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[[index]]
* "It Isn't a Science, Yet!", by editor
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn ...'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein %%Part 1 of 2
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/LockedOut", by Creator/HBFyfe
* "Literature/AndThenThereWasOne", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Literature/MartianQuest", by Creator/LeighBrackett
[[/index]]
* "Botanical Invasion", by Creator/WillyLey %%Nonfiction
* "Tough Guy", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]] [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "Literature/HighFrequencyWar", by Creator/HarlVincent
[[/index]]
* "Luna Observatory No. 1", by Creator/RSRichardson [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "Literature/BombardmentInReverse", by Creator/NormanLKnight
* "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief", by Creator/LRonHubbard
[[/index]]
* "Lubrication", by by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]] [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
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[[folder:March issue]]
[[index]]
* "Not-So-Dangerous Experiment", by editor
* "{{Literature/Cold}}", by Creator/NatSchachner
* "Literature/InTheGoodOldSummertime", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/TheEmancipated", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Fuel for the Future", by Creator/JackHatcher
* "Literature/AChapterFromTheBeginning", by Creator/AMPhillips
* "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere", by Creator/WillardHawkins
[[/index]]
* "Atomic Ringmaster", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]] %%Nonfiction
* ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn ...'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein %%Part 2 of 2
[[index]]
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:April issue]]
[[index]]
* "Let's Make It Stronger", by editor
* ''Literature/FinalBlackout'', by Creator/LRonHubbard %%Part 1 of 3
* "Literature/UnguhMadeAFire", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "[[Literature/TheGryb Repetition]]", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth", by Creator/LeighBrackett
[[/index]]
* "The Magic Bullet", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "[[Literature/AdmiralsInspection Admiral's Inspection]]", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
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[[folder:September issue]]
[[index]]
* "Full Cycle", by editor
* ''{{Literature/Slan}}'', by Creator/AEVanVogt %%Part 1 of 4
[[/index]]
* "Universes for Lenses", by Creator/RSRichardson [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/BlowupsHappen", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Literature/TheKilkennyCats", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Kurt von Rachen]]
* "Literature/HomoSol", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
[[/index]]
* "The Coronaviser", by Creator/StanleyRShort [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "{{Literature/Emergency}}", by Creator/VicPhillips
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
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!!Examples from ''Astounding Stories'' issues published in the year 1940:
* AlienSky: The cover of the March 1940 issue features [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot an eclipse of the sun]] by {{UsefulNotes/Uranus}}, as seen from a rocky surface with no atmosphere.
* FishbowlHelmet:
** The April 1940 issue, on page 73 for "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth", features three people in spacesuits, each wearing a bell-shaped clear helmet, with tubes in the back that connect to an external pack.
** The April 1940 issue, on pages 123 and 127 for "Literature/AdmiralsInspection", features a spacewalk where the cosmonaut wears a jar-shaped glass helmet that secures around the shoulders.
** The cover of the July 1940 issue has two light-skinned humans wearing grey space suits with a bell-shaped glass helmet that attaches to their shoulders.
** The cover of the September 1940 issue has tiny figures next to a telescope, with a bulb around their heads indicating a clear helmet.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome: In the April 1940 issue, on page 101 for "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}", a skull floats in the centre of a full-page explosion, with lightning and particles radiating away from it.
* {{Novelette}}:
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheEmancipated"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/BlowupsHappen"
** Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief" and "Literature/TheKilkennyCats" (under the PenName Kurt von Rachen]].
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "[[Literature/AdmiralsInspection Admiral's Inspection]]"
** Creator/RossRocklynne's "Literature/AndThenThereWasOne"
** Creator/NatSchachner's "{{Literature/Cold}}"
** Creator/AEVanVogt's "[[Literature/TheGryb Repetition]]"
* OnTheNext:
** The April 1940 issue advertises the upcoming "Literature/SpaceGuards" by Creator/PhilNowlan.
** The September 1940 issue advertises the continuation of "{{Literature/Slan}}", as well as Creator/HarryBates's "Literature/FarewellToTheMaster" and Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheEarthSavers".
* RaygunGothic: The cover of the June 1940 issue has chrome vespas and sidecars zipping down a crome street with chrome buildings in the background, with people holding chrome handguns. Everything is on a slant and there are lots of subtle curves to imply high-speed movement.
