Astounding Stories, April, 1931

"Astounding Stories, April 1931" by Various is a compilation of early science fiction stories filled with remarkable adventures taking place in space and the future. One story follows Earthlings venturing to the red planet through futuristic matter-transmission in "Monsters of Mars" by Edmond Hamilton, while another tale, "The Exile of Time" by Ray Cummings, presents eerie instances of time travel involving mechanical beings. It is set with the introduction of two stories: In the first, physicist Milton seeks his friend Allan Randall to accompany him and Lanier on a trip to Mars using a peculiar matter-transmitter device. In the second story, set in 1935 New York City, George Rankin and his friend Larry Gregory come across a mysterious Mary Atwood, who claims to have traveled from another time. These stories offer a blend of adventure, imagination, and speculative concepts of science.