Astounding Science Fiction, British Edition, October 1947

This issue of Astounding Science Fiction (British edition, October 1947, Vol. V No. 12) features the novelette "Home of the Gods" by A. E. van Vogt, which concerns the political and scientific implications of ancient atomic warfare. Lord Clane Linn leads an expedition of six hundred to explore a massive pit on Venus, believed to be the remnants of a civilization destroyed by atomic bombs centuries past. The expedition lands within the pit and discovers a preserved underground structure still illuminated by functioning lights—technology far beyond their own. Clane discovers a metal rod beneath ancient skeletal remains, finding it to be some kind of weapon. The issue also contains "An Enemy of Knowledge" by A. M. Phillips, "Project" by Lewis Padgett, and "Answer" by Hal Clement, though OCR quality limits detail on these pieces.