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Astounding Stories, August, 1931

W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher HARRY BATES, Editor

Astounding Stories, August, 1931

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Astounding Stories, August, 1931

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THE DANGER FROM THE DEEP RALPH MILNE FARLEY 149

_Marooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at the Mercy of the Man-Sharks._

BROOD OF THE DARK MOON CHARLES WILLARD DIFFIN 168

_Once More Chet, Walt and Diane Are United in a Wild Ride to the Dark Moon. But This Time They Go as Prisoners of Their Deadly Enemy Schwartzmann._ (Beginning a Four-Part Novel.)

_Tens of Millenniums After the Death of the Sun There Comes a Young Man Who Dares to Open the Frozen Gate of Subterranea._

THE MIDGET FROM THE ISLAND H. G. WINTER 214

_Garth Howard, Prey to Half the Animals of the Forest, Fights Valiantly to Regain His Lost Five Feet of Size._ (A Complete Novelette.)

_Unwittingly the Traitor of the Earth, Van Pits Himself Against the Inexorably Tightening Web of Plant-Beasts He Has Released from the Moon._

THE PORT OF MISSING PLANES CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 255

_In the Underground Caverns of the Selom, Dr. Bird Once Again Locks Wills with the Subversive Genius, Saranoff._

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