Astounding Science Fiction October 1952
Volume 50 Number 2
Serial
The Currents of Space by Isaac Asimov
Novelettes
Survival Policy by Edwin James
The Evidence at Hand by Dean McLaughlin
Short Stories
The Exile by Alfred Coppel
The Big Hunter by Walter M. Miller, Jr.
Special Feature
“But You Said” by Ralph Williams
Article
Fireworks by Willy Ley
Reader’s Departments
The Editor’s Page
In Times to Come
The Analytical Library
Brass Tacks
The Reference Library by P. Schuyler Miller
Cover by Richard Van Dongen
Illustrations by Edd Cartier, Gordon Pawelka, and Richard Van Dongen