Amazing Stories, October 1952

: # Amazing Stories Contents

This issue of Amazing Stories (Volume 26, No. 10) features several science-fiction related pieces and articles. The editor's "Observatory" column discusses visits from writers Murray Leinster (whose pen name "Will Jenkins" often causes confusion) and William P. McGivern, plus anecdotes about research resources and bookstores.

"Look—Don't Listen" by Wyman Tate examines television's emerging role in aviation communications, explaining how TV transmitters enable ground-to-air transmission of written messages and diagrams to aircraft, suggesting visual media will eventually surpass radio in practical applications.

"Lunar Lust" by T. Locar profiles scientist Wernher von Braun's obsessive focus on lunar exploration, noting how during WWII he viewed the V-2 rocket primarily as a stepping-stone to the Moon rather than merely as a weapon, and how he continues directing American space programs with this singular goal.

"Shadow on the Moon" is a serialized story following Tom Rourke, an advertising manager for AiRockets Inc., as he navigates corporate dealings and receives urgent summons from company president McWilliams regarding an unspecified threat ("the devil") entering the facility.