Line #157 Recap/Analog1939


1	''Astounding Stories'' issues published in 1939.
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3	[[foldercontrol]]
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5	[[folder:January issue]]
6	[[index]]
7	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
8	* "In Times to Come", by editor
9	* "A Variety of Things", by editor
10	* "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano", by [[Creator/NelsonTremaine Warner Van Lorne]]
11	* "Literature/SaurianValedictory", by Creator/NormanLKnight
12	* "Literature/MaidenVoyage", by Creator/VicPhillips
13	* "Literature/TheIncorrigible", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
14	* [[/index]] "Telescopes vs. Cameras", by Creator/HALower [[index]] %%nonfiction
15	* ''[[Literature/TheDarkDestroyers Nuisance Value]]'', by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman %%Part 2 of 2, Part 1 published year before
16	* "Literature/MillOfTheGods", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
17	* "Literature/TheFirstShallBeLast", by Creator/ArthurJBurks
18	* "Science Discussions and Brass Tacks", by editor
19	[[/index]]
20	[[/folder]]
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22	%%[[folder:February issue]]
23	%%[[index]]
24	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
25	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
26	%%[[/index]]
27	%%[[/folder]]
28	%%[[folder:March issue]]
29	%%[[index]]
30	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
31	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
32	%%[[/index]]
33	%%[[/folder]]
34	%%[[folder:April issue]]
35	%%[[index]]
36	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
37	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
38	%%[[/index]]
39	%%[[/folder]]
40	%%[[folder:May issue]]
41	%%[[index]]
42	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
43	%%* "Literature/", by Creator/
44	%%[[/index]]
45	%%[[/folder]]
46	%%[[folder:June issue]]
47	%%[[index]]
48	%%* "Literature/
49	%%* "Literature/
50	%%[[/index]]
51	%%[[/folder]]
52
53	[[folder:July issue]]
54	[[index]]
55	* "Addenda", by editor
56	* "Literature/BlackDestroyer", by Creator/AEVanVogt
57	* "In Times to Come", by editor
58	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
59	* "{{Literature/Trends}}", by Creator/IsaacAsimov
60	* "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning", by [[Creator/JohnWCampbell Arthur McCann]]
61	* "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays", by Creator/NatSchachner
62	* "[[Literature/LightshipHo Lightship, Ho!]]", by Creator/NelsonSBond
63	* [[/index]] "Tools For Brains", by Creator/LeoVernon [[index]] %%nonfiction
64	* "Literature/TheMoth", by Creator/RossRocklynne
65	* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
66	* "[[Literature/WhenTheHalfGodsGo When the Half Gods Go—]]", by Creator/AmeliaRLong
67	* [[/index]] "Geography For Time Travelers", by Creator/WillyLey [[index]] %%nonfiction
68	* "Literature/GreaterThanGods", by Creator/CLMoore
69	[[/index]]
70	[[/folder]]
71
72	[[folder:August issue]]
73	[[index]]
74	* "Invention and Imagination", by editor
75	* "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz", by Creator/LesterDelRey
76	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
77	* "In Times to Come", by editor
78	* "Literature/HeavyPlanet", by [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]
79	* ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]] %%Part 1 of 2
80	* "Literature/Isotope235", by Creator/ArthurMcCann
81	* "Literature/SpaceWar", by Creator/WillyLey
82	* "Literature/LifeLine", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
83	* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
84	* "{{Literature/Stowaway}}", by Creator/NelsonSBond
85	* "[[Literature/TheresJustAsGoodFish There's Just as Good Fish—]]", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
86	* "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe", by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp
87	* "Literature/AnUltimatumFromMars", by Creator/RayCummings
88	* "Literature/PleasureTrove", by Creator/PSchuylerMiller
89	[[/index]]
90	[[/folder]]
91
92	[[folder:September issue]]
93	[[index]]
94	* "Ending Year Six", by editor
95	* "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!", by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman
96	* "In Times to Come", by editor
97	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
98	* "{{Literature/Atmospherics}}", by Victor Valding (PenName of Creator/AllanIngvaldBenson and Creator/JohnVictorPeterson)
99	* "Literature/TheLastHope", by Creator/DonEvans
100	* "Literature/TheOtherSideOfAstronomy", by Creator/RSRichardson
101	* "Brass Tacks and Science Discussions", by editor
102	* "Literature/MassonsSecret", by Creator/RaymondZGallun
103	* "Literature/EtherBreather", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon
104	* [[/index]]''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]] %%Part 2 of 2
