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• "Correspondence Course" (1945) by Raymond F. Jones

  7 April 2017 by Raymond F. Jones

  A soldier returning from war subscribes to a correspondence course and opens up a whole new vista of exciting possibilities for himself – and for the world: what a great theme, and what a great story!
  This very classy and evocative tale was first published in the April 1945 issue of Astounding (...)

• "The Twonky" (1942) by Henry Kuttner and C.L. Moore (Lewis Padgett)

  6 April 2017 by Henry Kuttner and C. L. Moore

  Kerry and Martha have bought a modern radio console without realising that although it has the look and feel of a modern-forties appliance, it had just been made by a time-warped and very expert worker from another dimension according to the standards of that mysterious time-space.
  Boy, are (...)

• "Uncommon Sense" (1945) by Hal Clement

  4 March 2017 by Hal Clement

  This interesting tale of conflict and survival in a hostile and unknown land was first published in the September 1945 issue of Astounding Science Fiction, with the striking illustrations by Williams that we have reproduced here.
  Its author Hal Clement (1922-2003) was a trained astrophysicist (...)

• The funniest golden-age s-f story: "The Proud Robot" (1943) by Henry Kuttner (Lewis Padgett)

  3 March 2017 by Henry Kuttner

  We just loved this lively and often frankly hilarious account of how a very gifted (when under the influence of the demon Drink) scientist struggles to come to grips with the wackiness of his almost-perfect robot - which he had just created with quite extraordinary powers, for a purpose which (...)

• "A Matter of Size" (1934) by Harry Bates

  2 March 2017 by Harry Bates

  We found this imaginative and rather charming story, about one personable and very resourceful scientist’s encounter with the emissary of a surprisingly-advanced civilization that requires his services for an unnamed but really pretty basic function, in one of the — and one of the best ever — (...)