WORLDS OF @ ST LU FICTION. er MCU eS iY Aa a AC Oc a v1\ iu ll] WORLDS of SCIENCE FICTION AUGUST 1955 hy All Stories New and Complete Editor: JAMES L, QUINN Assist. Editors: EVE WULFF, ROBERT W. GREENE Art Editor: ED VALIGURSKY rm I SHORT NOVEL i BIRTHRIGHT by April Smith we | i NOVELETTES i BLEEDBACK by Winston Marks 60: THE MOLD OF YANCY by Philip K. Dick 78 OE SHORT STORIES FRANCHISE by Isaac Asimov 20: THE ETHICATORS by Willard Marsh 55 i THE PATRIOT by Charles L. Fontenay 96 ECOLOGY ON ROLLINS ISLAND by Varley Long 106 jf FEATURES WORTH CITING 54 WHAT IS YOUR SCIENCE 1.0? 77 2 SCIENCE BRIEFS ne = i COVER: i By Kenneth Rossi, illustrating “Bleedback”” TE is published i sh 1c 5, No. 5. fom saan pabishing: Goer due, Ofsee of publicstion, 8 Lord Street, Bao: New 58 i, Guan Pybiing Coda. fie ores os Buffalo, ‘New York. Subscription, Bo a 12 issues in US. and Possessions; Canada $4 for 12 is here $4. of address. All Allow four wee jag th this magazine are Scion; any similarity s© actual perons. i oo: Nut responsible for unsolicited artwork or manuscripts. 35c a copy. Printed in US Sa EDITORIAL AND BUSINESS OFFICES, KINGSTON, NEW YORK Next issue ow sale August 12thBY ISAAC ASIMOV FRANCHISE It was a frightening thing to happen to a person; the responsi- bility was just too great. But Norman Muller couldn’t back out. Multivac had chosen him, and the entire nation waited ... 2