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[[foldercontrol]]
[[folder:January issue]]
[[index]]
* "Invention", by editor
* ''Literature/SixthColumn'', by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]] %%Part 1 of 3
* "Literature/TheDayWeCelebrate", by Creator/NelsonSBond
* "Literature/TheMechanicalMice", by CreatorMauriceGHugi (Creator/EricFrankRussell also contributed, but received no credit here)
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/TheTraitor", by Creator/KurtVonRachen
* [[/index]]"Starting Point", by Creator/NormanRGoldsmith [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/LostRocket", by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman
* "Literature/TheOpportunists", by Creator/EAGrosser
* "Literature/DoomShip", by Creator/HarryWalton
[[/index]]
* "Dead--and Embalmed", by Creator/ArthurMcCann %%nonfiction
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:February issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:March issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:April issue]]
[[index]]
* "Permanent Resources", by editor
* ''Literature/TheStolenDormouse'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2
* "{{Literature/Reason}}", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/MicrocosmicGod", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/TheScrambler", by Creator/HarryWalton
* "Literature/SlackersParadise", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Literature/NotTheFirst", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* [[/index]] "Trepidation", by Creator/RSRichardson [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/BirdWalk", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
* [[/index]] "Literature/TheHomemadeGunOfJamrud", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/TheMutineers", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Kurt von Rachen]]
* "Two Plus Two Equals 100", by editor
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:May issue]]
[[index]]
* "History to Come", by editor
* "{{Literature/Universe}}", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Literature/Liar1941", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory", by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/JayScore", by Creator/EricFrankRussell
* "Literature/FishStory", by Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts
* "{{Literature/Subcruiser}}", by Creator/HarryWalton
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* [[/index]] ''Literature/TheStolenDormouse'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 2 of 2
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%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[folder:July issue]]
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[folder:August issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:September issue]]
[[index]]
* "Optical Instruments", by editor
* "Literature/Nightfall1941", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/AdamAndNoEve", by Creator/AlfredBester
* ''Literature/TheSeaKingsArmoredDivision'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2, nonfiction
* "Literature/ShortCircuitedProbability", by Creator/NormanLKnight
* "{{Literature/Mission}}", by Creator/MyerKrulfeld
* "Literature/TestOfTheGods", by Creator/RaymondFJones
* "{{Literature/Elsewhere}}", by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Caleb Saunders]]
* [[/index]] "We're Not All Human", by Creator/JohnWCampbell [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* [[/index]] ''Literature/MethuselahsChildren'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein %%Part 3 of 3
[[/folder]]
[[folder:October issue]]
[[index]]
* "Documents for Tomorrow", by editor
* "Literature/ByHisBootstraps", by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/NotFinal", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* [[/index]] ''Literature/TheSeaKingsArmoredDivision'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp [[index]] %%Part 2 of 2, nonfiction
* "Literature/ManicPerverse", by Creator/WinstonKMarks
* "Literature/TwoPercentInspiration", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "Literature/CommonSense", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
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%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:December issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
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!!Examples from ''Astounding Science-Fiction'' issues published in the year 1941:
* AfterTheEnd: The March 1941 cover has the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty'' overgrown and being visited by two people on a raft wearing skimpy leather clothing, indicating that some disaster has happened many years ago.
* FictionalDocument: On page 43 of the May 1941 issue, the first page of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Liar1941", a robot is reading a book titled ''Purple Passion'', by Irma L.
* FishbowlHelmet:
** The January 1941 issue has an image on page 103, the first page of Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/LostRocket". In this image, a cosmonaut in outer space is wearing a jar-like helmet that is completely clear in all directions.
** The April 1941 issue has an image on page 71, part of Creator/HarryWalton's "Literature/TheScrambler". In this image, a bunch of people on a space walk are wearing helmets as round as a fishbowl.
** The June 1941 cover has a character wearing a clear helmet over a full-body protective gear suit (useful against chemical warfare, but not space).
* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: On page 33 of the April 1941 issue, the first page for Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Reason}}", there is an image where robots are assembled. Despite robots being a mechanical construction, there are retort, round-bottom, and Erlenmeyer flasks, as well as a case of vials.
* TheGrimReaper: On page 91 of the January 1941 issue, an interior image for Creator/NormanRGoldsmith's "Starting Point", is a robed skeleton with the word "FLU" and carrying a scythe. The caption reads, "--the greatest warrior of all--".
