Anthony Gilmore & Charles W. Diffin 
Astounding Stories. February 1931. 
Volume 5, No. 2. February, 1931

Science Fiction has always drawn some of our most creative writers to its form. Back in the early decades of the twentieth century events conspired to propel the whole genre forward from the earlier works of Jules Verne and other luminaries.New media technologies were coming to the fore with radio and television to add to new industrial processes and ideas. Hollywood’s golden years were creating ‘escapist fare’ as the world battled with war and depression where the impossible seemed possible. On the streets pulp magazines were becoming the dominant form of mass market reading. The real world had shrunk and other worlds were sought.Writers were able to fuse ideas with technical ‘know how’ and create fabulous inventions of other worlds and other times. These inspired other writers to re-imagine almost everything in the search for new situations and environments.A Golden Age was upon us. These are their stories…….WEREWOLVES OF WAR by D. W. HALLThe Story of the "Torpedo Plan" and of Capt. Lance’s Heroic Part in America’s Last Mighty Battle with the United Slavs.PART I, PART II, PART III, PART IVTHE TENTACLES FROM BELOW by ANTHONY GILMOREDown to Tremendous Ocean Depths Goes Commander Keith Wells in His Blind Duel with the Marauding "Machine-Fish." (A Complete Novelette.) CHAPTER ICHAPTER II – The Silent Ray CHAPTER III – Sacrifice CHAPTER IV – In the Cavern CHAPTER V – The Other Weapon CHAPTER VI – The Monster with the Armlets of Gold CHAPTER VII – The Glass Bell Jar CHAPTER VIII – Cook, the Navigator CHAPTER IX – At Bay CHAPTER X – The Return of the Wanderer CHAPTER XI – To the Death THE BLACK LAMP by CAPTAIN S. P. MEEKDr. Bird and His Friend Carnes Unravel Another Criminal Web of Scientific Mystery.PHALANXES OF ATLANS by F. V. W. MASONOnly in Dim Legends Did Mankind Remember Atlantis and the Lost Tribes – Until Victor Nelson’s Extraordinary Adventure in the Unknown Arctic. (Beginning a Two-Part Novel.)CHAPTER ICHAPTER IICHAPTER IIICHAPTER IVCHAPTER VCHAPTER VITHE PIRATE PLANET by CHARLES W. DIFFINFrom Earth and Sub-Venus Converge a Titanic Offensive of Justice on the Unspeakable Man-Things of Torg. (Conclusion.)CONCLUSIONCHAPTER XVIICHAPTER XVIIICHAPTER XIXABOUT THE AUTHORS