A replica of the October 1949 issue of THRILLING WONDER STORIES pulp magazine featuring THE LURE OF POLARIS by Wallace West, THE HIBITED MAN by L. Sprague de Camp, THE LAKE OF THE GONE FOREVER by Leigh Brackett, HIGH JACK AND DAME by Cleve Cartmill, COLD WAR by Henry Kuttner, THE GARDENER by Margaret St. Clair, THE QUEEN'S ASTROLOGER by Murray Leinster, BACKWARD, O TIME! by Manly Wade Wellman, THE PLANET MAKERS by L. Ron Hubbard, KALEIDOSCOPE by Ray Bradbury, and PARADOX by Edwin James.