# Astounding v35n03 1945-05

Astounding Science Fiction, May 1945 Volume 35 Number 3 v25n03 1945-05 Table of Contents 5 • Rockets and Bankruptcy • \[Editorial\] • essay by John W. Campbell, Jr. \[The Editor\] 7 • First Contact • novelette by Murray Leinster 35 • The Analytical Laboratory: February 1945 • \[The Analytical Laboratory\] • essay by The Editor 36 • The Trap • short story by Frank Belknap Long 48 • The One-Eyed Man • short story by Lester del Rey \[as by Philip St. John\] 67 • In Times to Come • \[In Times to Come\] • essay by The Editor 68 • The Fixer • \[Plutonian Lens\] • novelette by George O. Smith \[as by Wesley Long\] 99 • V-2 - Rocket Cargo Ship • essay by Willy Ley 124 • It Isn't So Easy • essay by John R. Pierce \[as by J. J. Coupling\] 133 • Brass Tacks • \[Brass Tacks\] • essay by The Editor 134-38 • Letters 139 • The Purpose • novelette by A. E. van Vogt

- Kind: Magazine
- Series: Astounding
- Year: 1945
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/Astounding_Science_Fiction_v35n03_1945-05)
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