▁little ▁of ▁note : ▁the ▁Nich oll s / Cl ute ▁Encyclopedia ▁of ▁SF ▁commented ▁that ▁it ▁" s eld om ▁published ▁stories ▁of ▁the ▁first ▁rank ", ▁specifically ▁except ing ▁Har ness ' s ▁" The ▁Rose ". ▁David ▁K yle , ▁in ▁his ▁P ict orial ▁History ▁of ▁Science ▁F iction , ▁states ▁that ▁Campbell ▁improved ▁the ▁magazine , ▁making ▁it ▁" remark ably ▁good ", ▁and ▁sf ▁expert ▁Donald ▁T uck ' s ▁opinion ▁was ▁that ▁it ▁eventually ▁achieved ▁" a ▁good ▁standard ", ▁but ▁in ▁Michael ▁Ash ley ' s ▁opinion , ▁the ▁magazine ▁" s ad ly ▁lack ed ▁original ity ", ▁and ▁ran ▁fiction ▁that ▁was ▁" st ere ot yp ed ▁and ▁forced , ▁frequently ▁because ▁Campbell ▁had ▁to ▁rely ▁on ▁the ▁same ▁small ▁band ▁of ▁regular s ▁to ▁supply ▁the ▁bulk ▁of ▁the ▁fiction ". ▁ ▁The ▁cover ▁art work ▁was ▁initially ▁poor : ▁the ▁very ▁first ▁issue ▁has ▁been ▁described ▁as ▁" B rit ish ▁pul p ▁at ▁its ▁most ▁infant ile ", ▁but ▁the ▁covers ▁began ▁to ▁improve ▁from ▁mid - 1 9 5 3 . ▁Josh ▁Kir by , ▁now ▁well ▁known ▁for ▁his ▁Disc world ▁art , ▁contributed ▁seven ▁covers , ▁beginning ▁with ▁issue ▁ 6 1 ▁in ▁September ▁ 1 9 5 5 . ▁There ▁were ▁also ▁many ▁covers ▁on ▁astronom ical ▁them es : ▁these ▁were ▁clearly ▁influenced ▁by ▁the ▁US ▁artist ▁Ch es ley ▁Bon est ell , ▁and ▁were ▁fairly ▁successful . ▁ ▁Bibli ographic ▁details ▁