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Astounding British Ed., Vol. 12, No. 11
ASTOUNDING SCIENCE FICTION, November 1956 (British Edition) This issue features three novelettes and several short stories, edited by John W. Campbell Jr. The lead novella is Eric Frank Russell's "Plus X," illustrated by Freas, depicting pilot John Leeming crash-landing his damaged scout ship on an alien world during wartime and surrendering to squat, scaly extraterrestrial troops. Robert Randall contributes "The Chosen People." Short fiction includes Paul Janvier's "The Peasant Girl," Poul Anderson's "The Live Coward," and Thomas N. Scortia's "Sea Change." The issue includes Campbell's article "Psionic Machine—Type One," where he argues that psionics research should remain amateur and unorthodox rather than becoming formalized, allowing experimental freedom without freezing half-developed theories into professional doctrine. Regular departments include editorial commentary, "In Times to Come," "The Analytical Laboratory," P. Schuyler Miller's "The Reference Library," and book reviews. The cover features symbolic artwork by Freas.