# Astounding Science Fiction v40n4

Astounding Science Fiction , Volume 40 Number 4, December of 1947. Published by Street & Smith Publications, Inc., New York, NY. 164 pages. Cover art by Alejandro de Cañedo. Edited by John W. Campbell, Jr. Featuring essays by John W. Campbell, Jr. as The Editor, John W. Abrams and a Brass Tacks critique of L. Ron Hubbard's "The End Is Not Yet" by a medical doctor. Includes the following works of fiction: Aesop, a "City" novelette installment by Clifford D. Simak. Age of Unreason, a shortstory by Alfred Coppel as Alfred Coppel, Jr. The Barbarian, a "Clane" novelette installment by A. E. van Vogt. The Dreamers, a shortstory by Michael Yamin. Children of the Lens (Lensman Part 2 of 4), a serial novel by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. as E. E. Smith.

- Kind: Magazine
- Series: Astounding Science Fiction
- Year: 1947
- By: Street and Smith Publications
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/AstoundingScienceFictionv40n4)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can read it: Teens profiles and older (placed by Invisible Network from what the archive says)

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