Amazing Stories, Vol. 2 No. 5

About this issue

This issue of Amazing Stories includes science fiction stories, serials, and scientific editorials. Featured are H.G. Wells's "The War of the Worlds" (beginning Chapter I, "The Eve of the War"), describing Martian observation of Earth and Mars's physical conditions; "The Tissue-Culture King" by Julian Huxley; Cecil B. White's "The Retreat to Mars"; E.D. Skinner's "Electro-Episodes in A.D. 2025"; J. Hyatt Ferrill's "The Ultra-Elixir of Youth"; Victor Thaddeus's "The Chemical Magnet"; Henry Hugh Simmons's "Hicks' Automatic Apartment"; and Edward S. Sears's "The Shadow on the Spark." Editor Hugo Gernsback's editorial discusses the magazine's first-year success and financial challenges, requesting reader referrals. Upcoming stories include Otis Adelbert Kline's "The Radio Ghost," Kenneth Gilbert's "The Winged Doom," and Miles J. Ereuer's "The Stone Cat."