* RetroRocket: The cover of the May 1940 issue has a dull chrome rocket taking off at night. In addition to the four small fins near the base where the main rocket fires, there's also two thin wings closer to the nose of the rocket.
* SerialNovel:
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn ...'' was published in two parts, starting with the February 1940 issue.
** Creator/LRonHubbard's ''Literature/FinalBlackout'' was published in three parts, starting with the April 1940 issue.
** Creator/AEVanVogt's ''{{Literature/Slan}}'' was published in four parts, starting with the September 1940 issue.
* ScienceMarchesOn: [invoked] In the September 1940 editorial, "Full Cycle", Chief Editor Creator/JohnWCampbell describes how he worried that the events of "Literature/BlowupsHappen" would have been proven impossible (and it was), but then ''even more recent knowledge'' had been published in scientific journals that make Creator/RobertAHeinlein's idea that reactors can have runaway explosions a valid concern again.
* ShortStory:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/HomoSol"
** Creator/LeighBrackett's "Literature/MartianQuest" and "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth"
** Creator/HBFyfe's "Literature/LockedOut"
** Creator/WillardHawkins's "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere"
** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/BombardmentInReverse"
** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/InTheGoodOldSummertime"
** Creator/AMPhillips's "Literature/AChapterFromTheBeginning"
** Creator/VicPhillips's "{{Literature/Emergency}}"
** Creator/RossRocklynne's "{{Literature/Quietus}}" and "Literature/UnguhMadeAFire"
** Creator/HarlVincent's "Literature/HighFrequencyWar"
* ShoutOut:
** The April 1940 issue column "In Times To Come" talks about the recent death of Creator/PhilNowlan and his dedication in writing the ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' cartoon strip.
** The September 1940 issue nonfiction article, "Universe for Lenses" by Creator/RSRichardson, says "the juiciest plums in physical science always seem to be just a little beyond our reach", a reference to Tantalus from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
* {{Tagline}}:
** "Literature/NeutralVessel, by Creator/HarlVincent" -- January 1940 cover
** "Literature/IfThisGoesOn...," by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- February 1940 cover
** ""{{Literature/Cold}}," by Creator/NatSchachner" -- March 1940 cover
** ""Literature/FinalBlackout" by Creator/LRonHubbard" -- April 1940 cover
** ""Literature/SpaceGuards" by Creator/PhilNowlan" -- May 1940 cover
** "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll by Creator/RobertHeinlein" -- June 1940 cover
** "Literature/CrisisInUtopia by Creator/NormanLKnight" -- July 1940 cover
** "Literature/TheStarsLookDown by Creator/LesterDelRey" -- August 1940 cover
** ""{{Literature/Slan}}!" By Creator/AEVanVogt" -- October 1940 cover
** ""{{Literature/Salvage}}" by Creator/VicPhillips" -- November 1940 cover
** "Literature/OldManMulligan by Creator/PSchuylerMiller" -- December 1940 cover
* ToBeContinued:
** When Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/FinalBlackout" was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the April 1940 issue of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with the lieutenant going to sleep, reflecting on how the war is over and England would not accept him anymore.
** When Creator/AEVanVogt's ''{{Literature/Slan}}!'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the September 1940 issue of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with adult slans planning on killing the protagonist.
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot:
** The cover of the March 1940 issue features an eclipse of the sun by {{UsefulNotes/Uranus}}, as [[AlienSky seen from a rocky surface with no atmosphere]].
** The cover of the September 1940 issue is based on the nonfiction article, "Universe for Lenses" by Creator/RSRichardson, which describes the difference between a geometric eclipse and the lensing effect in eclipses predicted by UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein's Theory of General Relativity. The art shows a (blue) white dwarf eclipsing a (red) supergiant.
** Another article in the September 1940 issue, Creator/StanleyRShort's "The Coronavisor", begins by summarizing the first records of a solar eclipse, as given by the ''Literature/AnnalsOfTheBambooBooks'' and ''Literature/ShuChing''. Eclipses are important because they allow astronomers to study the corona of the sun.
