Space Stories, December 1952

# SPACE STORIES, Vol. 1, No. 2 (December 1952)

This science fiction pulp contains a complete novel, a novelet, and four short stories. Jack Vance's "Planet of the Damned" presents a protagonist offering freedom to enslaved prisoners on a penal world. Kendell Foster Crossen's novelet "Get Along Little Unicorn" pits its protagonist Greshold against a Centaur in brief combat. Short fiction includes "The Toy Tiger" by Phyllis Sterling Smith (protagonist possesses a key to life but cannot locate its door), "The Last Test" by Robert Zaeks (concerning space warp technology), "Revenge" by William Morrison (featuring a Martian mother's vengeance), and "Get Along Little Unicorn" by Crossen. Non-fiction features include editor commentary on reader response to the debut issue, Lewis Island's "What's New in A-Bombs?" discussing recent atomic weapons testing at Yucca Flat and battlefield applications of nuclear weapons, Norman B. Wiltsey's "The Rocket in Warfare," and William Carter's "Eye in the Sky." The issue also includes a reader letters section showcasing enthusiastic responses to the magazine's premiere.