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Some of my articles that have appeared in Analog since 2020 have been about stories or articles that appeared in Astounding during World War II. In this article, I will consider the magazine itself. What physical changes did the magazine undergo during that time period and why? How did the war affect the type of stories that appeared? How did the war determine which authors appeared? Finally, how did the war affect the editor of Astounding, John W. Campbell? When Astounding Stories of Super Science appeared in January 1930, it was in the small pulp format, with dimensions of 6½”