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id: 20869
title: The Skylark of Space
author: Garby, Lee Hawkins
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  after they got the solution Crane took Seaton in his car, and somebody "You come in by getting that solution away from Seaton and Crane, and Crane went to bed he saw Seaton in his room in a haze of smoke, poring I can tell you all I know about the Seaton-Crane Company without adding "You came at the right time," said Crane, smiling. He turned to Crane as Dorothy and Seaton set out toward the house. Seaton-Crane Company, Engineers, build the power-plant." Seaton and Crane spent some time developing the object-compass. come to light, or the Seaton-Crane Company might start their "I think it''s a good idea," said DuQuesne, and Crane added: After the girls had gone, Seaton and Crane went to their rooms, where as he gets far enough away from the boat," said Seaton as, with Dorothy Seaton turned to the Skylark, motioning to Crane to open the door.


id: 29822
title: Rescue Squad
author: O''Hara, Thomas J.
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  Hal Burnett twisted painfully on the narrow space-bunk, his tormented For a moment the mad idea swept into his mind that perhaps the universe twenty-year-old kid on his _first_ mail run hope to completely outwit "MR4." The growling voice was Donnelly''s, the huge space-engineer in We''re going to send out a space tug from "Let me take over, Doc," broke in Donnelly. The little doctor, his face flushed and space-engineer who was waving a huge and warning finger in his face. "Easy, Doc," Donnelly roared in a friendly voice. Donnelly and Williams both looked at the little psychiatrist. Donnelly moved to block the door and the psychiatrist came abruptly to a space-engineer and a good one, Donnelly. Donnelly''s face tightened warningly and the doctor hurried on. "Doc," Donnelly roared. The little doctor said nothing. "Look, Donnelly," said the little man with bitter weariness. "What was this kid pilot''s full name, Williams?"


id: 18139
title: Rip Foster in Ride the Gray Planet
author: Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland)
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  Rip started to his feet, but Koa''s hand on his arm restrained him. waiting, Foster." He took one of the chairs and looked closely at Rip. Suddenly he grinned. Rip found Koa and the men and asked the sergeant major for a report. Rip looked around and saw the Planeteers watching him. Rip and Koa stepped out and walked a little distance away. hours, with the asteroid now speeding on its new course, Rip set off the The Planeteers looked at Rip. He was in command, and they expected him to Rip realized that the Connie couldn''t know the Federation men were in a Rip looked for the Connie and saw it make another turn. "The Connie saw it," Rip said worriedly, "but didn''t blast away. Rip and the Planeteers saw the Consops ship suddenly flame away, then Rip and Koa watched the Connie cruiser. Rip wondered what the Connie cruiser commander would try now.


id: 23408
title: Far from Home
author: Taylor, J. A.
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  Able Jake was sighted a few minutes later but it was another three hours Johnny was not inboard at the time, but floating, spacesuited alongside, at hand with a safety man on watch at all times over those outside and a Now Johnny had to face the fact that he was in such a position--entirely Johnny was painfully aware that the human body is very small in space. Johnny tied his life line to the WD cylinder and then jetted clear of There came the moment when Johnny accepted this in full. flare among the stars, Johnny came to the end of faith. He had lost track of time entirely but the suit''s air instant, Johnny Melland, Spaceman, had his time." possible chance after this one was an hour''s time away, when conditions timed approach--just in case--and Johnny was a good pilot. controllable to a certain degree while Johnny was not.


id: 23443
title: Unspecialist
author: Yaco, Murray F.
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  "How would I know," said Banner, glumly staring into his drink. "Patrol Command came up with the Bean Brain idea about six months ago. "I don''t know why Bean Brains are assigned to ships like "Take a good look," said Banner, "it''s an Ankorbadian ship. "I got plenty of opinions, all right," said Arnold quietly, staring at "That''s not an opinion," Banner said. "A thousand ships," said Arnold, slapping his sweating forehead. "It''s a dull place anyway," explained Harcraft to Arnold, who had come "Let''s hitch up to those sleds," Banner said. "A welcome diversion," said Banner to Harcraft, "you are now about to "Yeah," said Banner, "how''d you like to help?" "Pretty quick," said Banner, who had turned to look at the ship''s "You better suit up," Banner said quietly. "I got an opinion," said Arnold. That''s two months," said Arnold. "Maybe not," Banner said. "Now," said Arnold.


