Author Index to the Vacation in the Golden Age
What follows is an author index to my Vacation in the Golden Age. Authors are listed alphabetically by last name. Pseudonymous works are included under the author’s own name, with a reference to the pseudonym (e.g., “as by Kurt von Rachen”). Collaborations are listed under both author’s names with a reference to each author. Articles are identified as such and color coded blue. A “PZ” following the title indicates the story was a Probability Zero piece. My favorite story for a specified issue is highlighted in bold-face font. Thus the bold-face titles make up a kind of “best of the Golden Age” in my opinion.
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z
Abernathy, Robert
- Heritage (June 1942, Episode 36)
Arthur, Robert
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- Operation Successful (December 1941, Episode 30)
- Time Dredge (June 1942, Episode 36)
Asimov, Isaac
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- Trends (July 1939, Episode 1)
- Homo Sol (September 1940, Episode 15)
- Reason (April 1941, Episode 22)
- Liar! (May 1941, Episode 23)
- Nightfall (September 1941, Episode 27)
- Not Final! (October 1941, Episode 28)
- Runaround (March 1942, Episode 33)
- Time Pussy (PZ) (as by George E. Dale) (April 1942, Episode 34)
- Foundation by Isaac Asimov (May 1942, Episode 35)
- Bridle and Saddle by Isaac Asimov (June 1942, Episode 36)
Bates, Harry
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- Farewell to the Master (October 1940, Episode 16)
- A Matter of Speed (June 1941, Episode 24)
Berryman, John
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- Space Rating (October 1939, Episode 4)
- Rendezvous (August 1940, Episode 14)
Bester, Alfred
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- The Probable Man (July 1941, Episode 25)
- Adam and No Eve (September 1941, Episode 27)
- The Push of a Finger (May 1942, Episode 35)
Boch, Oscar A.
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- Spacewreck (November 1939, Episode 5)
Bond, Nelson S.
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- Lightship Ho! (July 1939, Episode 1)
- Stowaway (August 1939, Episode 2)
- Legacy (December 1940, Episode 18)
- The Day We Celebrate (January 1941, Episode 19)
- Magic City (February 1941, Episode 20)
- The Geometrics of Johnny Day (July 1941, Episode 25)
Bott, Henry
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- High Vacua (article) (November 1941, Episode 29)
Brackett, Leigh
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- Martian Quest (February 1940, Episode 8)
- The Treasure of Ptakuth (April 1940, Episode 10)
- The Sorcerer of Rhiannon (February 1942, Episode 32)
Campbell, John W., Jr.
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- Atomic Ringmaster (article) (as by Arthur McCann) (March 1940, Episode 9)
- Dead and Embalmed (article) (as by Arthur McCann) (January 1941, Episode 19)
- Gypped! (article) (as by Arthur McCann) (February 1941, Episode 20)
- We’re Not All Human (article) (September 1941, Episode 27)
- Suppressed Violence (article) (March 1942, Episode 33)
Casey, Kent
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- Thundering Peace (December 1939, Episode 6)
Corson, William
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- Klystron Fort (August 1941, Episode 26)
Clement, Hal
- See Harry Stubbs
Craig, Webster
Cummings, Ray
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- An Ultimatum From Mars (August 1939, Episode 2)
Dale, George E.
