Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November, 1930

Step into a time when science‑fiction was still forging its identity, and let the November 1930 issue of this legendary magazine transport you to a world of daring speculation. From a half‑human jelly wall rising out of the Antarctic to a mysterious visitor hovering above Earth, each tale pushes the boundaries of imagination with early visions of interplanetary conflict and strange technology. The selection also includes a cursed destroyer that steals a man’s control, a doomed meteor‑craft holding a possible cure for a planetary plague, and a sleek, invisible flyer delivering a desperate ransom.

The opening story, “The Wall of Death,” throws readers into a laboratory where a gleaming, humming device spins while news of a catastrophic defeat arrives, prompting a bitter debate about pride and survival. Subsequent pieces such as “The Pirate Planet” and “Vagabonds of Space” blend eerie atmospheres with moral questions, all rendered in the vivid, fast‑moving prose of the era’s leading writers. Listeners will experience the raw excitement of early pulp science‑fiction, where wonder and warning often travel hand in hand.