John et al.:
Sorry for my long delay. Here is an explanation of why this item, and
many like it, are in the public domain despite the serial reneweal.
What we've discovered is that the renewals for Astounding (and the
other pulp items we get a lot of our rule 6 clearances for) only
renewed the
There's a note on this file saying
This etext was produced from Astounding Science Fiction, February and
March, 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the
copyright on this publication was renewed.
Copyrights were renewed for the February and March 1953 issues of Astounding
