FIVE ASTOUNDING STORIES

Story #1

Something Will Turn Up
by
David Mason
Illustrated by Brotman

Err ... maybe it had to do with this being a non-Parity universe, perhaps?
Some things can't be simply inverted, after all....

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Story #2

VICTORY

by Lester Del Rey
Illustrated by Rogers

It seemed Earth was a rich, and undefended planet in a warring, hating galaxy. Things can be deceptive though; children playing can be quite rough—but that ain't war, friend!

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Story #3

A
TRANSMUTATION
OF MUDDLES

by H. B. Fyfe
Illustrated by Van Dongen

An experienced horse-trader, bargain-haggler, and general swapper has a very special talent for turning two headaches into one aspirin pill....

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Story #4

A SPACESHIP
NAMED
McGUIRE

by Randall Garrett
Illustrated by Douglas

The basic trouble with McGuire was that, though "he" was a robot spaceship, nevertheless "he" had a definite weakness that a man might understand....

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Story #5

THE FIRST ONE

by Herbert D. Kastle
Illustrated byvon Dongen

The first man to return from beyond the Great Frontier may be welcomed ... but will it be as a curiosity, rather than as a hero...?