Rocket Stories, July 1953

This July 1953 issue of Rocket Stories (Vol. 1, No. 2) contains seven science fiction works across multiple lengths. The complete novel is Algis Budrys's "Blood on My Jets," depicting a spaceman confronting his past through hyperspace pursuit. Poul Anderson contributes the novelette "The Temple of Earth," wherein Moon outlaws are imprisoned and forced into service killings. Irving Cox Jr.'s "To the Sons of Tomorrow" follows a wrecked ship's crew encountering strange savages on an alien world. Short stories include George O. Smith's "Home Is the Spaceman" (explaining an eighteen-month voyage on limited supplies), Milton Lesser's "Picnic" (hazardous asteroid setting with domestic conflict), Ben Smith's "Sequel" (character facing death on a remote asteroid), Charles E. Fritch's "Breathes There a Man" (pursued fugitive confronted by a robot), and William Scarff's "Firegod" (salvager seeking godlike status among primitive inhabitants). The issue features cover art by Schomberg and interior illustrations by multiple artists.