Astounding Science Fiction September 1948 (Volume 42, Number 1)
Illustrations by Ed Cartier, Paul Orban, Timmins. Cover by Chesley Bonestell.

Novelettes: "The Catspaw" by George O. Smith
"The Great Air Monopoly" by René Lafayette (L. Ron Hubbard - "Ole Doc Methuselah" series.)

Stories: "Dreams are Sacred" by Peter Phillips
"The Gorgons" by Mack Chapman Lea
"Dance of a New World" by John D. MacDonald
"Inheritance" by Arthur C. Clarke.

Article: "Paper Planets" by R. S. Richardson.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "Undesirable Invention." Book review by Milton A. Rothman.