Astounding Science Fiction January 1955 (Volume 54, Number 5)
Illustrations by Kelly Freas, H. R. van Dongen. Cover by Kelly Freas.

Short Novel: "The Darfsteller" by Walter M. Miller, Jr. (this won the Hugo Award for "best novelette.)

Novelette: "Field Expedient" by Chad Oliver.

Stories: "Armistice" by K. Houston Brunner (John Brunner)
"Without Portfolio" by James E. Gunn
"Nothing New" by Eric Frank Russell.

Science: "On Atomic Jets" by J. J. Coupling.

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