In the late 1930s, the "Golden Age of Science Fiction" began, and Thrilling Wonder Stories played a large part in its explosive growth. It began in 1936, after combining Science Wonder Stories and Air Wonder Stories into a single magazine. Along with its sister publication Startling Stories, Thrilling Wonder Stories featured some of the brightest names in science fiction. Edmond Hamilton, who went on to create Captain Future, cut his teeth writing for Thrilling Wonder Stories. Eando Binder, creator of robot Adam Link, was regularly featured in the magazine. Other writers included Frederick Arnold Kummer, Arthur Leo Zagat, Murray Leinster, A.E. van Vogt, James Blish, Ray Bradbury and John W. Campbell. Thrilling Wonder Stories returns in vintage pulp tales, reissued for today’s readers in electronic format.
Table of Contents:
A Novel
Double Jeopardy
by Fletcher Pratt
It all began with a miracle-drug, a reversed half-dollar, and a girl named Betty-Marie who preferred mathematics to men!
Three Novelets
Moment Without Time
by Joel Townsley Rogers
Time stopped for Piridov, deferring his death-sentence, and in that interval he became the most dangerous man in Moscow
The Planet Mender
by George O. Smith
When a mountain of ice appeared on Uranus, things happened all over the System — especially to Mercury, Mars and Phil Watson!
Counter-Transference
by William F. Temple
An analyst, of course, always represents something or other to the patient — but what did these five madmen mean to Dr. Scott?
Short Stories
The Foodlegger
by Richard Matheson
Time-traveler Wade finds out dirty words change with the times.
The Promise
by D.S. Halacy, Jr.
What strange force made Dr. Joseph Carver’s model explode?
Public Eye
by Anthony Boucher
A wily counsellor proves he was in two places at the same time!
Features
The Reader Speaks
by The Editor
A department of letters and comment for fans of scientifiction
What’s New In Science?
Facts and Oddities
The Poison Giants
by James Blish
The sixth in a series of features on “Our Inhabited Universe”
The Frying Pan
by Jerome Bixby