- See Isaac Asimov
de Camp, L. Sprague
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- The Blue Giraffe (August 1939, Episode 2)
- There Ain’t No Such, Part 1 (article) (November 1939, Episode 5)
- There Ain’t No Such, Part 2 (article) (December 1939, Episode 6)
- The Empancipated (March 1940, Episode 9)
- The Science of Withering, Part 1 (article) (July 1940, Episode 13)
- The Science of Withering, Part 2 (article) (August 1940, Episode 14)
- The Warrior Race (October 1940, Episode 16)
- The Exalted (November 1940, Episode 17)
- Justinian’s Jugg Patent (article) (December 1940, Episode 18)
- The Best-Laid Scheme (February 1941, Episode 20)
- The Stolen Dormouse, Part 1 (April 1941, Episode 22)
- The Stolen Dormouse, Part 2 (May 1941, Episode 23)
- The Sea-King’s Armored Division, Part 1 (article) (September 1941, Episode 27)
- The Sea-King’s Armored Division, Part 2 (article) (October 1941, Episode 28)
- The Long-Tailed Huns (Part 1) (article) (January 1942, Episode 31)
- The Long-Tailed Huns (Part 2) (article) (February 1942, Episode 32)
- Some Curious Effects of Time Travel (PZ) (April 1943, Episode 34)
del Rey, Lester
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- The Luck of Ignatz (August 1939, Episode 2)
- Habit (November 1939, Episode 5)
- The Smallest Gods (January 1940, Episode 7)
- Reincarnate (April 1940, Episode 10)
- Dark Mission (July 1940, Episode 13)
- The Stars Look Down (August 1940, Episode 14)
- Done Without Eagles (as by Phillip St. James) (August 1940, Episode 14)
- The Wings of Night (March 1942, Episode 33)
- My Name is Legion (June 1942, Episode 36)
Drew, Douglas
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- The Carbon Eaters (June 1940, Episode 12)
Edwards, D. M.
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- Spheres (December 1940, Episode 18)
Engelhardt, Frederick
- See L. Ron Hubbard
Evans, Don
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- The Last Hope (September 1939, Episode 3)
Fyfe, H. B.
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- Locked Out (February 1940, Episode 8)
Gallun, Raymond Z.
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- Masson’s Secret (September 1939, Episode 3)
- The Long Winter (May 1940, Episode 11)
- A Meteor Legacy (August 1941, Episode 26)
Goldsmith, Norman R.
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- Starting Point (article) (January 1941, Episode 19)
Gregor, Lee
- See Milton Rothman
Grosser, E. A.
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- The Opportunists (January 1941, Episode 19)
- Finity (November 1941, Episode 29)
Hatcher, Jack
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- Transmutation, 1939 (article) (January 1940, Episode 7)
- Fuel for the Future (article) (March 1940, Episode 9)
Hawkins, John
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- Direct Action (November 1941, Episode 29)
Hawkins, Willard E.
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- The Dwindling Sphere (March 1940, Episode 9)
Heinlein, Robert A.
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- Life-Line (August 1939, Episode 2)
- Misfit (November 1939, Episode 5)
- Requiem (January 1940, Episode 7)
- If This Goes On–, Part 1 (February 1940, Episode 8)
- If This Goes On–, Part 2 (March 1940, Episode 9)
- The Roads Must Roll (June 1940, Episode 12)
- Coventry (July 1940, Episode 13)
- Blowups Happen (September 1940, Episode 15)
- Sixth Column, Part 1 (as by Anson MacDonald) (January 1941, Episode 19)
- “–And He Built a Crooked House–” (February 1941, Episode 20)
- Sixth Column, Part 2 (as by Anson MacDonald) (February 1941, Episode 20)
- Logic of Empire (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Sixth Column, Part 3 (as by Anson MacDonald) (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Universe (May 1941, Episode 23)
- Solution Unsatisfactory (as by Anson MacDonald) (May 1941, Episode 23)
- Methuselah’s Children, Part 1 (July 1941, Episode 25)
- “–We Also Walk Dogs” (as by Anson MacDonald) (July 1941, Episode 25)
- Methuselah’s Children, Part 2 (August 1941, Episode 26)
- Elsewhere (as by Caleb Saunders) (September 1941, Episode 27)
- Methuselah’s Children, Part 3 (September 1941, Episode 27)
- By His Bootstraps (as by Anson MacDonald) (October 1941, Episode 28)
- Common Sense (October 1941, Episode 28)
- Goldfish Bowl (as by Anson MacDonald) (March 1942, Episode 33)
- Beyond This Horizon–, Part 1 (as by Anson MacDonald) (April 1942, Episode 34)
- Beyond This Horizon–, Part 2 (as by Anson MacDonald) (May 1942, Episode 35)
Hubbard, L. Ron
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- General Swamp, C.I.C., Part 1 (as by Frederick Engelhardt) (August 1939, Episode 2)
- General Swamp, C.I.C., Part 2 (as by Frederick Engelhardt) (September 1939, Episode 3)
- This Ship Kills (as by Frederick Engelhardt) (November 1939, Episode 5)
- The Professor Was a Thief (February 1940, Episode 8)
- Final Blackout, Part 1 (April 1940, Episode 10)
- Final Blackout, Part 2 (May 1940, Episode 11)
- Final Blackout, Part 3 (June 1940, Episode 12)
- The Idealist (as by Kurt von Rachen) (July 1940, Episode 13)
- The Kilkenny Cats (as by Kurt von Rachen) (September 1940, Episode 15)
- One Was Stubborn (as by Rene La Fayette) (November 1940, Episode 17)
- The Traitor (as by Kurt von Rachen) (January 1941, Episode 19)
- The Mutineers (as by Kurt von Rachen) (April 1941, Episode 22)
- The Invaders (January 1942, Episode 31)
- The Rebels (as by Kurt von Rachen) (February 1942, Episode 32)
- Strain (April 1942, Episode 34)
- The Slaver (June 1942, Episode 36)
Hugi, Maurice G.
