Imagination, September 1952

Catalog Description *Imagination* (1952, No. 5) features five original stories of science fiction and science-fantasy. The cover and illustration art is by Harold W. McCauley. The lead story, "The Weapon from Eternity" by Dwight V. Swain, is a 35,000-word interplanetary novel following protagonist Jarl Corvett's desperate infiltration of a Federation facility on Vesta to locate scientist Wassreck and rescue someone named Sais. The narrative opens with Corvett and his one-armed Jovian companion Ungo leading five crewmen through an air-vent to penetrate the building's defenses. Also included are short stories: "It Kud Hapben tu Yu!" by Damon Knight (earth invasion with a twist), "The Dangerous Doll" by Daniel F. Galouye (future children with emotionally responsive toys), "Theft" by Bill Venable (writer conjures actual alien life), and novelette "Tomorrow the World!" by Geoff St. Reynard (racial memory narrative). The issue includes features on space radiation and atomic aircraft technology.