A complete issue · 101 pages · 1954
Future Science Fiction, Vol. 4, No. 5
A complete, restored issue of Pulp Fiction from 1954 — all 101 pages of painted-cover fiction magazines that launched science fiction, horror, and hardboiled crime, free to page through at ComicBooks.com.
A complete issue · 101 pages · 1954
This issue of Future Science Fiction (January 1954) contains four science fiction short stories and several departments. The lead story is "Jupiter Save Us" by Ward Moore, depicting a choice between tyranny and chaos. "Ten Minutes to Daylight" by Russ Winterbotham involves survival dependent on a creature's intelligence. Algis Budrys's "To Civilize" questions why superior Earthmen permit their exile. Dave Dryfoos's "High Sign" centers on Martha proving Monty is real rather than illusion. Theodore L. Thomas's "The Penultimate Weapon" describes champions whose battle nearly destroys Earth with titanic forces. Regular departments include the editor's column, book reviews, science fiction news and reminiscences by Robert A. Madle, and a readers' preference coupon. The issue features cover art by Alex Schomburg and interior illustrations by Lurst, Murphy, and Orban.
Each page has its own page — the cartoon, who’s in it, and what the satire means.