Hunter, Waldo E.
James, D. L.
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- Moon of Delirium (January 1940, Episode 7)
Jameson, Malcolm
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- A Question of Salvage (October 1939, Episode 4)
- Admiral’s Inspection (April 1940, Episode 10)
- White Mutiny (October 1940, Episode 16)
- Blockade Runner (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Slacker’s Paradise (April 1941, Episode 22)
- Devil’s Powder (June 1941, Episode 24)
- You Can’t Win (November 1941, Episode 29)
- The Sorcerer’s Apprentice (as by Colin Keith) (December, 1941, Episode 30)
- Bullard Reflects (December 1941, Episode 30)
- Soup King (as by Colin Keith) (January 1942, Episode 31)
- Military Explosives (article) (January 1942, Episode 31)
- Dispersion (March 1942, Episode 33)
- “If You’re So Smart–” (as by Colin Keith) (April 1942, Episode 34)
- Pig Trap (PZ) (April 1942, Episode 34)
Jones, Raymond F.
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- Test of the Gods (September 1941, Episode 27)
- Starting Point (February 1942, Episode 32)
Keith, Colin
- See Malcolm Jameson
Kelleam, Joseph E.
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- Rust (October 1939, Episode 4)
- The Last of the Asterites (May 1940, Episode 11)
- The Eagles Gather (April 1942, Episode 34)
Knight, Normal L.
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- Bombardment in Reverse (February 1940, Episode 8)
- The Testament of Akubii (June 1940, Episode 12)
- Crisis in Utopia, Part 1 (July 1940, Episode 13)
- Crisis in Utopia, Part 2 (August 1940, Episode 14)
- Short-Circuited Probability (September 1941, Episode 27)
- Fugitive from Vangard (January 1942, Episode 31)
Krulfeld, M(yer)
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- Mission (September 1941, Episode 27)
- Mudman (June 1942, Episode 36)
La Fayette, Rene
- See L. Ron Hubbard
Ley, Willy
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- Geography for Time Travelers (article) (July 1939, Episode 1)
- Space War (article) (August 1939, Episode 2)
- Earth’s Second Moon (article) (October 1939, Episode 4)
- Botanical Invasion (article) (February 1940, Episode 8)
- The Magic Bullet (article) (April 1940, Episode 10)
- Fog (as by Robert Willey) (December 1940, Episode 18)
- Prelude to Engineering (article) (August 1941, Episode 26)
- Sergeant Terry Bull’s Terrible Weapon (article) (December 1941, Episode 30)
- The Fatal Coloration (article) (April 1942, Episode 34)
- The Birth of Superstition (article) (May 1942, Episode 35)
Long, Amelia R.
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- Where the Half-Gods Go (July 1939, Episode 1)
Long, Frank Belknap
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- Brown (July 1941, Episode 25)
Lower, Harold A.
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- Hunting Big Game (article) (October 1939, Episode 4)
MacDonald, Anson
Marks, Winston K.