* HolyHalo: The January 1941 cover has an [[OurGiantsAreBigger enormous human-like figure]] with a bright circle of light around their head. Their entire body glows with the same light as the halo.
* {{Homage}}: The February 1941 issue has an interior image on page 9, the start of Creator/NelsonSBond's "Literature/MagicCity". The focus of the image is a woman holding a large book in her left arm and her right hand extended upwards in benediction, imitating the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty''.
* ManInAKilt: The July 1941 cover focuses on a man wearing a green tartan.
* MoreThanThreeDimensions: The February 1941 issue has an interior image on page 69, part of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/AndHeBuiltACrookedHouse". The image includes two three dimensional models of a hypercube, which is incorporated as part of the titular house's design. Another model of the house's design appears on page 72, and the house itself collapses into itself on page 75.
* MultipleHeadCase: The May 1941 cover has someone who looks like a human, but they have two heads. The interior artwork on page 9, first page for Creator/RobertHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}", also has a two-headed man.
* {{Novelette}}:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's
*** "{{Literature/Elsewhere}}"
*** "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory"
*** "{{Literature/Universe}}"
** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Kurt von Rachen]]'s "Literature/TheMutineers"
** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/MicrocosmicGod"
* {{Novella}}: Creator/RobertAHeinlein's
** "Literature/ByHisBootstraps"
** "Literature/CommonSense"
* OnTheNext: From "In Times to Come":
** The January 1941 issue advertises the upcoming continuation of [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s "Literature/SixthColumn", as well as shorter stories Creator/NelsonSBond's "Literature/MagicCity" and Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/AndHeBuiltACrookedHouse".
** The February 1941 issue advertises Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/LogicOfEmpire", describing TheVerse that it fits into.
** The May 1941 issue advertises the upcoming Creator/RossRocklynne story, "Literature/TimeWantsASkeleton". A locked-room mystery where the murder victim is the unknown factor.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: The January 1941 cover has a blue human-like figure with a [[HolyHalo halo around their head]] who is so tall that the city's buildings are all below waist-level. People in the foreground are running away as the giant rampages through the city.
* PublisherChosenTitle: {{In|Universe}} the April 1941 issue's "In Times To Come" column, the Chief Editor explains that one of the next month's stories, [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory", was [[WorkingTitle originally submitted]] as "Foriegn Policy".
* RayGun: The January 1941 issue has an image on page 103, the first page of Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/LostRocket". In this image, a cosmonaut in outer space is firing flames through space with a handheld gun.
* RetroRocket: The March 1941 cover has two silver spaceships on the cover, both are cigar-shaped with four fins on the "rear" end.
* SerialNovel:
** [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s ''Literature/SixthColumn'' was published in three parts, starting with the January 1941 issue.
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's ''Literature/TheStolenDormouse'' was published in two parts, starting with the April 1941 issue.
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/MethuselahsChildren'' was published in three parts, starting with the July 1941 issue.
* ShortStory:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's
*** "Literature/Liar1941"
*** "{{Literature/Reason}}"
** Creator/AlfredBester's "Literature/AdamAndNoEve"
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/SlackersParadise"
** Creator/RaymondFJones's "Literature/TestOfTheGods"
** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/ShortCircuitedProbability"
** Creator/MyerKrulfeld's "{{Literature/Mission}}"
** Creator/WinstonKMarks's "Literature/ManicPerverse"
** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/BirdWalk"
** Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts's "Literature/FishStory"
** Creator/EricFrankRussell's "Literature/JayScore"
** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/TwoPercentInspiration"
** Creator/AEVanVogt's "Literature/NotTheFirst"
** Creator/HarryWalton's
*** "Literature/TheScrambler"
*** "{{Literature/Subcruiser}}"
* ShoutOut:
** The January 1941 issue "Book Review" column reviews ''Literature/LifeOnOtherWorlds'', a NonFiction book that explains how non-terrestrial life might look based on modern scientific knowledge.
** The March 1941 cover includes the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty''.
* SpeedEchoes: The cover of the October 1941 issue, advertising [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s "Literature/ByHisBootstraps", has a man with two after-images, each going in a different direction.
