Amazing Stories V 12no 07 ( 1938 12. Ziff Davis) (selections)
This is most of the December 1938 issue of Amazing Stories. This issue was volume 12, number 7. This file, derived from a Pulp Magazine Archives scan, includes all pages from that issue except for pages 38-54, on which appeared "Master of Telepathy" by Eando Binder. That story has an active copyright renewal. The rest of the issue is believed to be in the public domain in the United States. Page 54 also included a "3 for 10 cents" advertisement for Cremo cigars (not reproduced here), and the last portion of the Editor's Observatory. The text of that portion appears below. THE EDITOR'S OBSERVATORY (Continued from page 6) On our back cover this month we feature Julian S. Krupa's conception of a spaceship. We feel that rocket travel is the only means now in any way based on possibility, and certainly, this conception is a logical one. We've tried to present all the space problems of such a ship, such as a means of producing artificial gravity, etc., for the convenience and comfort of the passenger, maintaining a breathable aid supply, redistillation of water cargo, and many other problems. Space and what we may encounter out there is a complete mystery, so far as actual knowledge is concerned. We do know, however, that we must guard against harmful rays, against body complications in a medium entirely unsuited for human comfort (certainly space-sickness will be much worse than any sea-sickness could ever be). Our last two back cover features have attempted to portray some…
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