Fantastic Adventures, June 1950

1. The Editor's Notebook: editorial.

2. The Shades of Toffee: “Marc Pillsworth thought that certain laws were futile and should be repealed-such as gravity-which he annihilated!...” The story is 108 pages long.

3. Mind Over Matter, Eyelid Secrets, and Atomic Ghost, all short factual items.

4. Operation Decoy: “His mission was to deliver an urgent order to his Fleet Commander. The trouble was, the enemy had given him the message!”

5. Einstein-and Gravity! short factual item.

6. Luvver: “It was a charming little creature, and you loved it at first sight. That was the trouble...”

7. The Martian Blast, The Arctic Shield, and Room Service-Plus! factual items.

8. If Tomorrow Be Lost: “It was a strange sort of pencil; it had the power to write history before it happened-and even as it reached an end!”

9. Hijack Patrol: factual item.

10. The Man Who Would Not Burn: “The condmne3d man had been placed in the chair and the switch had been thrown. And yet, somehow, he continued to live.”

11. The Speculating Spectroscope, Twinkle,Twinkle Little Eye, Exaggeration and Meteor? factual items.

12. The Mechanical Genius: “The theory of the machine was perfect and so were the plans to build it. That's why it took a special genius to thwart it.”

13. Anchor to the Stars: factual item.

Then there are reader letters and two very short stories: The Fanston Drive, Solar Pirates.

14. Atomic Clock: factual item.



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