Astounding Science Fiction December 1947 (Volume 40, Number 4)
Illustrations by Ed Cartier, Napoli, Paul Orban, Hubert Rogers. Cover by Alejandro (for "Aesop")

Novelettes: "Aesop” by Clifford D. Simak ("City" series)
"The Barbarian" by A. E. van Vogt ("Clane of Linn" series; part of Empire of the Atom.)

Stories: "Age of Unreason" by Alfred Coppel, Jr.
"The Dreamers" by Michael Yamin.

Serial: "Children of the Lens" (Part 2 of 4) by E. E. Smith (culmination of the "Lensman" series.)

Article: "White Dwarf Stars" by John W. Abrams.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "Nothing With a Name."