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1. CONTENTS

2. ⁠JANUARY, 1950

   VOL. XLIV, NO. 5⁠

3. SHORT STORIES

4. THE Xi EFFECT, by Philip Latham ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   6

5. UNDESIRABLE ALIEN, by David McCarthy ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   24

6. GYPSY, by Poul Anderson ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   66

7. NOVELETTES

8. NOT TO BE OPENED—, by Roger Flint Young ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   33

9. OLE MOTHER METHUSELAH, by René Lafayette ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

   80

10. ARTICLE

11. MAXWELL'S DEMON AND MONSIEUR RANQUE, by Arthur C. Parlett ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    105

12. SERIAL

13. ... AND NOW YOU DON'T, by Isaac Asimov ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    111

14. (Conclusion)
15. READERS' DEPARTMENTS

16. THE EDITOR'S PAGE ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    4

17. BOOK REVIEW ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    153

18. BRASS TACKS ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    154

19. IN TIMES TO COME ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    162

20. THE ANALYTICAL LABORATORY ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................

    162

Editor
JOHN W. CAMPBELL, JR.
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Assistant Editor
C. TARRANT

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