Chapter I: Front Matter

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ASTOUNDING
STORIES
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VOL. III. No. 3 CONTENTS SEPTEMBER, 1930

COVER DESIGN H. W. WESSOLOWSKI
_Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in "Marooned Under the Sea."_

A PROBLEM IN COMMUNICATION MILES J. BREUER, M.D. 293
_The Delivery of His Country into the Clutches of a Merciless,
Ultra-Modern Religion Can Be Prevented Only by Dr. Hagstrom's
Deciphering an Extraordinary Code._

JETTA OF THE LOWLANDS RAY CUMMINGS 310
_Fantastic and Sinister Are the Lowlands into Which Philip Grant Descends
on His Dangerous Assignment._ (Beginning a Three-Part Novel.)

THE TERRIBLE TENTACLES, OF L-472 SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT 332
_Commander John Hanson of the Special Patrol Service Records Another of
His Thrilling Interplanetary Assignments._

MAROONED UNDER THE SEA PAUL ERNST 346
_Three Men Stick Out a Strange and Desperate Adventure Among the
Incredible Monsters of the Dark Sea Floor._ (A Complete Novelette.)

THE MURDER MACHINE HUGH B. CAVE 377
_Four Lives Lay Helpless Before the Murder Machine, the Uncanny Device by
Which Hypnotic Thought Waves Are Filtered Through Men's Minds to Mold
Them Into Murdering Tools._

THE ATTACK FROM SPACE CAPTAIN S. P. MEEK 390
_From a Far World Came Monstrous Invaders Who Were All the More
Terrifying Because Invisible._

EARTH, THE MARAUDER ARTHUR J. BURKS 408
_Martian Fire-Balls and the Terrific Moon-Cubes Wreak Tremendous
Destruction on Helpless Earth in the Final Death Struggle of the Warring
Worlds._ (Conclusion.)

THE READERS' CORNER ALL OF US 423
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A Problem in Communication

_By Miles J. Breuer, M.D._