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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[[folder:February issue]]
[[index]]
* "It Isn't a Science, Yet!", by editor
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn ...'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein %%Part 1 of 2
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/LockedOut", by Creator/HBFyfe
* "Literature/AndThenThereWasOne", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Literature/MartianQuest", by Creator/LeighBrackett
[[/index]]
* "Botanical Invasion", by Creator/WillyLey %%Nonfiction
* "Tough Guy", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]] [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "Literature/HighFrequencyWar", by Creator/HarlVincent
[[/index]]
* "Luna Observatory No. 1", by Creator/RSRichardson [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "Literature/BombardmentInReverse", by Creator/NormanLKnight
* "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief", by Creator/LRonHubbard
[[/index]]
* "Lubrication", by by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]] [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:March issue]]
[[index]]
* "Not-So-Dangerous Experiment", by editor
* "{{Literature/Cold}}", by Creator/NatSchachner
* "Literature/InTheGoodOldSummertime", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/TheEmancipated", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
* "Fuel for the Future", by Creator/JackHatcher
* "Literature/AChapterFromTheBeginning", by Creator/AMPhillips
* "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere", by Creator/WillardHawkins
[[/index]]
* "Atomic Ringmaster", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]] %%Nonfiction
* ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn ...'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein %%Part 2 of 2
[[index]]
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:April issue]]
[[index]]
* "Let's Make It Stronger", by editor
* ''Literature/FinalBlackout'', by Creator/LRonHubbard %%Part 1 of 3
* "Literature/UnguhMadeAFire", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "[[Literature/TheGryb Repetition]]", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth", by Creator/LeighBrackett
[[/index]]
* "The Magic Bullet", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}", by Creator/LesterDelRey
* "[[Literature/AdmiralsInspection Admiral's Inspection]]", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
[[/index]]
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[folder:August issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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[[folder:September issue]]
[[index]]
* "Full Cycle", by editor
* ''{{Literature/Slan}}'', by Creator/AEVanVogt %%Part 1 of 4
[[/index]]
* "Universes for Lenses", by Creator/RSRichardson [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/BlowupsHappen", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "{{Literature/Quietus}}", by Creator/RossRocklynne
* "Literature/TheKilkennyCats", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Kurt von Rachen]]
* "Literature/HomoSol", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
[[/index]]
* "The Coronaviser", by Creator/StanleyRShort [[index]] %%Nonfiction
* "{{Literature/Emergency}}", by Creator/VicPhillips
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[folder:November issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[folder:December issue]]
%%[[index]]
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!!Examples from ''Astounding Stories'' issues published in the year 1940:
* AlienSky: The cover of the March 1940 issue features [[TotalEclipseOfThePlot an eclipse of the sun]] by {{UsefulNotes/Uranus}}, as seen from a rocky surface with no atmosphere.
* FishbowlHelmet:
** The April 1940 issue, on page 73 for "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth", features three people in spacesuits, each wearing a bell-shaped clear helmet, with tubes in the back that connect to an external pack.
** The April 1940 issue, on pages 123 and 127 for "Literature/AdmiralsInspection", features a spacewalk where the cosmonaut wears a jar-shaped glass helmet that secures around the shoulders.
** The cover of the July 1940 issue has two light-skinned humans wearing grey space suits with a bell-shaped glass helmet that attaches to their shoulders.
** The cover of the September 1940 issue has tiny figures next to a telescope, with a bulb around their heads indicating a clear helmet.
* FloatingHeadSyndrome: In the April 1940 issue, on page 101 for "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}", a skull floats in the centre of a full-page explosion, with lightning and particles radiating away from it.
* {{Novelette}}:
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheEmancipated"
** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Reincarnate}}"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/BlowupsHappen"
** Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/TheProfessorWasAThief" and "Literature/TheKilkennyCats" (under the PenName Kurt von Rachen]].
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "[[Literature/AdmiralsInspection Admiral's Inspection]]"
** Creator/RossRocklynne's "Literature/AndThenThereWasOne"
** Creator/NatSchachner's "{{Literature/Cold}}"
** Creator/AEVanVogt's "[[Literature/TheGryb Repetition]]"
* OnTheNext:
** The April 1940 issue advertises the upcoming "Literature/SpaceGuards" by Creator/PhilNowlan.
** The September 1940 issue advertises the continuation of "{{Literature/Slan}}", as well as Creator/HarryBates's "Literature/FarewellToTheMaster" and Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheEarthSavers".
* RaygunGothic: The cover of the June 1940 issue has chrome vespas and sidecars zipping down a crome street with chrome buildings in the background, with people holding chrome handguns. Everything is on a slant and there are lots of subtle curves to imply high-speed movement.
