Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of science fiction

Prologue: Asimov's sword --

Part I. Who Goes There? (1907-1937): 1. The boy from another world (1910-1931) ; 2. Three against the gods (1907-1935) ; 3. Two lost souls (1931-1937) --

Part II. Golden Age (1937-1941): 4. Brass tacks (1937-1939) ; 5. The analytical laboratory (1938-1940) ; 6. In times to come (1939-1941) --

Part III. The Invaders (1941-1945): 7. A cold fury (1941-1944) ; 8. The war of invention (1942-1944) ; 9. From "Deadline" to Hiroshima (1944-1945) --

Part IV. The Double Minds (1945-1951): 10. Black magic and the bomb (1945-1949) ; 11. The modern science of mental health (1945-1950) ; 12. The Dianetics epidemic (1950-1951) --

Part V. The Last Revolution (1951-1971): 13. A fundamental attack on the problem (1951-1960) ; 14. Strangers in a strange land (1951-1969) ; 15. Twilight (1960-1971) --

Epilogue: beyond this horizon.