Astounding Stories #21

An anthology of science fiction and suspense stories featuring "The Sleeping Giant," in which space explorer Captain Adam Chase reports discovering a colossal sleeping humanoid creature on the planet Mentalla while exploring Sector 6 for a suitable world for Earth colonization. The issue also includes "The Trap," a crime story involving a department official attempting to frame an innocent man using forged audit books, with a council deciding whether to allow the accused to live.