Future Science Fiction, British Edition #6

About this issue

This issue of Future Science Fiction Stories (1951) contains four science fiction tales and an article. "Quest of the Queen" by Ross Linden follows Chris Lane's interplanetary discovery and mysterious quest involving a woman named Myrna. "They Will Destroy" by Bryce Walton depicts Conrad and Kaye's return from Andromeda to find Earth under the scientific tyranny of Shiva's followers. Emil Petaja's "Not Quite Human" concerns Dorcas's discovery of ensuring love, while Arthur C. Clarke's "The Awakening" involves a character named Marian seeking one final revelation before death. L. Sprague de Camp contributes the nonfiction article "False Prophets Shall Rise." The featured story excerpt, "Time Killer," presents Moxel discovering an alien machine predicting his death, learning his companion Thorn plans to kill him, and attempting to alter his fate—only to find consequences he hadn't foreseen. Interior illustrations by Finlay, Kiemle, Luros, and Poulton.