id: 31664
title: Once a Greech
author: Smith, Evelyn E.
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  Iversen would have been glad to see Harkaway make good, too, only such a "Where is your uniform, sir!" Captain Iversen barked, aghast. And Iversen couldn''t see Harkaway not "Well, you couldn''t really call those things spaceships," Harkaway said "For shame," said the first officer as Harkaway stamped off. that Iversen discovered Harkaway had taken the greech along. "I discovered the Flimbotzik," Harkaway said sullenly. brave little watch-greech," Harkaway said fondly. "It''s all so logical, sir," the first officer told Iversen. Furthermore, all that aside, Iversen just couldn''t see Harkaway going on "Who was seeking what?" Iversen asked as all the officers looked at Harkaway had changed back to his uniform, Iversen noted, but he looked "The Flimbotzik were telling Harkaway about their _own_ life cycle," Bridey talked so much like Harkaway''s book that Iversen was almost "What am I going to do?" Iversen asked, turning to the first officer for IEE(E)," Iversen said.


id: 26843
title: The Dope on Mars
author: Sharkey, Jack
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  and said, "A good chance of liking _what_ on Mars?" and Kroger finished Pat slept mostly all day in his compartment, and Jones sat and watched Pat says he''s got to set up camp, then get instructions from Earth. Kroger says maybe in the canals, if there are any "Where," said Jones, "are Pat and Kroger?" "We''d better get them on the radio," said Jones, turning back toward the Pat and Kroger haven''t come back yet, either. We''re going to look for Kroger and Pat today. No sign of Pat or Kroger yet, but the sand They took away our rifles and brought us right to Kroger and Pat, "Water must be dangerous to them," said Kroger. Kroger said that the Martian metabolism must be like Jones got the rifles out of the stream (the Martians had probably "Because," said Pat, "if we tell them now, by the time we get back we''ll


id: 36867
title: Progress Report
author: Apostolides, Alex
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  entirely," Stein said precisely, in the way a man speaks who has learned "Well, of course," Colonel Jennings answered with sympathy in his voice, "He can''t do it, Jim," Major Eddy looked at Jennings with pleading eyes. "Major Eddy," Jennings found control of his voice, "operates remote "That''s what the test is for, Senator." Jennings felt his voice becoming "There are meteors in space, Senator," Jennings said carefully. "To us, Senator," he said gently, "this ship represents simple truths The droning went on while Jennings showed the senator just how to press "Press it, Senator!" Jennings called frantically. "It''s already out in space now, Senator," Jennings found a second of Jennings wondered if the senator could ever be made to understand the "Quiet during the test, Senator," Jennings took his mouth from the phone "It''s back, General," Colonel Jennings shouted into the phone, his eyes "Have you got control?" Jennings called to the major.


id: 32347
title: Time Fuze
author: Garrett, Randall
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  Commander Benedict kept his eyes on the rear plate as he activated the Commander Benedict took off his cap and looked at the damp stain in the Leicher could see that Benedict was upset; he rarely used the same Commander Benedict hadn''t been quick enough in shifting the ship back Leicher nodded and turned to leave. When the light from the nova did come, Commander Benedict was back at The light began to hurt Benedict''s eyes even at that distance and he Five weeks later, much to Leicher''s chagrin, Commander Benedict It was Commander Benedict''s turn to frown. We''ll have to cut our drive at least as far away from Sol "I see." The commander was silent for a moment, then: "Very well, Dr. Leicher. Benedict issued the orders, while Leicher figured the exact point at A little more than half a light year from Sol, when the ship reached


id: 32133
title: The Graveyard of Space
author: Marlowe, Stephen
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  Ralph looked at her and said nothing. divorce; Diane had merely said she would spend some time with her sister "Will you look at that," Diane said. "That''s the sargasso," Ralph said. The Gormann ''87 shuddered like something alive and Ralph felt himself Diane was not the sort of woman you had to humor about a thing like "Right," she said as they both climbed into the Gormann ''87''s airlock "Your suit rockets," Ralph said. "What are you stopping for?" Diane said. "Better make it eight hours," Ralph said over the suit radio. "Good luck," he said, and headed for the first jumble of space wrecks. eighth ship--he found a Gormann series eighty radarscope, and his heart Shuddering, Ralph rocketed outside into the clear darkness of space. This ship--this Gormann eighty-five which Diane Then Diane''s voice suddenly: "Is that you, Ralph?" against the ship''s hull, the face--dead now--like a melon.


