In 1964, Bates recalled his editorship of Astounding: "Long ago I was a party to the genesis of a magazine which persisted through thirty years and thirty millions of words. ... Astounding was a living being. I served it in its infancy and childhood, Orlin Tremaine brought it through youth and adolescence, John Campbell guided it through adulthood and maturity."

Air-Car - a flying taxi
A personal flying car

A Matter of Size (1934)

Automatic Navigator
Device steers your spaceship to its destination without additional effort from you.

A Matter of Size (1934)

Out-Worlder
A person from another planet.

A Matter of Size (1934)

Solar Engine
A space ship that gets it motive power from the rays of the sun.

A Matter of Size (1934)

Wrist Search Display
A wearable device that uses its own search beam to view scenes close by.

A Matter of Size (1934)