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id: 30901
title: Fee of the Frontier
author: Fyfe, H. B. (Horace Bowne)
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  The outside of Jorgensen''s looked like any other flimsy construction "Sounds good," said Howlet. The inside of Jorgensen''s always surprised new visitors to Asaph Dome. they''d rather look at that sky than the real one outside the dome." The door to the back room opened, letting through a blend of talk and Leaving Howlet and Meadows grinning at Konnel back to space-ships, I relaxed and offered to show Meadows the A couple of spacers made room for us, and I watched Meadows play for a "Stop making me look like a partner in the place!" I answered. I found Howlet, Konnel, and Lilac Malone in the bar admiring the On my way out, Howlet caught me at the door of the bar. I asked around too," said Howlet in a low voice. "Look, Tony," she said after a pause, "what makes you think I couldn''t "Let''s go!" said Howlet as the tractor slowed.


id: 49525
title: First Lensman
author: Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)
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  enough, and Jack Kinnison and Jill Samms would certainly make a pair to "I know it won''t be easy," Samms admitted, bleakly, "but if it''s got Everybody knew, or wanted to be thought of as knowing, Virgil Samms. The way rose sharply; Samms'' right foot went down a little farther; "Yes, Virgil Samms, I am Dronvire; and at long last I know what it know--Virgil Samms and ''Rod the Rock'' Kinnison--personally for this Lensman Samms, our clients all want to know all about the Lens. time, for any one of those leaves!" Which was what Samms wanted to know. "You and Jack had better wait, yes." Samms thought for minutes. "I know it--that''s why it looks to me like a good time and place "Not this time I wouldn''t, Jill!" Samms'' thought tried to come in, too, He did not, however, know two things: Jill Samms''


id: 59438
title: Avoidance Situation
author: McConnell, James V.
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  Captain Allen Hawkins stood quietly in the observation room of the "Very well." For the first time Hawkins turned to face the "Lovely, aren''t they, Broussard?" Hawkins said. Hawkins thought to himself, Broussard spends most of his time listening Captain Allen Hawkins didn''t bother to answer the remark for some time. "I think it''s coming towards _us_," Hawkins said quietly. entire ship was captured, Earth would know that an alien contact had During the time that Captain Hawkins had been giving his orders, "I think you had better give the radio to me," Broussard said. "I wonder where he''s put his space ship," Broussard said. The alien was less than one hundred yards away when Broussard said But we must face the situation, as the alien Lan Sur has "You can come closer than that," Lan Sur informed Hawkins, hour when Broussard discovered Captain Hawkins, standing by himself in


id: 58639
title: Welcome, Martians!
author: Hunter, Evan
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  him, Dave shrugged into a space suit, gathered up his instruments. Dave stepped into the small chamber, and Cal snapped the "How do you feel, Dave?" Cal asked suddenly. "People," Cal said. "Something''s wrong," Cal said tightly. Cal blinked, turned to Dave. "Ladies and gentlemen," Mayor Panley said to the cameras, "It is the "You''ve got that twisted," Cal said. The mayor took Cal''s elbow and turned him toward the cameras. At the end of a week of festivity, the mayor came to Cal and Dave. "It was swell," Cal said, "but you''ve got things all...." "I''m not Bobby Galus," Cal said. "That''s right," Cal said. It looked like any Earth hotel they''d "No," Cal said. "Sure," Dave said. said, "that we are not Galus and Dale." stared over her shoulder at Cal and Dave until she was gone. "We''ve got wives on Earth," Dave said. Galus," Cal shouted.


id: 59174
title: Task Mission
author: Holden, Fox B.
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  Captain Nicholas Joel stood waiting in his fore-waist bridge; he looked Captain Nicholas Joel watched them, their excitement a visible thing Joel tilted the liquor bottle and one big, clumsy-looking hand poured Joel filled the flagon and emptied it a second time. "Go to hell," Joel said, and poured his flagon half full. "All right, I get your point, Sam," Joel said. In short, it meant Man. Nicholas Joel knew it, and he still hated space. bright and clean, they did not look like part of a city at all, Joel Sam''s thin face had a seriousness in it that Joel knew he did not dare "No objections to the artillery this time, I take it, Sam?" Joel Carruthers had the hungry look in his eyes that Joel did not understand. "All right, Sam." Joel got up, put the Bond back in its cabinet; "Why--why couldn''t it have been the other way _around_, Sam," Joel said


