Vol. LXVI, No. 1. Last issue to carry "Astounding" in title. Cover by Van Dongen for "By Proxy" (novelette) by David Gordon (Randall Garrett). Includes "Alarm Clock" (novelette) by Everett B. Cole; "The Transmutation of Muddles" by H. B. Fyfe; "Barnacle Bull" by Winston P. Sanders (Poul Anderson); "The High Crusade" (pt. 3 of 3) by Poul Anderson. Science Fact: "The Matter of Space" by Isaac Asimov. Illustrated by van Dongen.