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Vol. IX, No. 10. (British Edition) October 1953 - ss Contents Novelette MEDICINE SHOW. .. . . _.Robert Moore Williams 2 Short Stories MULTIFARIOUS ...... . . . .Algis Budrys 48 LADY WITH A PAST... .. . .Irving E. Cox, Jr. 55 Serial 3 MISSION OF GRAVITY. .. . .. . . . Hal Clement 16 (Part Two of Four Parts) Cover by BAER announcing . The NEW Astounding Science Fiction The British edition has till now given what is certainly the finest value for 9d. on the market to-day, though this low price has per- force necessitated the omission of many worthwhile stories, articles and features. From next month this magazine will be enlarged and improved. The new ASTOUNDING at 1/6d., in a handier size, will contain double the present reading matter, be better produced and will closely approximate to the original American edition. The publishers feel that all readers of ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION will welcome this new and comprehensive British edition of the world’s leading science-fiction magazine. | ORDER YOUR NOVEMBER ISSUE NOW PRICE 1/6d., ON SALE OCTOBER 20th ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION. The editorial contents of this magazine have not been published before _ in Great Britain; they are protected by copyright, and cannot be reprinted without the publishers’ pepmissign: All stories are fiction. No manuscripts or artwork can be accepted. No actual persons are designated by name or character and any similarity is coincidental. : Published monthly by ATLAS PUBLISHING & DISTRIBUTING CO. LTD., 18 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4, by arrangement with Street & Smith Publications Inc., 575 Madison Avenue, New York 22, New York, U.S.A. Cones: 1949, in U.S.A. and Great Britain by Street & Smith Publications Inc. Annual Subscription 20s. 6d. post free. Sole Trade Distributors: THE MAGAZINE OOMPANY, 18 Bride Lane, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4. Sole Agents for Australia and New Zealand: GORDON & GOTOH (AUSTRALASIA) LTD. 3 “EOmMmicboo M4 MAOH [Bets dP EY Ay at Asa’ OLN eb.