Science Fiction Adventures, Vol. 1, No. 6

Science Fiction Adventures Magazine, September 1953 Issue Contents This issue features "The Final Answer" by M. C. Pease as the lead novelette, illustrated by Ebel. The story concerns Sorin, a young woman tried before the High Court of a rigidly controlled underground City. She has been deliberately sabotaging her assigned menial job—deliberately sorting colored packages incorrectly—claiming the work is meaningless. Her case raises troubling questions about conformity and individual volition within a totalitarian system that assigns citizens to predetermined roles from birth. Outside the City lies a devastated Earth landscape. The issue also contains "The Venusian" by Irving E. Cox Jr., short stories including "What Is Doubt?" by Richard Snodgrass, "The Meddlers" by C. M. Kornbluth, and "Closed Circuit" by Robert Sheckley, plus the concluding installment of "Police Your Planet" by Erik van Lhin. Departments include an editorial discussing the boundaries of science fiction definition.