Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930 — Createspace

VOL. III. No. 3 CONTENTS SEPTEMBER, 1930 COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSOLOWSKI _Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in Marooned Under the Sea._ A PROBLEM IN COMMUNICATION MILES J. BREUER, M.D. 293 _The Delivery of His Country into the Clutches of a Merciless, Ultra-Modern Religion Can Be Prevented Only by Dr. Hagstrom's Deciphering an Extraordinary Code._ JETTA OF THE LOWLANDS RAY CUMMINGS 310 _Fantastic and Sinister Are the Lowlands into Which Philip Grant Descends on His Dangerous Assignment._ (Beginning a Three-Part Novel.) THE TERRIBLE TENTACLES, OF L-472 SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 332 _Commander John Hanson of the Special Patrol Service Records Another of His Thrilling Interplanetary Assignments._ MAROONED UNDER THE SEA PAUL ERNST 346 _Three Men Stick Out a Strange and Desperate Adventure Among the Incredible Monsters of the Dark Sea Floor._ (A Complete Novelette.) THE MURDER MACHINE HUGH B. CAVE 377 _Four Lives Lay Helpless Before the Murder Machine, the Uncanny Device by Which Hypnotic Thought Waves Are Filtered Through Men's Minds to Mold Them Into Murdering Tools._ THE ATTACK FROM SPACE CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 390 _From a Far World Came Monstrous Invaders Who Were All the More Terrifying Because Invisible._ EARTH, THE MARAUDER ARTHUR J. BURKS 408 _Martian Fire-Balls and the Terrific Moon-Cubes Wreak Tremendous Destruction on Helpless Earth in the Final Death Struggle of the Warring Worlds._ (Conclusion.) THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 423 _A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories._ * * * * * Single Copies, 20 Cents (In Canada, 25 Cents) Yearly Subscription, $2.00Issued monthly by Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 80 Lafayette St., NewYork, N. Y. W. M. Clayton, President; Nathan Goldmann, Secretary.Entered as second-class matter December 7, 1929, at the Post Office atNew York, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered as a TradeMark in the U. S. Patent Office. Member Newsstand Group--Men's List. Foradvertising rates address E. R. Crowe & Co., Inc., 25 Vanderbilt Ave.,New York; or 225 North Michigan Ave., Chicago.[Illustration: I saw the famous Science Temple with its constant streamof worshippers.]A Problem in Communication_By Miles J. Breuer, M.D._PART I_The Science Community_(This part is related by Peter Hagstrom, Ph.D.)The ability to communicate ideas from one individual to another, saida professor of sociology to his class, is the principal distinctionbetween human beings and their brute forbears. The increase andrefinement of this ability to communicate is an index of the degree ofcivilization of a people. The more civilized a people, the more perfecttheir ability to communicate, especially under difficulties and inemergencies.[Sidenote: _The delivery of his country into the clutches of amerciless, ultra-modern religion can be prevented only by Dr. Hagstrom'sdeciphering an extraordinary code._]As usual, the observation burst harmlessly over the heads of most of thestudents in the class, who were preoccupied with more immediatethings--with the evening's movies and the week-end's dance. But upon twoyoung men in the class, it made a powerful impression. It crystallizedwithin them certain vague conceptions and brought them to a consciousfocus, enabling the young men to turn formless dreams into concreteacts.