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  ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE

  _On Sale the First Thursday of Each Month_

  W. M. CLAYTON, Publisher

  HARRY BATES, Editor

  DR. DOUGLAS M. DOLD, Consulting Editor

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  VOL. III. No. 3 CONTENTS SEPTEMBER, 1930

  COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSOLOWSKI _Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Marooned Under the Sea."_

  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.)

  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._ (A Complete Novelette.)

  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.)

  THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 423 _A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories._

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