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- Manic Perverse (October 1941, Episode 28)
McCann, Arthur
Miller, P. Schuyler
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- Pleasure Trove (August 1939, Episode 2)
- In the Good Old Summertime (March 1940, Episode 9)
- Old Man Mulligan (December 1940, Episode 18)
- Trouble On Tantalus (February 1941, Episode 20)
- Bird Walk (April 1941, Episode 22)
Moore, C. L.
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- Greater Than Gods (July 1939, Episode 1)
- There Shall Be Darkness (February 1942, Episode 32)
Nowlan, Phil
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- Space Guards (May 1940, Episode 11)
Pearson, Martin
Phillips, A. M.
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- Chapter From the Beginning (March 1940, Episode 9)
Phillips, Vic
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- Emergency (September 1940, Episode 15)
- Salvage (November 1940, Episode 17)
- Putsche (with Scott Roberts) (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Fish Story (with Scott Roberts) (May 1941, Episode 23)
- Defense Lines (December 1941, Episode 30)
- Monopoly (April 1942, Episode 34)
Reeds, F. Anton
- Forever Is Not So Long (May 1942, Episode 35)
Richardson, R. S.
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- The Other Side of Astronomy (article) (September 1939, Episode 3)
- Luna Observatory, No. 1 (article) (February 1940, Episode 8)
- Universe for Lenses (article) (September 1940, Episode 15)
- Wanted: Suggestions (article) (December 1940, Episode 18)
- Space Has a Spectrum (article) (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Trepidation (article) (April 1941, Episode 22)
- Vermin of the Sky (article) (July 1941, Episode 25)
- Inside Out Matter (article) (December 1941, Episode 30)
- No Handicap Allowed (article) (June 1942, Episode 36)
Roberts, Scott
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- Putsch (with Vic Phillips) (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Fish Story (with Vic Phillips) (May 1941, Episode 23)
- Monopoly (with Vic Phillips) (April 1942, Episode 34)
Rocklynne, Ross
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- The Moth (July 1939, Episode 1)
- And Then There Was One (February 1940, Episode 8)
- Unguh Made a Fire (April 1940, Episode 10)
- Quietus (September 1940, Episode 15)
- Time Wants a Skeleton (June 1941, Episode 24)
Rothman, Milton A.
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- Heavy Planet (as by Lee Gregor) (August 1939, Episode 2)
- Shawn’s Sword (as by Lee Gregor) (October 1939, Episode 4)
Russell, Eric Frank
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- The Mechanical Mice (as by Maurice G. Hugi) (January 1941, Episode 19)
- Jay Score (May 1941, Episode 23)
- Seat of Oblivion (November 1941, Episode 29)
- Homo Saps (as by Webster Craig) (December 1941, Episode 30)
- Mechanistria (January 1942, Episode 31)
- Describe a Circle (March 1942, Episode 33)
Ryan, J. B.
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- The Mosaic (July 1940, Episode 13)
Saari, Oliver
- The Door (November 1941, Episode 29)
Saunders, Caleb
- See Robert Heinlein
Schachner, Nat
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- City of Cosmic Rays (July, 1939, Episode 1)
- City of the Corporate Mind (December 1939, Episode 6)
- Cold (March 1940, Episode 9)
- Space Double (May 1940, Episode 11)
- Runaway Cargo (October 1940, Episode 16)
- Old Fireball (June 1941, Episode 24)
- Jurisdiction (August 1941, Episode 26)
- Beyond All Weapons (November 1941, Episode 29)
Short, Stanley R.
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- The Coronovisor (article) (September 1940, Episode 15)
- The Klystron (article) (February 1941, Episode 20)
Shurtleff, Bertrand L.
- Silence Is–Deadly (April 1942, Episode 34)
Simak, Clifford D.
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- Rim of the Deep (May 1940, Episode 11)
- Clerical Error (August 1940, Episode 14)
- Sunspot Purge (November 1940, Episode 17)
- Masquerade (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Spaceship in a Flask (July 1941, Episode 25)
Sloat, Edwin K.
