in the November 1939 issue.
** Creator/MiltonARothman used the pseudonym Lee Gregor when publishing "Literature/HeavyPlanet" in the August 1939 issue and when publishing "Literature/ShawnsSword" in the October 1939 issue.
* RaygunGothic: The October 1939 issue has one of the [[Literature/GrayLensman Lensmen]] standing outside of a [[OurDoorsAreDifferent big circular door]]. They're wearing a silver suit [[LatexSpacesuit tight enough to show off their muscles]], with knee-high boots, a helmet in their hand, and silver goggles with blue shades. The steps they're standing on have round holes in the sides.
* SerialNovel:
** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]'s ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', was published in two parts, starting with the August 1939 issue.
** Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'', was published in four parts, starting with the October 1939 issue.
** Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's ''Literature/TheDarkDestroyers'' (1959) was originally published in the December 1938 and January 1939 issues of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', under the name ''Literature/NuisanceValue''.
* ShinyLookingSpaceships:
** The February 1939 cover has a sleek silvery spaceship that had crashed into a desert. You can tell it crashed based on the white smoke from holes, including one tear along the side and a slightly malformed front.
** The September 1939 cover has a pair of shiny, smooth, [[RetroRocket cigar-shaped rockets]] (but without fins). The foreground is the inside of a similar-looking ship, with curved windows and glasses, rounded edges everywhere (including the lever handles).
* ShortStory:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Trends}}"
** Creator/JohnBerryman's "Literature/SpaceRating"
** Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
** Creator/NelsonSBond's
*** "{{Literature/Stowaway}}"
*** "[[Literature/LightshipHo Lightship, Ho!]]"
** Creator/ArthurJBurks's "Literature/TheFirstShallBeLast"
** Creator/KentCasey's "Literature/ThunderingPeace"
** Creator/RayCummings's "Literature/AnUltimatumFromMars"
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheIncorrigible"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]'s "Literature/ThisShipKills!"
** Creator/RaymondZGallun's "Literature/MassonsSecret"
** [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s
*** "Literature/HeavyPlanet"
*** "Literature/ShawnsSword"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/LifeLine"
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/MillOfTheGods"
** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
** Creator/AmeliaRLong's "[[Literature/WhenTheHalfGodsGo When the Half Gods Go—]]"
** Creator/RossRocklynne's "Literature/TheMoth"
** Creator/EdwinKSloat's "Literature/TheNova"
** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/EtherBreather"
** Victor Valding's "{{Literature/Atmospherics}}"
** Creator/HarryWalton's "Literature/EpisodeOnDheeMinor"
** Creator/WallaceWest's "Literature/SculptorsOfLife"
* ShoutOut:
** In [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s "Literature/ShawnsSword", the titular sword is compared to [[Myth/KingArthur Arthur's]] ''Excalibur'' and [[Literature/Nibelungenlied Siegfried's]] ''Nothung''.
** In the October 1939 issue, Creator/HaroldALower begins his nonfiction article "Hunting Big Game" by thanking Dr Zwicky for allowing them to use information on supernovae data published in ''Astrophysical Journal''
** In the October 1939 issue, Creator/WillyLey's nonfiction article "Earth's Second Moon" references Creator/JulesVerne's ''Literature/RoundTheMoon'' (and ''Literature/FromTheEarthToTheMoon''), even quoting part of it, because it Verne was inspired by Frederic Petit's calculations of a captured satellite around the Earth.
** In the October 1939 issue, Creator/WillyLey's nonfiction article "Earth's Second Moon" references ''Literature/GulliversTravels'', which predicted that {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} would have two moons.
* {{Tagline}}:
** "Literature/MaidenVoyage by Creator/VicPhillips" -- January 1939 cover
** "Literature/CrucibleOfPower by Creator/JackWilliamson" -- February 1939 cover
** "Literature/CloakOfAesir by Creator/DonAStuart" -- March 1939 cover
** "Literature/WorldsDontCare by Creator/NatSchachner" -- April 1939 cover
** "Literature/CoilsOfTime by Creator/PSchuylerMiller" -- May 1939 cover
** "Literature/HermitOfMars by Creator/CliffordDSimak" -- June 1939 cover
** "Literature/BlackDestroyer by Creator/AEVanVogt" -- July 1939 cover
** "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz by Creator/LesterDelRey" -- August 1939 cover
** "Literature/ForcesMustBalance by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman" -- September 1939 cover
** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]" and ""Literature/GrayLensman" by E. E. Smith, [=Ph.D.=]" -- October 1939 cover
** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]'s greatest story Literature/GrayLensman" -- November 1939 cover
** "Literature/DiscordInScarlet by Creator/AEVanVogt" -- December 1939 cover
* ToBeContinued: When Creator/EEDocSmith's ''Literature/GrayLensman'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the October 1939 issue of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with Kinnison watching as Madam Desplaines dies, with "END PART ONE".
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