Astounding Science Fiction August 1954 (Volume 53, Number 6)
Illustrations by Kelly Freas, Paul Orban. Cover by Kelly Freas (for "They'd Rather Be Right.")

Serial: "They'd Rather Be Right" (Part 1 of 4) by Mark Clifton & Frank Riley (Hugo-winning novel; a.k.a. The Forever Machine. There are 2 related stories, co-authored by Alex Apostolides: "Crazy Joey" and "Hide! Hide! Witch!" - both from 1953)

Novelettes: "The Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin
"Superstition" by Lester del Rey

Stories: "Welcome, Strangers!" by H. B. Fyfe
"This Is The Way The World Ends" by H. W. Johnson

Article: "Achilles and the Tortoise" (Part 2 of 3) by Gotthard Gunther

John W. Campbell's editorial is "My Willie Can Do Anything"; Book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller.