Astounding Stories
On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month
W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher
HARRY BATES, Editor
DR. DOUGLAS M. DOLD, Consulting Editor
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| VOL. V, No. 1 | CONTENTS | JANUARY, 1931 |
| [COVER DESIGN] | H. W. WESSO | |
| Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in “The Gate to Xoran.” | ||
| [THE DARK SIDE OF ANTRI] | SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT | [9] |
| Commander John Hanson Relates an Interplanetary Adventure Illustrating the Splendid Service Spirit of the Men of the Special Patrol. | ||
| [THE SUNKEN EMPIRE] | H. THOMPSON RICH | [24] |
| Concerning the Strange Adventures of Professor Stevens with the Antillians on the Floor of the Mysterious Sargasso Sea. | ||
| [THE GATE TO XORAN] | HAL K. WELLS | [46] |
| A Strange Man of Metal Comes to Earth on a Dreadful Mission. | ||
| [THE EYE OF ALLAH] | C. D. WILLARD | [58] |
| On the Fatal Seventh of September a Certain Secret Service Man Sat in the President’s Chair and—Looked Back into the Eye of Allah. | ||
| [THE FIFTH-DIMENSION CATAPULT] | MURRAY LEINSTER | [72] |
| The Story of Tommy Reames’ Extraordinary Rescue of Professor Denham and his Daughter—Marooned in the Fifth Dimension. (A Complete Novelette.) | ||
| [THE PIRATE PLANET] | CHARLES W. DIFFIN | [109] |
| Two Fighting Yankees—War-Torn Earth’s Sole Representatives on Venus—Set Out to Spike the Greatest Gun of All Time. (Part Three of a Four-Part Novel.) | ||
| [THE READERS’ CORNER] | ALL OF US | [132] |
| A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories. | ||
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Issued monthly by Readers’ Guild, Inc., 80 Lafayette Street, New York, N. Y. W. M. Clayton, President; Francis P. Pace, Secretary. Entered as second-class matter December 7, 1929, at the Post Office at New York, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered as a Trade Mark in the U. S. Patent Office. Member Newsstand Group—Men’s List. For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Co., Inc., 25 Vanderbilt Ave., New York; or 225 North Michigan Ave., Chicago.
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