STARTLING (BRUCE ELLIOTT; L. SPRAGUE DE CAMP; MIRIAM ALLEN DEFORD; PHYLLIS STERLING SMITH; WALTER MILLER, JR.; STANLEY WHITESIDE; J. B. WOOD; R. S. RICHARDSON) — Startling Stories: October, Oct. 1952 ("Asylum Earth")

NY, Better Publications. 1952. SingleIssueMagazine. Book, Vol. 27, No. 3. Pulp magazine. Edited by Samuel Mines. Cover art by Jack Coggins. Includes "Asylum Earth" (novel) by Bruce Elliott; "The Guided Man" (novelet) by L. Sprague de Camp; "Throwback" by Miriam Allen deFord; "Notice of Intent" by Phyllis Sterling Smith; "Gravesong" by Walter Miller, Jr.; "Disposal" by Stanley Whiteside. Verse: "The Outcome" by J. B. Wood. Features: "The Ether Vibrates"; "What's Up Down there?" by Lewis Island; "The Outcome" (verse) by J. B. Wood; "4 Centuries of Planets" by R. S. Richardson; "Current Fan Publications" by Jerome Bixby; "Science Fiction Bookshelf". Illustrated by Virgil Finlay, Alex Schomburg, Orban, and others. Letters from Richard Geis, B. G. Warner, Jim Harmon, and more. Short tear spine head; lower overlaps a little rough with a small bit off. Very Good+.