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Astounding SCIENCE FICTION Vol. X, No. 4. (British Edition) April 1954 Contents Short Novel ¢ TRADE SECRET. .. . . . . Raymond F. Jones’ 6 Novelette EARTHMAN, COME HOME... . . James Blish 68 Short Stories THE HAPPINESS EFFECT. . . Raymond E. Banks 44 POTENTIAL .... .. . . . Robert Sheckley 57. THE SHARPIES...... .. . John Murphy 106 Article THE LOGICAL PARALLAX. .Dr. Gotthard Gunthard 97 Readers’ Departments WINDOW FO FOMORROW | 2 oe ee ee a ee es EDLIORIAL Cee Se oe eae ee THE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY. Co ey ee a FRG ES EAD OE oe ee a ee THE REFERENCE LIBRARY . . .P. Schuyler Miller 115 ee. TNO fe ap a a Se Se ee The American ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, of which this is the British edition, is edited by JOHN W. CAMPBELL, JR. COVER BY SAM ANDRE © Illustrations by Freas, Miller, Sussman and Van Dongen ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, The editorial contents have not been published before in Great Britain, are protected by copyright and cannot be reprinted without publishers’ permission. All stories in this magazine are fiction. No actual persons are designated by name or character. 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. Copyright in U.S.A. and Great Britain by Street & Smith Publications Inc. post ‘Subscription 20/- post free. Sole Trade Distributors: THE MAGAZINE COMPANY, 18 Bride ane, Fleet Street, London, E.C.4. Sole Agents for Australia and New Zealand: GORDON ’& GOTCH (AUSTRALASTA) LTD. e NEXT ISSUE ON SALE APRIL 20, 1954 e cComichooks;com