Future Science Fiction, April 1958

About this issue

This issue of the science fiction pulp contains a variety of short fiction and features. "The Woman You Wanted" by Robert Silverberg depicts a London man named Bradmire who decides to enlist with the Interstellar Survey Commission for an eight-year space mission, attracted by payment and the promise of an android companion designed to match his psychological profile. Mark Hellington's novelet "The Silver Cube" involves men confronting a mysterious shrinking trap that appears in space. Don Berry's "Problem in Ecology" explores a morally ambiguous operation justified by necessity. Additional short stories include Eric Frank Russell's "The Case for Earth," concerning Earth's acceptance among other beings; Earl Goodale's "The Zoet Space," about an invention with unexpected consequences; George H. Smith's "The Night the TV Went Out"; and Ron Smith's "Just Evie and Me." The issue includes editorial content by Robert A. W. Lowndes and contributor biographies. Advertisements for optical equipment and the Dormiphonic Memory Trainer appear throughout.