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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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   Gulliver snorted. It was the snort a peevish ant makes. 
   "Sissy." he retorted.
   They fell back, unconscious.
   H.G. Wells came running our from behind a tree. He thumbed his nose delicately at the prostrate giants. 
   "They'd never exist - none of 'em - if it wasn't for me," he complained. "I started it all. I was the first to try to destroy the world. I declared war on Mars.*" His voice sank to a whisper. "I'll tell you a secret," he murmured. "Ku Sui is Dr. Fu Manchu. & Anthony Gilmore...."**
   There was a blaze of unearthly blue lite. He vanished. 
   "My!" gasped Alicia.
   Alicia looked around her. She noticed for the first time that the grass & the trees were pink. 
   "Where are we?" she asked Rap. "& how did we get here?"
   "It was the accelerator," he explained. "When I saw that Merritt & Williamson were going to fite, I jabbed you with the hypodermic. I guess you got too much.
   "But where are we?" she demanded.
   He flushed. "It is the pink planetoid,"# he mumbled. I didn't mean to bring you here at all. But you got going faster than 7 miles per second & took off."
   "You mean we are in space?" she inquired. He nodded. 
   "Then how do we get to Adana's party?"
   "We will have to find Wells again & use his space-time machine. He has a new model finished in Cavorite-plate## that ought to do the trick. Come on - we haven't much time." 
   Alicia frowned. "What is this place?" she demanded. "Why is everything pink?"
   Rap answered the last question first.
   "Protective coloration." he stated.
   "What do you mean?" snapped Alicia. "Stop stalling!"
   He took a deep breath. He was in for it!
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* "War of the Worlds"
** Heck! Foiled again- thot we were going to find out thatime.
# "Scarlet Planet" by Don Lemmon.
## Anti-gravity metal mentioned in "First Men inthe Moon"

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23 Gulliver snorted. It was the snort a peevish ant makes. "Sissy." he retorted. They fell back, unconscious. H.G. Wells came running our from behind a tree. He thumbed his nose delicately at the prostrate giants. "They'd never exist - none of 'em - if it wasn't for me," he complained. "I started it all. I was the first to try to destroy the world. I declared war on Mars.*" His voice sank to a whisper. "I'll tell you a secret," he murmured. "Ku Sui is Dr. Fu Manchu. & Anthony Gilmore...."** There was a blaze of unearthly blue lite. He vanished. "My!" gasped Alicia. Alicia looked around her. She noticed for the first time that the grass & the trees were pink. "Where are we?" she asked Rap. "& how did we get here?" "It was the accelerator," he explained. "When I saw that Merritt & Williamson were going to fite, I jabbed you with the hypodermic. I guess you got too much. "But where are we?" she demanded. He flushed. "It is the pink planetoid,"# he mumbled. I didn't mean to bring you here at all. But you got going faster than 7 miles per second & took off." "You mean we are in space?" she inquired. He nodded. "Then how do we get to Adana's party?" "We will have to find Wells again & use his space-time machine. He has a new model finished in Cavorite-plate## that ought to do the trick. Come on - we haven't much time." Alicia frowned. "What is this place?" she demanded. "Why is everything pink?" Rap answered the last question first. "Protective coloration." he stated. "What do you mean?" snapped Alicia. "Stop stalling!" He took a deep breath. He was in for it! _____________________________________ * "War of the Worlds" ** Heck! Foiled again- thot we were going to find out thatime. # "Scarlet Planet" by Don Lemmon. ## Anti-gravity metal mentioned in "First Men inthe Moon"