* {{Tagline}}:
** ""Literature/SixthColumn" by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]" -- January 1941 cover
** "Literature/MagicCity by Creator/NelsonSBond"-- February 1941 cover
** "Literature/LogicOfEmpire by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- March 1941 cover
** "Literature/TheStolenDormouse by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp" -- April 1941 cover
** "{{Literature/Universe}} by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- May 1941 cover
** "Literature/TimeWantsASkeleton by Creator/RossRachlynne" -- June 1941 cover
** "Literature/MethuselahsChildren by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- July 1941 cover
** "{{Literature/Jurisdiction}} by Creator/NatSchachner" -- August 1941 cover
** "{{Literature/Nightfall|1941}} by Creator/IsaacAsimov" -- September 1941 cover
** "Literature/ByHisBootstraps by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]" -- October 1941 cover
** "Literature/SecondStageLensman by Creator/EEDocSmith" -- November and December 1941 cover
* ToBeContinued: When [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s ''Literature/SixthColumn'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the January 1930 issue of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with the idea that the protagonists would [[ScamReligion start a church]] and the text [-TO BE CONTINUED-]. Part Two ends with the [=PanAsian=] police rounding up the members of the religion, and again the text [-TO BE CONTINUED-].
* UnderwearOfPower: The April 1941 cover features two people fighting on the cover, each with a colourful and tight full-body outfit with a pair of red shorts worn on the outside.
* TheVerse: In the May 1941 issue, "History to Come" describes Creator/JohnCampbell's opinion on how developing a consistent world history is important for ScienceFiction, using Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/HistoryOfTomorrow'' as an example of why other authors should do the same sort of WorldBuilding to build connected stories. An analysis of Heinlein's 'verse appears on pages 123 through 125, part of the "Brass Tacks" column.
* WorkingTitle: {{In|Universe}} the April 1941 issue's "In Times To Come" column, the Chief Editor explains [[PublisherChosenTitle renaming]] one of the next month's stories, originally submitted as "Foriegn Policy", would be named "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory".
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[[folder:January issue]]
[[index]]
* "Invention", by editor
* ''Literature/SixthColumn'', by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]] %%Part 1 of 3
* "Literature/TheDayWeCelebrate", by Creator/NelsonSBond
* "Literature/TheMechanicalMice", by CreatorMauriceGHugi (Creator/EricFrankRussell also contributed, but received no credit here)
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/TheTraitor", by Creator/KurtVonRachen
* [[/index]]"Starting Point", by Creator/NormanRGoldsmith [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/LostRocket", by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman
* "Literature/TheOpportunists", by Creator/EAGrosser
* "Literature/DoomShip", by Creator/HarryWalton
[[/index]]
* "Dead--and Embalmed", by Creator/ArthurMcCann %%nonfiction
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:February issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:March issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:April issue]]
[[index]]
* "Permanent Resources", by editor
* ''Literature/TheStolenDormouse'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2
* "{{Literature/Reason}}", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/MicrocosmicGod", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/TheScrambler", by Creator/HarryWalton
* "Literature/SlackersParadise", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
* "Literature/NotTheFirst", by Creator/AEVanVogt
* [[/index]] "Trepidation", by Creator/RSRichardson [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/BirdWalk", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
* [[/index]] "Literature/TheHomemadeGunOfJamrud", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Literature/TheMutineers", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Kurt von Rachen]]
* "Two Plus Two Equals 100", by editor
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* "Science Discussions", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
[[folder:May issue]]
[[index]]
* "History to Come", by editor
* "{{Literature/Universe}}", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Literature/Liar1941", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory", by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/JayScore", by Creator/EricFrankRussell
* "Literature/FishStory", by Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts
* "{{Literature/Subcruiser}}", by Creator/HarryWalton
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* [[/index]] ''Literature/TheStolenDormouse'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 2 of 2
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%%[[folder:June issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:July issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:August issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
[[folder:September issue]]
[[index]]
* "Optical Instruments", by editor
* "Literature/Nightfall1941", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* "Literature/AdamAndNoEve", by Creator/AlfredBester
* ''Literature/TheSeaKingsArmoredDivision'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2, nonfiction
* "Literature/ShortCircuitedProbability", by Creator/NormanLKnight
* "{{Literature/Mission}}", by Creator/MyerKrulfeld
* "Literature/TestOfTheGods", by Creator/RaymondFJones
* "{{Literature/Elsewhere}}", by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Caleb Saunders]]
* [[/index]] "We're Not All Human", by Creator/JohnWCampbell [[index]] %%nonfiction
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
* [[/index]] ''Literature/MethuselahsChildren'', by Creator/RobertAHeinlein %%Part 3 of 3
[[/folder]]
[[folder:October issue]]
[[index]]
* "Documents for Tomorrow", by editor
* "Literature/ByHisBootstraps", by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]
* "In Times to Come", by editor
* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
* "Literature/NotFinal", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
* [[/index]] ''Literature/TheSeaKingsArmoredDivision'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp [[index]] %%Part 2 of 2, nonfiction
* "Literature/ManicPerverse", by Creator/WinstonKMarks
* "Literature/TwoPercentInspiration", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
* "Literature/CommonSense", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
* "Brass Tacks", by editor
[[/index]]
[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:November issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
%%[[folder:December issue]]
%%[[index]]
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
%%[[/index]]
%%[[/folder]]
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!!Examples from ''Astounding Science-Fiction'' issues published in the year 1941:
* AfterTheEnd: The March 1941 cover has the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty'' overgrown and being visited by two people on a raft wearing skimpy leather clothing, indicating that some disaster has happened many years ago.