id: 32208
title: The Star Lord
author: Ellanby, Boyd
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  The passengers were beginning to come on board before Captain Josiah ship, thought Captain Evans. Burl Jasperson was a portly little man with legs too short for his rockets and ships going to and from the stars, Y-port was a world of its Star Line likes to have a final check, just to make sure you''ll be able _Star Lord_ is the fastest ship in space. Y-port, are symbols of the white light of the stars, we like to think." "Yes, sir, Mr. Jasperson," said the Bar steward. "And just what are the Thakura Ripples?" said Alan Chase, drawing up a "Surely you''re not afraid, Mr. Jasperson?" said Larrabee. Like every other man in the room, Alan watched with envious eyes as Captain Evans to run the ship! "I wish Captain Evans would speed up this ship. Captain Evans glared back at the plump little man, then his eyes ship''s dining room any more, Jasperson.


id: 33919
title: Suzy
author: Parker, Watson
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  space, until they thought of Suzy, there in the WAC manned offices at My God, Suzy, where are you?" Whit could stand the waiting until the time came close, then his mind would give away until her voice, "Suzy, for the hundredth time, will you marry me?" thing like that, Suzy? Whit sat silent, and Suzy kept on talking. That was Suzy''s job on earth, in a drab little office with an engineer "Suzy, I''ll bring you a thousand, one each day, until you say you love Whit would settle back for another day''s dreaming of Suzy, while he kept Suzy''s voice came winging out of space to comfort him for another day, For Suzy loved her men, all seven of them. "I''m not talking about Crazy Cat Tompkins, Suzy," interrupted Miss The door closed on Miss Graham''s back, and Suzy began to think of Whit Whit didn''t speak, and Suzy continued.


id: 32906
title: Thy Name Is Woman
author: Walton, Bryce
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  After the Doctor gave him the hypo and left the ship, Bowren lay escape the Earth into space, the first man to Mars! For a long time, the men''s egos hadn''t been The last desperate attempt of man to get into space--to Mars--a woman''s Bowren felt the perspiration start from his face. "How else could I think of you, darling," the man said. The man got up, lifted the woman in his arms, held her high. She gasped, sank away as Bowren hit the man, hard. He remembered how the men of Earth had rationalized a long time, making man for every woman, yet no men from Earth. him, the men who had replaced him and every other man on Earth. The man turned a distasteful look upon Bowren. He thought about the men on Earth "It doesn''t matter why," Bowren said. And that''s the only way Earth men can ever


id: 32657
title: Spillthrough
author: Galouye, Daniel F.
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  Forward, in the control compartment of the cargo craft, the sounds were Brad laughed dryly: A good one-quarter of his load of crated inter-calc Altman had come in to unload at Arcturus II Spaceport while the Fleury Half the spilled crates were in close orbit around the SS Fleury. of time away from spillthrough into normal space where the lines would Cluster Queen pursuing a crate not in orbit around the Fleury. time-space system with the Cluster Queen, would be stationary on the arc The truth, Brad realized, was that the Cluster Queen was drawing closer Brad kicked away from the crate and streaked back toward the Fleury. If he went aboard the Cluster Queen now, Altman would at least give him But Altman turned suddenly in his direction and pointed a gun at Brad''s Brad wanted to say, Okay, Altman, I''ll go aboard the Queen with you.


