{"product_id":"2940013685062","title":"ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE JULY 1930","description":"VOL. III, No. 1       CONTENTS       JULY, 1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  COVER DESIGN\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Painted in Water-colors from a Scene in \"Earth, the Marauder.\"_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  BEYOND THE HEAVISIDE LAYER      CAPT. S. P. MEEK                     5\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _For Eighty Vertical Miles Carpenter and Bond Blasted Their\u003cbr\u003e    Way--Only to Be Trapped by the Extraordinary Monsters of the\u003cbr\u003e    Heaviside Layer._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  EARTH, THE MARAUDER      ARTHUR J. BURKS                            18\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Out of Her Orbit Sped the Teeming Earth--A Marauding Planet Bent on\u003cbr\u003e    Starry Conquest._ (Beginning a Three-part Novel.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  FROM AN AMBER BLOCK      TOM CURRY                                  50\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _A Giant Amber Block at Last Gives Up Its Living, Ravenous Prey._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE TERROR OF AIR-LEVEL SIX      HARL VINCENT                       62\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _From Some Far Reach of Leagueless Space Came a Great Pillar of\u003cbr\u003e    Flame to Lay Waste and Terrorize the Earth._ (A Novelet.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE FORGOTTEN PLANET      SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT                     88\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _The Authentic Account of Why Cosmic Man Damned an Outlaw World to\u003cbr\u003e    Be, Forever, a Leper of Space._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE POWER AND THE GLORY      CHARLES W. DIFFIN                     104\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _Sadly, Sternly, the Old Professor Reveals to His Brilliant Pupil\u003cbr\u003e    the Greater Path to Glory._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  MURDER MADNESS      MURRAY LEINSTER                                109\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _More and More South Americans Are Stricken with the Horrible\u003cbr\u003e    \"Murder Madness\" That Lies in the Master's Fearful Poison. And Bell\u003cbr\u003e    Is Their One Last Hope as He Fights to Stem the Swiftly Rising Tide\u003cbr\u003e    of a Continent's Utter Enslavement._ (Part Three of a Four-part\u003cbr\u003e    Novel.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  THE READERS' CORNER      ALL OF US                                 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    _A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Single Copies, 20 Cents (In Canada, 25 Cents)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Yearly Subscription, $2.00\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    Issued monthly by Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 80 Lafayette St.,\u003cbr\u003e    New York, N. Y. W. M. Clayton, President: Nathan Goldmann,\u003cbr\u003e    Secretary. Entered as second-class matter December 7, 1929, at the\u003cbr\u003e    Post Office at New York, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Title\u003cbr\u003e    registered as a Trade Mark in the U. S. Patent Office. Member\u003cbr\u003e    Newsstand Group--Men's List. For advertising rates address E. R.\u003cbr\u003e    Crowe \u0026amp; Co., Inc., 25 Vanderbilt Ave., New York; or 225 North\u003cbr\u003e    Michigan Ave., Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: _They were moving sluggishly along the red light, seeming\u003cbr\u003eto flow rather than crawl._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBeyond the Heaviside Layer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_By Capt S. P. Meek_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMcQuarrie, the City Editor, looked up as I entered his office.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Bond,\" he asked, \"do you know Jim Carpenter?\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sidenote: For eighty vertical miles Carpenter and\u003cbr\u003eBond blasted their way--only to be\u003cbr\u003etrapped by the extraordinary monsters\u003cbr\u003eof the heaviside layer.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I know him slightly,\" I replied cautiously. \"I have met him several\u003cbr\u003etimes and I interviewed him some years ago when he improved the Hadley\u003cbr\u003erocket motor. I can't claim a very extensive acquaintance with him.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I thought you knew him well. It is a surprise to me to find that there\u003cbr\u003eis any prominent man who is not an especial friend of yours. At any rate\u003cbr\u003eyou know him as well as anyone of the staff, so I'll give you the\u003cbr\u003eassignment.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What's he up to now?\" I asked.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He's going to try to punch a hole in the heaviside layer.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"But that's impossible,\" I cried. \"How can anyone....\"","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070200922352,"sku":"2940013685062","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013685062_p0.jpg?v=1763583975","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013685062","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}