Analog: A monthly magazine, volume-LXXIV, book-4, issued in December 1964. Editor: John W Campbell.
Serial: Space Viking, by H Beam Piper (part-1 of four parts)
Science fact: TEMPESTUOUS MOON, by Joseph H Jackson
Novelette: PLAGUE OF KRYDER ll, by Murray Leinster
Short Stories:
SHORTSTACK, by Walt and Leigh Richmond
CONTRAST, by Christopher Anvil
RECUE OPERATION, by Harry Harrison
THE EQUALIZER, by Norman Spinrad
Serial:
SWEET DREAMS, SWEET PRINCES (Conclusion), by Mack Reynoids.
Readers' Departments:
Brass Tacks
The Editor's Page
The Reference Library, by P Schuyler Miller
Analog Science Fiction and Fact is an American science-fiction magazine published under various titles since 1930. The first issue, titled Astounding Stories of Super-Science, was dated January 1930, published by William Clayton, and edited by Harry Bates. Clayton went bankrupt in 1933 and the title was sold to Street & Smith. The new editor was F. Orlin Tremaine, who soon made Astounding the leading magazine in the nascent pulp science fiction field, publishing well-regarded stories such as Jack Williamson's Legion of Space and John W. Campbell's "Twilight".
At the end of 1937, Campbell took over editorial duties under Tremaine's supervision, and the following year Tremaine was let go, giving Campbell more independence. Over the next few years Campbell published many stories that became classics in the field, including Isaac Asimov's Foundation series, A.E. van Vogt's Slan, and several novels and stories by Robert A. Heinlein. The period beginning with Campbell's editorship is often referred to as the Golden Age of Science Fiction.