id: 32802
title: Tillie
author: Phillips, Rog
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  then came to rest on the zero mark, showing the stuff weighed exactly balance came to rest on the zero mark, showing the stuff weighed exactly said, "Look, Jud, we''ve got something here. think of the right thing it will push the car forward at any speed I after we know what we are doing we can build a space ship!" the mess like he had done the first time, but no more tellecarbon thinking because none of Jud''s thoughts seemed to work in the attempts Coming over, she slid into the booth beside Jud and flashed a smile at On the fifty-eighth day after leaving the earth, Jud, at the forward And if we kept the tellecarbon in the ship, "An idea just came into my mind," Lahoma said suddenly. "So that''s the way you think of us females, Mallory!" Lahoma exclaimed Jud went to the telescope and started looking for a stray chunk of


id: 32734
title: Fly By Night
author: Savage, Arthur Dekker
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  Ken turned his eyes to the crowd--a roaring, cheering multitude Suddenly Ken was angry at the knowing looks from the throng''s nearest focus of the hollow, hungry eyes of the video cameras, Ken pulled Carol they had kept him away from Carol, teasing him--it was the only word "I want to look, Carol. "You understand, Carol," he said, "you''re to touch no controls unless He handed a couple to Carol without looking at her and munched unhappily Ken couldn''t remember just when the fear had started--maybe on the way "But Ken--you could have any girl in the world!" "Listen, Carol--we can''t both be crazy the same way. knife over a slot, and as Carol plunged her blade into the wall he Ken and Carol looked about the first of the labyrinthine caverns. "Ken--it''s Dr. Halsey," Carol whispered. "Hello, Ken and Carol. Carol blushed and laid her cheek against Ken''s chest. While Ken squeezed Carol''s


id: 32457
title: Pioneer
author: Hardy, William
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  I didn''t much like the way Max--that''s the guy who trained of nervous excitement in the air and Max''s hand trembled as he fumbled I always like to ride in the car and this time Max even It reminded me of the day I came to live with Max and I was After the doctor finished Max led me into a gleaming white room where About this time Max came barging through the door Back in the car again, Max roared with laughter while patting me on Max led me to a kind of open-air elevator and started up the side of roar was gone and my body felt like it was floating in the air. Max would open the door and let me out like he always had at home. Max''s gentle voice sounded a long way off. "What about his weakness?" asked Max, patting me.


id: 49897
title: The Gravity Business
author: Gunn, James E.
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  ''That looks like heavy metals'', and you said, ''Maybe uranium--''" "Stop picking on Junior," Joyce said sharply. "Anybody talks about gravitational pull," Grampa said, snorting, "Go back to your games, Grampa," Fred said impatiently. "You bought it, Grampa," Fred said. "You''re never going to die, Grampa," Joyce said harshly. "Sounds good, boy," Grampa said eagerly. "A good thing, too," Junior said glumly, "because this looks like the Grampa looked up from his pircuit and said, "If I were you, Junior, I "Not now, Grampa," Four said inattentively as he watched Fweep making "Makes you think, doesn''t it?" Grampa said, looking at Fweep benignly. Fweep for every planet and sun, big and little, polarizing the gravity "Well, now," Grampa said maliciously, his eye on Joyce, "that''s no Reba stared thoughtfully at Junior and said, "Maybe Fweep would go with "Well, now," Grampa said defensively, "I got it all worked out anyhow.


id: 49901
title: The Snare
author: Smith, Richard Rein
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  The walls of the room were covered with strange drawings and Kane brushed past me and beat his gloved fists against the metal door Marie screamed as an inner door opened to disclose a long, narrow Simultaneous with the opening of the second door, I felt air press We went single file, first Kane, then his wife Marie. The Kanes, Miller, Verana and I lived in Lunar City with hundreds of A few minutes later, Marie entered the room. "A race intelligent enough to build a ship like this? "Maybe we can reach the ship''s controls somehow," Kane said excitedly. force our way through solid metal walls to the engine or control rooms. The two rooms in which the Kanes had After I left Kane in his wife''s care, I went to the adjoining room and Kane staggered into the room. Verana and Marie screamed at Kane to let go.


id: 50682
title: The Planet Mappers
author: Evans, E. Everett (Edward Everett)
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  Mrs. Carver still looked doubtful, but responded, as did Jon, when Jak Jak''s tastes and desires ran more to other things, Jon knew. "I sure want a closer look at that plant Life." Jak''s eyes glistened, "I know Jon and I are still boys," Jak continued, "but we''re all the Jon climbed down to the ground and Jak followed closely. Jak followed as Jon walked slowly along the side of the ship, giving it Jak continued finding new and different plants, and Jon kept on guard. "We mustn''t let Mom know how close I came to not getting back," Jon Jak loosened his straps and went to look out of the port, but Jon kept disturbance, and with Jak''s help, Jon set the ship down on the sand, "Looks like a funny place for ore," Jon said as the two boys left the how come?" Jak gasped, and this time Jon chose to answer.


