Imaginative Tales, July 1956

Imaginative Tales, July 1956 This issue features science fiction stories set in near-future scenarios. The lead story is "Thunder World" by Edmond Hamilton, a 20,000-word novel where Farrel Baird, raised in isolation in Antarctic mountains, discovers a plane landing near his hidden home. His father John Baird is killed by visitors who search the house and disable the reactor. Additional stories include Darius John Granger's "Field Trip," Adam Chase's novelette "The Man Without a Planet," "Space Traveler's Revenge" by Ivar Jorgensen, Alexander Blade's "Flight of the Ark II," and Paul W. Fairman's brief "Jason and the Maker." The issue contains regular science columns covering astronomy and oceanography, plus readers' letters and movie reviews. A promotional insert advertises the 1956 World Science Fiction Convention in New York, featuring Arthur C. Clarke as guest of honor.