* FictionalDocument: On page 43 of the May 1941 issue, the first page of Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Liar1941", a robot is reading a book titled ''Purple Passion'', by Irma L.
* FishbowlHelmet:
** The January 1941 issue has an image on page 103, the first page of Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/LostRocket". In this image, a cosmonaut in outer space is wearing a jar-like helmet that is completely clear in all directions.
** The April 1941 issue has an image on page 71, part of Creator/HarryWalton's "Literature/TheScrambler". In this image, a bunch of people on a space walk are wearing helmets as round as a fishbowl.
** The June 1941 cover has a character wearing a clear helmet over a full-body protective gear suit (useful against chemical warfare, but not space).
* GratuitousLaboratoryFlasks: On page 33 of the April 1941 issue, the first page for Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Reason}}", there is an image where robots are assembled. Despite robots being a mechanical construction, there are retort, round-bottom, and Erlenmeyer flasks, as well as a case of vials.
* TheGrimReaper: On page 91 of the January 1941 issue, an interior image for Creator/NormanRGoldsmith's "Starting Point", is a robed skeleton with the word "FLU" and carrying a scythe. The caption reads, "--the greatest warrior of all--".
* HolyHalo: The January 1941 cover has an [[OurGiantsAreBigger enormous human-like figure]] with a bright circle of light around their head. Their entire body glows with the same light as the halo.
* {{Homage}}: The February 1941 issue has an interior image on page 9, the start of Creator/NelsonSBond's "Literature/MagicCity". The focus of the image is a woman holding a large book in her left arm and her right hand extended upwards in benediction, imitating the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty''.
* ManInAKilt: The July 1941 cover focuses on a man wearing a green tartan.
* MoreThanThreeDimensions: The February 1941 issue has an interior image on page 69, part of Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/AndHeBuiltACrookedHouse". The image includes two three dimensional models of a hypercube, which is incorporated as part of the titular house's design. Another model of the house's design appears on page 72, and the house itself collapses into itself on page 75.
* MultipleHeadCase: The May 1941 cover has someone who looks like a human, but they have two heads. The interior artwork on page 9, first page for Creator/RobertHeinlein's "{{Literature/Universe}}", also has a two-headed man.
* {{Novelette}}:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "Literature/Nightfall1941"
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's
*** "{{Literature/Elsewhere}}"
*** "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory"
*** "{{Literature/Universe}}"
** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Kurt von Rachen]]'s "Literature/TheMutineers"
** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/MicrocosmicGod"
* {{Novella}}: Creator/RobertAHeinlein's
** "Literature/ByHisBootstraps"
** "Literature/CommonSense"
* OnTheNext: From "In Times to Come":
** The January 1941 issue advertises the upcoming continuation of [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s "Literature/SixthColumn", as well as shorter stories Creator/NelsonSBond's "Literature/MagicCity" and Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/AndHeBuiltACrookedHouse".
** The February 1941 issue advertises Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/LogicOfEmpire", describing TheVerse that it fits into.
** The May 1941 issue advertises the upcoming Creator/RossRocklynne story, "Literature/TimeWantsASkeleton". A locked-room mystery where the murder victim is the unknown factor.
* OurGiantsAreBigger: The January 1941 cover has a blue human-like figure with a [[HolyHalo halo around their head]] who is so tall that the city's buildings are all below waist-level. People in the foreground are running away as the giant rampages through the city.
