Astounding Science Fiction, October 1950 — page 3: what you’re looking at

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<<<. Vol. VII, No. 6. (British Edition) October 1950 Contents Novelettes NEW FOUNDATIONS . .. . . . Wilmar H. Shiras 2 THE MERCENARIES... . . . . H. Beam Piper 33 _ Short Stories REGULATIONS PROVIDE . . . .Raymond F. Jones 22 CONFORMITY EXPECTED ... . Set ee H. B. Fyfe 45 A MATTER OF MATTER... . .. .L. Ron Hubbard 53 NIXT FRIDAY MORNING... . .D.W. Meredith 61 COVER BY ROGERS YOUR NEXT ISSUE OF ; S CIENCE FICTION *— WILL BE ON SALE MONDAY, 20th NOVEMBER 1950 BE SURE TO ASK YOUR NEWSAGENT TO RESERVE YOUR COPY ATOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. The editorial contents of this magazine have not been published before iotreat Britain; they are protected by copyright, and cannot be reprinted without the publishers’ permission. Astories are fiction. No actual persons are designated by name or character. Any similarity is coincidental. Published bi-monthly by ATLAS PUBLISHING & DISTRIBUTING CO. LTD., 18 Bride Lane, London, ' #.4, by arrangement with Street & Smith Publications Inc., 122 Hast 42nd Street, New York 17, New York, U.A. Copyright, 1949, in U.S.A. and Great Britain by Street & Smith Publications Inc. Annual Subscription 58d. post free. We cannot accept any manuscripts or artwork. Sole Trade Distributors: THE MAGAZINE CMPANY, 18 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, H.C.4. Sole Agents for Australia and New Zealand: GORDON &sOTCH (AUSTRALASIA) LTD. GComichdookssco