Captain S.P. Meek & Harl Vincent 
Astounding Stories. August 1931 
Volume 7, No. 2. July, 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…….THE DANGER FROM THE DEEP by RALPH MILNE FARLEYMarooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is Left at the Mercy of the Man-Sharks.BROOD OF THE DARK MOON by CHARLES WILLARD DIFFINOnce 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.)CHAPTER I – The Message CHAPTER II – Into Space CHAPTER III – Out of Control CHAPTER IV – The Return to the Dark Moon CHAPTER V – A Desperate Act IF THE SUN DIED by R. F. STARZLTens 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 by H. G. WINTERGarth Howard, Prey to Half the Animals of the Forest, Fights Valiantly to Regain His Lost Five Feet of Size. (A Complete Novelette.)"JAZZING UP THE UNIVERSE"THE MOON WEED by HARL VINCENTUnwittingly 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 by CAPTAIN S. P. MEEKIn the Underground Caverns of the Selom, Dr. Bird Once Again Locks Wills with the Subversive Genius, Saranoff.A CLASSIFICATION OF THE UNIVERSEABOUT THE AUTHORS