Astounding Science Fiction February 1952 (Volume 48, Number 6)
Illustrations by Paul Orban, Hubert Rogers, H. R. van Dongen. Cover by H. R. van Dongen (for "Firewater.")

Short Novel: "Firewater" by William Tenn.

Novelettes: "Bridge" by James Blish ("Cities in Flight" series - revised & incorporated into They Shall Have Stars (as even numbered chapters)
"Steel Brother" by Gordon R. Dickson.

Stories: "EV" by Raymond Z. Gallun & Jerome Bixby
"Star-Linked" by H. B . Fyfe
"Information" by Alan Barclay.

Articles: "Birthplace for Planets'" by Howard L. Myers
"Symbolic Logic and Metamathematics" by Crispin Kim-Bradley.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "How Do You Think?"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.