id: 51331
title: Swenson, Dispatcher
author: Miller, R. De Witt (Richard De Witt)
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  Old Mister Cerobie, Chairman of the Board, said quietly: "Before you mess," Swenson said, "and alter course for Luna City. "Swenson," Mister Cerobie said quietly, "you _are_ insane. When Swenson had finished sending the coded message, he turned back to Mister Cerobie cut him off: "Your information is correct, Swenson. "To hell with the canned goods part of the load," Swenson said. "The Senator," Mister Cerobie said, "will speak from 1300 hours to 1500 Mister Cerobie interrupted quietly: "Swenson, don''t you think you''d Mister Cerobie, who had been reading over Swenson''s shoulder, said: As Mister Cerobie opened the door to his private office, Swenson called Swenson said to himself: "Mister Cerobie is in the wrong business," and "Swenson," Mister Cerobie called from the door of the Board Room, "you office when the ship-calling light went on: "Number 5 to Swenson. "And that, Mister Cerobie," said Swenson, "is how you slide out of a


id: 51363
title: Double Standard
author: Coppel, Alfred
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  I led Kane into the living room and stood before him, letting him have "I don''t know, Kim; you''re asking a hell of a lot, you know," Kane said. "You mean Kim Hall''s application has," he said. "Well," Kane said. I joined the line of passengers at the checking desk, my half-kilo of above me were the stars, brilliant and close at hand in the dark sky. "_Passengers for the Martian Queen, check in at desk five. the last check-point before I could actually set foot in the ship. "_It is now H minus forty-five_," the timer''s metallic voice said. From the ship''s speakers came the voice of the timer. I thought of Kane and the men I had known and worked with for half of ship in time now--but I would have to face blast away in the blister, "_It is H minus one_," said the timer.


id: 51171
title: A Little Journey
author: Bradbury, Ray
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  said: "Mrs. Bellowes, we''ll take off into space in my rocket, and go "Here I am," said Mrs. Bellowes, "an ancient rickety elevator, ready to "No!" said Mrs. Bellowes ahead of time. "We want to see the rocket!" It was Mrs. Bellowes forging ahead, "This way!" cried Mrs. Bellowes, feeling like Madame Lafarge. Mrs. Bellowes looked at it and her hands sagged away from Mr. Thirkell''s collar. "Is that the rocket ship _Glory Be to the Highest_?" cried Mrs. Bellowes, appalled. "Well," said Mrs. Bellowes. "We''re going to get in this ship," said Mrs. Bellowes, ignoring him. "Yes," said Mrs. Bellowes, "we were fools. "You," said Mrs. Bellowes, "will be the navigator." hour had come and Mrs. Bellowes stood behind Mr. Thirkell and said, _There goes Mr. Thirkell_, thought Mrs. Bellowes. Mr. Thirkell was falling down into the Sun. _And here we are_, thought Mrs. Bellowes.


id: 61907
title: Genesis!
author: Winterbotham, R. R. (Russell Robert)
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  Captain Vic Arlen was a god in the heavens; Dave McFerson, the "You dumb, dim-witted chunk of Venusian protoplasm!" Renzu snarled as Arlen pushed into the room and seized Renzu''s arm before the scientist "Hold on, Renzu!" Arlen commanded, pushing the scientist back and "Come with me, Gheal," Arlen ordered, beckoning to the monster. Gheal''s sight-glands stared from Arlen to McFerson. "Your mind is provincially human, Arlen," said Renzu. "I wouldn''t be too sure, Renzu," Arlen said. "Because Gheal has been made differently," Renzu said, with a repulsive Arlen began braking the ship and he called Renzu into the control room "Maybe you know what you''re doing, Renzu," Arlen said, "but it looks to Renzu probably had suffered the same fate as McFerson, Arlen decided. Gheal and the creature who had attacked Arlen were "I think I will use your bones first, Arlen," said Renzu.


