Analog Science Fiction / Science Fact, December 1971 (Vol. LXXXVIII, No. 4) edited by John W. Campbell, with cover art by Kelly Freas and interior illustrations by Kelly Freas and Leo Summers. Fiction and non-fiction contents include: A Spaceship for the King, part one of a three-part serial by Jerry Pournelle; Foundlings Father, a novelette by Jack Wodhams; Just Peace, a novelette by William L. Rupp and Vernor Vinge; The Incompetent, a short story by Chris Butler; Ecology Now!, a short story by Wade Curtis; Priorities, a short story by Ben Bova; A Matter of Perspective, a science fact article by Gordon R. Dickson and Kelly Freas; and Those Impossible Quasars, an editorial by John W. Campbell. Regular features include: The Analytical Laboratory; The Reference Library, with book reviews by P. Schuyler Miller; and Brass Tacks, with letters from the readers.