* PublisherChosenTitle: {{In|Universe}} the April 1941 issue's "In Times To Come" column, the Chief Editor explains that one of the next month's stories, [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory", was [[WorkingTitle originally submitted]] as "Foriegn Policy".
* RayGun: The January 1941 issue has an image on page 103, the first page of Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/LostRocket". In this image, a cosmonaut in outer space is firing flames through space with a handheld gun.
* RetroRocket: The March 1941 cover has two silver spaceships on the cover, both are cigar-shaped with four fins on the "rear" end.
* SerialNovel:
** [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s ''Literature/SixthColumn'' was published in three parts, starting with the January 1941 issue.
** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's ''Literature/TheStolenDormouse'' was published in two parts, starting with the April 1941 issue.
** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/MethuselahsChildren'' was published in three parts, starting with the July 1941 issue.
* ShortStory:
** Creator/IsaacAsimov's
*** "Literature/Liar1941"
*** "{{Literature/Reason}}"
** Creator/AlfredBester's "Literature/AdamAndNoEve"
** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/SlackersParadise"
** Creator/RaymondFJones's "Literature/TestOfTheGods"
** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/ShortCircuitedProbability"
** Creator/MyerKrulfeld's "{{Literature/Mission}}"
** Creator/WinstonKMarks's "Literature/ManicPerverse"
** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/BirdWalk"
** Creator/VicPhillips and Creator/ScottRoberts's "Literature/FishStory"
** Creator/EricFrankRussell's "Literature/JayScore"
** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/TwoPercentInspiration"
** Creator/AEVanVogt's "Literature/NotTheFirst"
** Creator/HarryWalton's
*** "Literature/TheScrambler"
*** "{{Literature/Subcruiser}}"
* ShoutOut:
** The January 1941 issue "Book Review" column reviews ''Literature/LifeOnOtherWorlds'', a NonFiction book that explains how non-terrestrial life might look based on modern scientific knowledge.
** The March 1941 cover includes the ''Art/StatueOfLiberty''.
* SpeedEchoes: The cover of the October 1941 issue, advertising [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s "Literature/ByHisBootstraps", has a man with two after-images, each going in a different direction.
* {{Tagline}}:
** ""Literature/SixthColumn" by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]" -- January 1941 cover
** "Literature/MagicCity by Creator/NelsonSBond"-- February 1941 cover
** "Literature/LogicOfEmpire by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- March 1941 cover
** "Literature/TheStolenDormouse by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp" -- April 1941 cover
** "{{Literature/Universe}} by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- May 1941 cover
** "Literature/TimeWantsASkeleton by Creator/RossRachlynne" -- June 1941 cover
** "Literature/MethuselahsChildren by Creator/RobertAHeinlein" -- July 1941 cover
** "{{Literature/Jurisdiction}} by Creator/NatSchachner" -- August 1941 cover
** "{{Literature/Nightfall|1941}} by Creator/IsaacAsimov" -- September 1941 cover
** "Literature/ByHisBootstraps by [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]" -- October 1941 cover
** "Literature/SecondStageLensman by Creator/EEDocSmith" -- November and December 1941 cover
* ToBeContinued: When [[Creator/RobertAHeinlein Anson MacDonald]]'s ''Literature/SixthColumn'' was [[SerialNovel serialized]] in the January 1930 issue of ''Astounding Stories'', Part One ends with the idea that the protagonists would [[ScamReligion start a church]] and the text [-TO BE CONTINUED-]. Part Two ends with the [=PanAsian=] police rounding up the members of the religion, and again the text [-TO BE CONTINUED-].
* UnderwearOfPower: The April 1941 cover features two people fighting on the cover, each with a colourful and tight full-body outfit with a pair of red shorts worn on the outside.
* TheVerse: In the May 1941 issue, "History to Come" describes Creator/JohnCampbell's opinion on how developing a consistent world history is important for ScienceFiction, using Creator/RobertAHeinlein's ''Literature/HistoryOfTomorrow'' as an example of why other authors should do the same sort of WorldBuilding to build connected stories. An analysis of Heinlein's 'verse appears on pages 123 through 125, part of the "Brass Tacks" column.
* WorkingTitle: {{In|Universe}} the April 1941 issue's "In Times To Come" column, the Chief Editor explains [[PublisherChosenTitle renaming]] one of the next month's stories, originally submitted as "Foriegn Policy", would be named "Literature/SolutionUnsatisfactory".
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