SciFi/Fantasy Magazine Covers

Astounding vol. 51, no. 2 (April 1953)

Nicely moody and atmospheric. No idea what's going on or even what the SF/Fantasy element would be.

Original magazine: https://archive.org/details/Astounding_v51n02_1953-04_starhome

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May 27 at 2:42amWeb
Show threadAxomamma, Antifa from birth5d ago
@SFFMagazineCovers Looks to me like a boat approaching dangerously close to an alien rocky shore, and there's a gigantic alien tank approaching the water, using a spotlight to search for intruders coming by sea.
Show threadtelzey5d ago
@SFFMagazineCovers oh wow, Mission of Gravity (Mavity?) is a *classic*!
Show threadWinchell Chung ⚛🚀4d ago

@SFFMagazineCovers

From Clement's classic short story "Mission of Gravity", which was later expanded into a novel.

The planet Mesklin's gravity varies from 3g at the equator to a whopping 700g at the poles. At the equator an earth man in a tank bargains with a centipede man in a very flat sail boat.

You simply *must* read the novel.

https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1511

Title: Mission of Gravity