# FUTURE SCIENCE FICTION, NOVEMBER 1953
This issue of Future Science Fiction, edited by Robert W. Lowndes, contains five science fiction stories. The feature story is "Ultimatum" by Robert Sheckley, in which invaders arrive but the protagonists discover they don't actually hate them. The novelet is "Countercheck" by Charles De Vet, concerning a man with no background to investigate. Short stories include "New Weapon" by Richard Wilson about a woman aspiring to journalism, "Counter-Irritant" by Gordon R. Dickson exploring perpetual small-scale warfare as a path to peace, and "Comeback" by Philip Latham featuring a science fiction writer who no longer believes in the genre. The issue also includes editorial commentary, book reviews by Ken Crossen and Damon Knight, reader columns, and interior illustrations by multiple artists.
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About this artifact
- Date
- November 1953
- Rights
- Public domain — free to view, share, and reuse.
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