id: 59172
title: Willie''s Planet
author: Ellis, Mike
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  "Yes," Willie said quietly, "an Earth type planet." Tom," Willie said hesitantly, "will you check over these figures? "My gosh, Willie," Tom said, "the only thing I know about navigation is "Might as well let Pudge in on it too," Tom said, "or the food will be "Okay," Tom said, thinking of walking in the sun, feeling firm ground Tom stopped beside Bart on the narrow strip of red sand at the edge of on, Tom," he said, "Let''s take a look around while it''s still light." "Hey, Willie," Tom said, puffing on his pipe. "You''ll be a good first mate, Tom," Bart said. "Hey, Willie," Tom said. "Where''s Willie?" Tom said, getting up. "You can''t stay here, Willie," Tom began, "how are you going to live, "Willie," Tom said, trying another angle. "Well, okay, Willie," Tom said. "Hi, Willie," Tom said as he looked at the thin chest with the small "No. Tom," Willie said.


id: 59243
title: The Pacifists
author: Fritch, Charles E.
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  "They must have seen us land," Compton said, a little wildly. "I hope there are people living here," Parker said. "He knows what you meant," Hinckley said harshly. the vase, the man, the house, maybe even the planet itself." His voice "Go back if you like," Hinckley said. "I don''t like this," Compton said. "I know," Parker said, "but you haven''t got the guts. "Go back to the ship," Hinckley told Parker. "I like it right here," Parker said. "I don''t know what to make of it," Hinckley said finally. "I know what you mean," Hinckley said. "Think of how helpless these people would be," Compton said. "I think we''d better forget this planet exists," Hinckley said slowly. "I don''t like it," Compton said when they met. "More likely, he''s ignoring us," Hinckley said, consulting his watch. "We''ll have to come back, though," Hinckley said.


id: 60743
title: Cultural Exchange
author: Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin)
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  "When we gonna land, Skipper?" Alex Baranov asked me. "Nobody told him not to," Dan Warren said. walking across the open space between the ship and the forest as though a queasy feeling--like I was looking at man''s early ancestors suddenly idea of what they looked like--except for their teeth. "That''s a good reason," the native said, nodding. "I do not think that would be wise," the native said. "They''re part of the walls," I said, "cut out of the tree when it was "I don''t think that''s necessary," Allardyce said. "It''s true," Alex said. "Like Alex?" of the place, it was probably underground, and K''wan''s look and nod "I feel like I''ve been through the mill," I said. "Remember what you are to do; the others will help," K''wan said. "Dan," I said as we went into orbit, "did Alex come aboard?" "Put Allardyce, Barger, and myself in the brig," I said.


id: 61052
title: Spawning Ground
author: Del Rey, Lester
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  deep gorge where they''d found Hennessy''s carefully buried ship was He saw the two cadets then, heading back to the waiting ship, just Gwayne grabbed the microphone, yelling into the radio toward the cadets. Under the dancing blobs, a horde of things was heading for the cadets. "Get the jeeps out!" Gwayne yelled at Jane. "Follow the blobs," Gwayne yelled. A blob dropped down, almost touching Gwayne. onto a jeep while men helped Barker and Gwayne stow the bound monster time and be better off than trying to dig through Hennessy''s ship. primitives have gotten to the men inside Hennessy''s ship? Earth needed every world she could make of the strange worlds would let men spread his seed again. Gwayne grabbed the phone and called Barker. And in time, Earth wouldn''t even be a memory to this world. Here, though, the blobs had adapted men to the alien world instead of


