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Astounding Stories#88

Astounding Stories #88

Jan 1972 · Alan Class · 0.06 GBP
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"Sleeping Giant" in Astounding Stories #88 (1972) delivers a quiet, unsettling twist on a classic trope, as Hobbs returns from vacation with no explanation—only a haunted silence where his usual tall tales once lived. Drawn with subtle, deliberate precision by Emil Gershwin, the story lingers in the space between disbelief and dread, leaving readers wondering what truly happened on that forgotten trip.

Contains 5 stories
Sleeping Giant
7 pp · Science Fiction
Two Weeks with Pay
6 pp · Science Fiction
Mr. HobbsPortha

Jo Hobbs returns from vacation with a quiet intensity that unsettles his coworkers, who’ve long dismissed his exaggerated tales of adventure. This time, though, the silence is different—something’s changed, and no one knows what he saw when the aliens took him.

Witch-Boy!
13 pp · Fantasy
Thomas WiltonNathaniel MeadPrudence Nesbitt
The Look of Death
8 pp
Mac MacAuleyDanny GilmoMarty Moran
Time to Set Things Straight!
14 pp · Fantasy
William ManneringGiles DarwellPeter ManneringAndrew DarwellRawlins

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Full credits

artist, inker Emil Gershwin

Reprints

↩ Reprints Adventures into the Unknown #11 (1950), Mike Barnett, Man Against Crime #3 (1952), Mysteries of Unexplored Worlds #40 (1957), Unknown Worlds #38 (1965), Unknown Worlds #40 (1965), Forbidden Worlds #131 (1965)

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