International Science Fiction, June 1968

5 • The Balance of Ideas • essay by Lester del Rey8 • The Last Door • novelette by Еремей Парнов? and Михаил Емцев? (trans. of Последняя дверь!? 1964) [as by E. Parnov and M. Yemtsew]35 • The Coming Age of Soviet Science Fiction • essay by John R. Isaac42 • Der Heisse Kosmonaut • short story by Gust Gils44 • Notes from a Cyclical Housewife's Diary • short story by Juliette Raabe (trans. of Journal d'une ménagère inversée? 1963)49 • The Island of the Crabs • short story by Анатолий Днепров? (trans. of Крабы идут по острову? 1958) [as by A. Dneprov]63 • Darkness • short story by Alessandro Mussi66 • Heroic Symphony • short story by Генрих Альтов? (trans. of Богатырская симфония? 1960) [as by G. Altow]79 • Victims of Time • short story by B. Sridhar Rao, M.D.82 • The World in Which I Disappeared • short story by Анатолий Днепров? (trans. of Мир, в котором я исчез? 1961) [as by A. Dneprov]93 • In 2112 • (1912) • short story by J. U. Giesy and Junius B. Smith [as by J. U. Giesy and J. B. Smith (I)]98 • Flowers in His Eyes • short story by Claus Felber104 • Meccano • short story by Hugo Correa108 • The Founding of Civilization • short story by Ромэн Яров? (trans. of Основание цивилизации? 1965) [as by Romain Yarov]114 • Ysolde • short story by Nathalie Henneberg (trans. of Ysolde 1960) [as by Nathalie Charles-Henneberg]