* RetroRocket: The cover of the May 1940 issue has a dull chrome rocket taking off at night. In addition to the four small fins near the base where the main rocket fires, there's also two thin wings closer to the nose of the rocket.
* SerialNovel:
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/IfThisGoesOn ...'' was published in two parts, starting with the February 1940 issue.
** Creator/LRonHubbard's ''Literature/FinalBlackout'' was published in three parts, starting with the April 1940 issue.
** Creator/AEVanVogt's ''{{Literature/Slan}}'' was published in four parts, starting with the September 1940 issue.
* ScienceMarchesOn: [invoked] In the September 1940 editorial, "Full Cycle", Chief Editor Creator/JohnWCampbell describes how he worried that the events of "Literature/BlowupsHappen" would have been proven impossible (and it was), but then ''even more recent knowledge'' had been published in scientific journals that make Creator/RobertAHeinlein's idea that reactors can have runaway explosions a valid concern again.
* ShortStory:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/HomoSol"
** Creator/LeighBrackett's "Literature/MartianQuest" and "Literature/TheTreasureOfPtakuth"
** Creator/HBFyfe's "Literature/LockedOut"
** Creator/WillardHawkins's "Literature/TheDwindlingSphere"
** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/BombardmentInReverse"
** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/InTheGoodOldSummertime"
** Creator/AMPhillips's "Literature/AChapterFromTheBeginning"
** Creator/VicPhillips's "{{Literature/Emergency}}"
** Creator/RossRocklynne's "{{Literature/Quietus}}" and "Literature/UnguhMadeAFire"
** Creator/HarlVincent's "Literature/HighFrequencyWar"
* ShoutOut:
** The April 1940 issue column "In Times To Come" talks about the recent death of Creator/PhilNowlan and his dedication in writing the ''ComicStrip/BuckRogers'' cartoon strip.
** The September 1940 issue nonfiction article, "Universe for Lenses" by Creator/RSRichardson, says "the juiciest plums in physical science always seem to be just a little beyond our reach", a reference to Tantalus from Myth/ClassicalMythology.
* {{Tagline}}:
** "Literature/NeutralVessel, by Creator/HarlVincent" -- January 1940 cover
** "Literature/IfThisGoesOn...," by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- February 1940 cover
** ""{{Literature/Cold}}," by Creator/NatSchachner" -- March 1940 cover
** ""Literature/FinalBlackout" by Creator/LRonHubbard" -- April 1940 cover
** ""Literature/SpaceGuards" by Creator/PhilNowlan" -- May 1940 cover
** "Literature/TheRoadsMustRoll by Creator/RobertHeinlein" -- June 1940 cover
** "Literature/CrisisInUtopia by Creator/NormanLKnight" -- July 1940 cover
** "Literature/TheStarsLookDown by Creator/LesterDelRey" -- August 1940 cover
** ""{{Literature/Slan}}!" By Creator/AEVanVogt" -- October 1940 cover
** ""{{Literature/Salvage}}" by Creator/VicPhillips" -- November 1940 cover
** "Literature/OldManMulligan by Creator/PSchuylerMiller" -- December 1940 cover
* ToBeContinued:
** When Creator/LRonHubbard's "Literature/FinalBlackout" was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the April 1940 issue of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with the lieutenant going to sleep, reflecting on how the war is over and England would not accept him anymore.
** When Creator/AEVanVogt's ''{{Literature/Slan}}!'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the September 1940 issue of ''Magazine/AstoundingStories'', Part One ends with adult slans planning on killing the protagonist.
* TotalEclipseOfThePlot:
** The cover of the March 1940 issue features an eclipse of the sun by {{UsefulNotes/Uranus}}, as [[AlienSky seen from a rocky surface with no atmosphere]].
** The cover of the September 1940 issue is based on the nonfiction article, "Universe for Lenses" by Creator/RSRichardson, which describes the difference between a geometric eclipse and the lensing effect in eclipses predicted by UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein's Theory of General Relativity. The art shows a (blue) white dwarf eclipsing a (red) supergiant.
** Another article in the September 1940 issue, Creator/StanleyRShort's "The Coronavisor", begins by summarizing the first records of a solar eclipse, as given by the ''Literature/AnnalsOfTheBambooBooks'' and ''Literature/ShuChing''. Eclipses are important because they allow astronomers to study the corona of the sun.
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