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	[[folder:October issue]]
108	[[index]]
109	* "Invitation", by editor
110	* ''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'', by Creator/EEDocSmith %%Part 1 of 4
111	* "Literature/SpaceRating", by Creator/JohnBerryman
112	* "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
113	* "Literature/EpisodeOnDheeMinor", by Creator/HarryWalton
114	* "Literature/ShawnsSword", by [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]
115	* "Literature/HuntingBigGame", by Creator/HaroldALower
116	* "{{Literature/Rust}}", by Creator/JosephEKelleam
117	* "Literature/EarthsSecondMoon", by Creator/WillyLey
118	* "Brass Tacks", by editor
119	* "In Times to Come", by editor
120	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
121	[[/index]]
122	[[/folder]]
123
124	[[folder:November issue]]
125	[[index]]
126	* "Robots", by editor
127	* [[/index]]''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'', by Creator/EEDocSmith [[index]] %%Part 2 of 4
128	* "Rotten-Egg Gas", by editor
129	* "{{Literature/Misfit}}", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein
130	* "Deadly Metal", by editor
131	* "Literature/SpaceWarTactics", by Creator/MalcolmJameson
132	* "In Times to Come", by editor
133	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
134	* "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}", by Creator/OscarABoch
135	* [[/index]] ''There Ain't No Such!'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp %%Part 1 of 2, nonfiction
136	* "Literature/ThisShipKills!", by [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]
137	* "{{Literature/Habit}}", by Creator/LesterDelRey
138	* "Literature/PowerPlant", by Creator/HarlVincent
139	* "Brass Tacks", by editor
140	* "Science Discussions", by editor
141	[[/index]]
142	[[/folder]]
143
144	[[folder:December issue]]
145	[[index]]
146	* "Ad Astra, Et Cetera—", by editor
147	* "Literature/DiscordInScarlet", by Creator/AEVanVogt
148	* "Literature/ThunderingPeace", by Creator/KentCasey
149	* "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind", by Creator/NatSchachner
150	* "Literature/SculptorsOfLife", by Creator/WallaceWest
151	* "Literature/TheNova", by Creator/EdwinKSloat
152	* "In Times to Come", by editor
153	* "The Analytical Laboratory", by editor
154	* [[/index]] ''There Ain't No Such!'', by Creator/LSpragueDeCamp [[index]] %%Part 2 of 2, nonfiction
155	* "Brass Tacks", by editor
156	* "Science Discussions", by editor
157	* [[/index]]''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'', by Creator/EEDocSmith %%Part 3 of 4
158	[[/folder]]
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160	!!Examples from ''Astounding Stories'' issues published in the year 1939:
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163	* AlienSky: The April 1939 cover has a mountainous foreground with {{UsefulNotes/Saturn}} in the sky, suggesting a moon or asteroid.
164	* 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.
165	* 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.
166	* 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.
167	* LatexSpacesuit: The October 1939 issue has a 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.
168	* MultiArmedAndDangerous: On the December 1939 cover, the central figure has four arms (each of which has eight fingers and no thumbs).
169	* 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.
170	* {{Novelette}}:
171	** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheBlueGiraffe"
172	** Creator/LesterDelRey's "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz"
173	** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "{{Literature/Misfit}}"
174	** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/AQuestionOfSalvage"
175	** Creator/NormanLKnight's "Literature/SaurianValedictory"
176	** Creator/WarnerVanLorne's "Literature/TheBlueMenOfYrano"
177	** Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove"
178	** Creator/CLMoore's "Literature/GreaterThanGods"
179	** Creator/VicPhillips's "Literature/MaidenVoyage"
180	** Creator/NatSchachner's
181	*** "Literature/CityOfTheCorporateMind"
182	*** "Literature/CityOfTheCosmicRays"
183	** Creator/AEVanVogt's
184	*** "Literature/BlackDestroyer"
185	*** "Literature/DiscordInScarlet"
186	** Creator/HarlVincent's "Literature/PowerPlant"
187	** Creator/ManlyWadeWellman's "Literature/ForcesMustBalance!"
188	* {{Novella}}: Creator/DonEvans's "Literature/TheLastHope"
189	* OneWordTitle:
190	** Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
191	** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
192	** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
193	* OnTheNext: From "In Times to Come":
194	** 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/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]", Creator/PSchuylerMiller's "Literature/PleasureTrove", and new writers, Creator/FrederickEngelhardt and Creator/LeeGregor.
