Nebula Science Fiction #22

# NEBULA SCIENCE-FICTION, Issue 22 (July 1957)

This British science-fiction magazine features a novel, novelette, and five short stories. The lead novel, "The Thoughtless Island" by H. Philip Stratford, explores whether humans could overcome self-imposed mental limitations if not taught them from birth. The novelette "Pompey's Planet" by E. R. James follows surveyor Robin as he searches for his missing wife Sue on a mysterious ocean planet densely populated on its small islands. Sue's spaceboat has been destroyed by inhabitants, and Robin discovers she's been captured. The text also includes Kenneth Johns's illustrated feature on the Rosette Nebula (NGC 2237), describing star birth in spiral galaxies. Additional short stories by A. Bertram Chandler, Lan Wright, William F. Temple, Stuart Allen, and P. J. Ridley round out the issue, along with columns on science-fiction cinema and fandom.