CONTENTS: ~ ~ NOVELETTES: The Chosen People [Robert Silverberg & Randall Garrett (as Robert Randall)]; The Live Coward [Poul Anderson]; Plus X [Eric Frank Russell]; SHORT STORIES: The Peasant Girl [Algis Budrys (as Paul Janvier)]; Sea Change [Thomas N. Scortia]; ARTICLES: Artistic Detail [uncredited ] The Problem of Psionics [John W. Campbell, Jr.]; Psionic Machine - Type One [John W. Campbell, Jr.]