195	** The October 1939 issue advertises the continuation of Creator/EEDocSmith's ''[[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!''.
196	* 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.
197	* PenName:
198	** Creator/JohnWCampbell used the pseudonym Arthur [=McCann=] several times this year for short columns, such as "Literature/Isotope235" and "Literature/NumbersWithoutMeaning".
199	** 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.
200	** 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.
201	* RaygunGothic: The October 1939 issue has 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.
202	* SerialNovel:
203	** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]'s ''[[Literature/GeneralSwampCIC General Swamp, C.I.C.]]'', was published in two parts, starting with the August 1939 issue.
204	** Creator/EEDocSmith's ''[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]'' was published in four parts, starting with the October 1939 issue.
205	** 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''.
206	* ShinyLookingSpaceships:
207	** 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.
208	** 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).
209	* ShortStory:
210	** Creator/IsaacAsimov's "{{Literature/Trends}}"
211	** Creator/JohnBerryman's "Literature/SpaceRating"
212	** Creator/OscarABoch's "{{Literature/Spacewreck}}"
213	** Creator/NelsonSBond's
214	*** "{{Literature/Stowaway}}"
215	*** "[[Literature/LightshipHo Lightship, Ho!]]"
216	** Creator/ArthurJBurks's "Literature/TheFirstShallBeLast"
217	** Creator/KentCasey's "Literature/ThunderingPeace"
218	** Creator/RayCummings's "Literature/AnUltimatumFromMars"
219	** Creator/LSpragueDeCamp's "Literature/TheIncorrigible"
220	** Creator/LesterDelRey's "{{Literature/Habit}}"
221	** [[Creator/LRonHubbard Frederick Engelhardt]]'s "Literature/ThisShipKills!"
222	** Creator/RaymondZGallun's "Literature/MassonsSecret"
223	** [[Creator/MiltonARothman Lee Gregor]]'s
224	*** "Literature/HeavyPlanet"
225	*** "Literature/ShawnsSword"
226	** Creator/RobertAHeinlein's "Literature/LifeLine"
227	** Creator/MalcolmJameson's "Literature/MillOfTheGods"
228	** Creator/JosephEKelleam's "{{Literature/Rust}}"
229	** Creator/AmeliaRLong's "[[Literature/WhenTheHalfGodsGo When the Half Gods Go—]]"
230	** Creator/RossRocklynne's "Literature/TheMoth"
231	** Creator/EdwinKSloat's "Literature/TheNova"
232	** Creator/TheodoreSturgeon's "Literature/EtherBreather"
233	** Victor Valding's "{{Literature/Atmospherics}}"
234	** Creator/HarryWalton's "Literature/EpisodeOnDheeMinor"
235	** Creator/WallaceWest's "Literature/SculptorsOfLife"
236	* ShoutOut:
237	** 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''.
238	** 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''
239	** 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.
240	** 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.
241	* {{Tagline}}:
242	** "Literature/MaidenVoyage by Creator/VicPhillips" -- January 1939 cover
243	** "Literature/CrucibleOfPower by Creator/JackWilliamson" -- February 1939 cover
244	** "Literature/CloakOfAesir by Creator/DonAStuart" -- March 1939 cover
245	** "Literature/WorldsDontCare by Creator/NatSchachner" -- April 1939 cover
246	** "Literature/CoilsOfTime by Creator/PSchuylerMiller" -- May 1939 cover
247	** "Literature/HermitOfMars by Creator/CliffordSimak" -- June 1939 cover
248	** "Literature/BlackDestroyer by Creator/AEVanVogt" -- July 1939 cover
249	** "Literature/TheLuckOfIgnatz by Creator/LesterDelRey" -- August 1939 cover
250	** "Literature/ForcesMustBalance by Creator/ManlyWadeWellman" -- September 1939 cover
251	** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]" and "[[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]" by E. E. Smith, [=Ph.D.=]" -- October 1939 cover
252	** "[[Creator/EEDocSmith "Skylark" Smith]]'s greatest story [[Literature/{{Lensman}} Gray Lensman]]" -- November 1939 cover
253	** "Literature/DiscordInScarlet by Creator/AEVanVogt" -- December 1939 cover
254	* ToBeContinued: When Creator/EEDocSmith's ''[[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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