Astounding

Originally published as a series of eight short stories in Astounding Magazine beginning in 1942, "Foundation" is a complex saga about humans who are scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

January 2009 2009

Originally published as a series of eight short stories in Astounding Magazine beginning in 1942, "Foundation" is a complex saga about humans who are scattered on planets throughout the galaxy, living under the rule of the Galactic Empire.

Forward the Foundation Movie 2009

I would say Isaac Asimov's Foundation series - beginning with his stories in Astounding in the 1940s, and proceeding through the Foundation trilogy published in the 1950s.

MIND MELD: What are the Best Examples of SF/F Worldbuilding? 2008

This is an outstanding novella: nothing much is known about Vic Phillips, who only published a few stories in Astounding between 1939-1942, so any info is appreciated.

Rare Pulp Science Fiction, Issue 3 2008

It was originally published in Astounding in the October 1940 issue.

Retrospective - The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) Doug Knipe 2008

Astounding is actually still published today (under the name Analog Science Fact & Fiction and with a digest format).

The History of Science Fiction: The Pulps | Solar Flare: Science Fiction News 2008

For example, the entry for the verb form of "precog" cites different origins: the website lists the earliest citation as 1958 from Astounding, while the book lists the earliest citation as 1948 from H. Beam Piper's "Police Operation" (coincidentally, also published in Astounding).

REVIEW: Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction edited by Jeff Prucher 2007

The story in Astounding that had caused such uproar in the Manhattan Project was typical of science fiction yarns of the time.

Boing Boing 2005

George Pendle, author of the terrific bio of rocket scientist Jack Parsons, wrote a nice piece about an SF story in Astounding Science Fiction magazine that did such a good job of predicting the atom bomb that it got the story's author in hot water with the US government.

Boing Boing 2005

Read the full review of this issue of "Astounding" -

H. P. Lovecraft "At the Mountains of Madness" and other masterpieces of terror 2009