id: 60829
title: The Upside-Down Captain
author: Harmon, Jim
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  "Excuse me, please," Ben Starbuck said, tapping the junior officer on "That brain is really inhuman," Starbuck said. man, Swabber Ben Starbuck, sir." Starbuck approached the machine, saw a likely looking slot and shoved. "What do you want to know?" Starbuck swallowed, saying. "He''s interested in you, Ben," the captain said enthusiastically. "Hello," Starbuck said, hugging his spacebag like a teddy-bear, the Starbuck palmed back the door to the captain''s cabin and stepped inside. The captain escorted Starbuck to the chamber of the brain, discussing "Only what Captain Birdsel here told me," Starbuck said. "Aye, captain." Starbuck could believe a cybernetic machine could like Then for two days Captain Birdsel wasn''t on hand for the little "You sent for me, sir?" Starbuck said. of the Space Service," Captain Birdsel said, flexing one knee and "I liked you, Ben," the captain''s voice said from the heart of _the


id: 61007
title: In the Garden
author: Lafferty, R. A.
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  the world to make sure we''ve missed nothing," said Stark. "Scan the remainder of the world, Steiner," said Stark, "and the rest "Keep on towards the minds," said Stark. And that looks like an Earth-lion, "Talk to them, Father Briton," said Stark. "Ha-Adamah," said the man. "The woman is named Hawwah," said the man. "Human," said Steiner. "And very little else," said Father Briton, "though that light trick "Talk to them again," said Stark. "Are there any other people here?" Stark asked the man. "We will," said Captain Stark. "Flecked with gold, and possibly with something else," said Stark. "Once more, Father," said Stark, "you should be the authority; but does "This is hardly the time for clowning," said Stark. "I too am convinced," said Steiner. "I am probably the most skeptical man in the world," said Casper Craig "But it was Paradise in one way," said Steiner at last.


id: 60928
title: The Contact Point
author: Sharkey, Jack
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  "Lieutenant Lloyd of the _Sherlock II_," he said. In reply, the creature pointed to its thoracic region and said, "Ulkay "Ulkay," the alien said. Lloyd felt Ulkay grow tense. "What--?" said Lloyd, and looked where Kroner was now facing. "Ulkay," he said softly, "would you tell _your_ friends that we''re Ulkay, catching Lloyd''s meaning from the way he looked toward the "Let''s see that list," Lloyd said, his voice tired. "What?" said Lloyd, looking over at the aliens. "Ulkay," he said, going toward the machine, "does this work both ways?" Ulkay stared at Lloyd a long moment. "To your city," said Lloyd. "We are from Earth, the third planet from the sun," said Lloyd, holding "And we in turn thought you were Martians," said Ulkay, through the "I _must_ trust Ulkay; it''s necessary," said Lloyd to himself. "Ulkay!" Lloyd said, rushing to the Venusian. "Unless I''m mistaken," Lloyd said, "the Martians have discovered us."


id: 62321
title: The Flame Breathers
author: Cummings, Ray
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  "I just think they found Vulcan," Jan said once, out of one of his long In a little group we stood on the rocky ground with a dark, immense low, I crept to the bow of the ship, to the left away from Jan; sank For a moment, with little Ama clinging to me, I must have stood In the dimness suddenly it seemed to Jan that he saw me, far up the For a little time Jan sat there numbed, and Torrence sat "We came through that ravine, coming out this way," Jan said suddenly. Jan and Torrence tried to get to their feet. "Easing up a little--" He heard Torrence''s voice as though from far Another startled cry from Torrence stuck away Jan''s thoughts. they had come upon me, and Torrence and Jan.... There was a time when, roped and tied like Jan and Torrence, I was


id: 63473
title: Dust Unto Dust
author: Hinckley, Lyman D.
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  Martin led Wass, and the gangling, scarecrow-like Rodney, through the "Hey, Martin!" Rodney called through his helmet radio. Three feet from the edge of the city Martin stopped and stubbed at the Martin and Rodney started slowly down the wide metal "Martin!" Wass'' voice came through the receivers in both their radios. Wass said, more quietly, "Remember that metal band? Martin clapped a hand on Rodney''s shoulder again, starting him moving, "No go," Martin said to Wass. Walking with Rodney, Martin heard Wass'' voice, flat and metallic Wass said coldly, "He''s right, Martin." Wass stared down at the metal street, as if he could look through it. Martin adjusted his torch, began to lead the way down the metal ramp. After a time he said, "Rodney, Wass, it''s dust, down there. Looking up, Martin saw Wass above Rodney. "All right, Wass," Martin said quietly, as Rodney released the rope and


