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ASTOUNDING 1953,October

Astounding Science Fiction October 1953 (Volume 52, Number 2)
Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Kirberger, Miller, H. R. van Dongen. Cover by Kelly Freas (for "The Gulf Between.")

Short Novel: "The Gulf Between" by Tom Godwin.

Novelette: "Belief" by Isaac Asimov.

Stories: "The Test" by Ralph Williams
"The Scavengers" by James White.

Science: "Filming WAR OF THE WORLDS" by George Pal
"How to Talk to a Martian" by G. R. Shipman.

John W. Campbell's editorial is "Unwise Knowledge"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.

If that cover looks familiar but different - you may have seen a version on an album cover for the rock group Queen. One of the band members saw the cover and was so impressed, they commissioned Freas to do another version: with band members falling from the robot's hand (NEWS OF THE WORLD, 1977.)