Super Science Stories, November 1940

Super Science Stories, November 1940 This issue features eight science fiction tales. The novelettes include "Cepheid Planet" by R. R. Winterbotham, in which a man named Seymo chooses death on a fiery planet over returning to Saturn's prison-dome; "The Monster on the Border" by William F. Temple, concerning the Boomala, a creature serving as a gatekeeper for mysterious masters; and "Nova Midplane" by S. D. Gottesman, where characters Gaynor and Clair lose their ship while encountering an exploding sun. Short stories include "Asokore Power" by L. Sprague de Camp (concerning alternative energy sources), "Dimension-Hazard" by Hal K. Wells (involving golf and Fourth Dimensional physics), "The Horizontals" by Frank Belknap Long (fishermen hooking a subway train on a sideways world), "Secret of the Crypt" by Oliver E. Saari (featuring the character Zarth-I waiting five millennia to signal his planet), "Mutiny in Hell" by William A. Rossi, and "The Outpost at Altark" by Robert W. Lowndes. The issue includes reader correspondence discussing story preferences and illustration styles.