Astounding Science Fiction October 1952 (Volume 50, Number 2)
Illustrations by Ed Cartier, Pawelka, H. R. van Dongen. Cover by H. R. van Dongen (for "The Currents of Space.")

Serial: "The Currents of Space" (Part 1 of 3) by Isaac Asimov.

Novelettes: "Survival Policy" by Edwin James (James E. Gunn)
"The Evidence at Hand" by Dean McLaughlin.

Stories: "The Exile" by Alfred Coppel
"The Big Hunger" by Walter M. Miller, Jr.

Feature: "But You Said…" by Ralph Williams.

Article: "Fireworks" by Willy Ley

John W. Campbell's editorial is "The Perfect Machine"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.