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- The Nova (December 1939, Episode 6)
Smith, E. E. “Doc”
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- Gray Lensman, Part 1 (October 1939, Episode 4)
- Gray Lensman, Part 2 (November 1939, Episode 5)
- Gray Lensman, Part 3 (December 1939, Episode 6)
- Gray Lensman, Part 4 (January 1940, Episode 7)
- Second Stage Lensmen, Part 1 (November 1941, Episode 29)
- Second Stage Lensmen, Part 2 (December 1941, Episode 30)
- Second Stage Lensmen, Part 3 (January 1942, Episode 31)
- Second Stage Lensmen, Part 4 (February 1942, Episode 32)
St. James, Phillip
- See Lester del Rey
Stubbs, Harry
- Proof (as by Hal Clement) (June 1942, Episode 36)
Sturgeon, Theodore
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- Ether Breather (September 1939, Episode 3)
- Butyl and the Breather (October 1940, Episode 16)
- Completely Automatic (February 1941, Episode 20)
- Poker Face (March 1941, Episode 21)
- Microcosmic God (April 1941, Episode 22)
- Artnan Process (June 1941, Episode 24)
- The Purple Light (as by E. Waldo Hunter) (June 1941, Episode 24)
- Biddiver (August 1941, Episode 26)
- Two Percent Inspiration (October 1941, Episode 28)
- Medusa (February 1942, Episode 32)
Thompson, D. B.
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- Eccentric Orbit (March 1941, Episode 21)
van Vogt, A. E.
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- Black Destroyer (July 1939, Episode 1)
- Discord In Scarlet (December 1939, Episode 6)
- Repetition (April 1940, Episode 10)
- Vault of the Beast (August 1940, Episode 14)
- Slan, Part 1 (September 1940, Episode 15)
- Slan, Part 2 (October 1940, Episode 16)
- Slan, Part 3 (November 1940, Episode 17)
- Slan, Part 4 (December 1940, Episode 18)
- Not the First (April 1941, Episode 22)
- The Seesaw (July 1941, Episode 25)
- Recruiting Station (March 1942, Episode 33)
- Co-Operate–Or Else (April 1942, Episode 34)
- Asylum (May 1942, Episode 35)
von Dresser, Peter
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- Introduction to a Nameless Science (article) (June 1940, Episode 12)
von Rachen, Kurt
- See L. Ron Hubbard
Valding, Victor
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- Atmospherics (September 1939, Episode 3)
Vernon, Leo
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- Tools for Brains (article) (July 1939, Episode 1)
- Unseen Tools (article) (June 1940, Episode 12)
Vincent, Harl
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- Power Plant (November 1939, Episode 5)
- Neutral Vessel (January 1940, Episode 7)
- High Frequency War (February 1940, Episode 8)
- Deputy Correspondent (June 1940, Episode 12)
Walton, Harry
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- Episode on Dhee Minor (October 1939, Episode 4)
- Moon of Exile (August 1940, Episode 14)
- Doom Ship (January 1941, Episode 19)
- The Scrambler (April 1941, Episode 22)
- Subcruiser (May 1941, Episode 23)
Wellman, Manly Wade
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- Forces Must Balance (September 1939, Episode 3)
- Lost Rocket (January 1941, Episode 19)
Wentz, Roby
- Day After Tomorrow (March 1942, Episode 33)
- A Nose for News (June 1942, Episode 36)
West, Wallace
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- Sculptors of Life (December 1939, Episode 6)
Weston, Sam
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- In the Day of the Cold (January 1940, Episode 7)
Willey, Robert
- See Willy Ley
Williams, Ralph
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- Emergency Landing (July 1940, Episode 13)
Williams, Robert Moore
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- The Red Death of Mars (July 1940, Episode 13)
- Castaway (February 1941, Episode 20)
- To Fight Another Day (June 1941, Episode 24)
- On Pain of Death (June 1942, Episode 36)
Williamson, Jack
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- Hindsight (May 1940, Episode 11)
- Backlash (August 1941, Episode 26)
- Breakdown (January 1942, Episode 31)
Wollheim, Donald A.
- The Embassy (as by Martin Pearson) (March 1942, Episode 33)




















