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قراءة كتاب Astounding Stories of Super-Science September 1930
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ASTOUNDING
STORIES
OF SUPER-SCIENCE
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VOL. III, No. 3 | CONTENTS | SEPTEMBER, 1930 |
COVER DESIGN | Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Marooned Under the Sea." | H. W. WESSOLOWSKI |
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.) |
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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. | ||
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.) |
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THE READERS' CORNER | ALL OF US | 423 |
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A Problem in Communication
By Miles J. Breuer, M.D.
PART I
The Science Community
(This part is related by Peter Hagstrom, Ph.D.)
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The Ability to communicate ideas from one individual to another," said a professor of sociology to his class, "is the principal distinction between human beings and their brute forbears. The increase and refinement of this ability to communicate is an index of the degree of civilization of a people. The more civilized a people, the more perfect their ability to communicate, especially under difficulties and in emergencies."
As usual, the observation burst harmlessly over the heads of most of the students in the class, who were preoccupied with more immediate things—with the evening's movies and the week-end's dance. But upon two young men in the class, it made a powerful impres