Analog Science Fact Science Fiction December 1964, Volume 74, No. 4

Cover art by Robert Swanson. Stories: Plague on Kryder II by Murray Lenister, Tempestuous Moon by Joseph H. Jackson, Shortstack by Walt and Leigh Richmond, Contrast by Christopher Anvil, Rescue Operation by Harry Harrison, The Equalizer by Norman Spinrad. Analog Science Fiction and Fact is the longest-running science fiction magazine. The Brass Tacks of science fiction, also considered Scientist Fiction b/c getting facts right is as important as plot line. George R.R. Martin described Analog as having "the reputation of being hard-nosed, steel-clad, scientifically rigorous, and perhaps a bit puritanical." The "it-could-happen" sci-fi magazine and winner of numerous Hugo and Nebula Awards. Edgewear, sun-toning, creasing, small edge tears.