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Science Adventure Stories, v. 1, issue 2, October 1938
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48. Science Adventure Stories ************************************************************ happen. In the cities the fanatics got up on their soap boxes before vast crowds and blamed all this trouble on capitalism. The more devout gathered upon mountain tops, where they would be close to heaven, and prayed and confessed their sins. But regardless of all the things that this little insignificant creature known as man was doing, the cable wound round and round the earth, relentlessly pulling the moon closer with every passing hour. At last an announcement was given out to the general public by the astronomers --- who had, incidentally, taken advantage of this unusual opportunity to study the moon's surface --- that at a certain time the next day the attraction of the earth for the moon would be so great that the satellite would fall rapidly upon the earth. All life would be wiped out instantly. At the time the moon was scheduled to make the final plunge the streets were packed with people staring at the huge globe that almost filled the sky. Professor Q. Van Quirk was on the campus, surrounded by a little knot of students. "Well, boys," he said, "It won't be long now. I am sorry we are getting together for the last time." He had previously thought out a suitable farewell speech, but that was all he could remember of it. "Gee, Prof.," gulped the gawky student. "You were always pretty swell with us. No one else would ever let us argue with them like you did." He looked up at the moon, which was now growing so fast that it appeared to be slowly
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48. Science Adventure Stories ************************************************************ happen. In the cities the fanatics got up on their soap boxes before vast crowds and blamed all this trouble on capitalism. The more devout gathered upon mountain tops, where they would be close to heaven, and prayed and confessed their sins. But regardless of all the things that this little insignificant creature known as man was doing, the cable wound round and round the earth, relentlessly pulling the moon closer with every passing hour. At last an announcement was given out to the general public by the astronomers --- who had, incidentally, taken advantage of this unusual opportunity to study the moon's surface --- that at a certain time the next day the attraction of the earth for the moon would be so great that the satellite would fall rapidly upon the earth. All life would be wiped out instantly. At the time the moon was scheduled to make the final plunge the streets were packed with people staring at the huge globe that almost filled the sky. Professor Q. Van Quirk was on the campus, surrounded by a little knot of students. "Well, boys," he said, "It won't be long now. I am sorry we are getting together for the last time." He had previously thought out a suitable farewell speech, but that was all he could remember of it. "Gee, Prof.," gulped the gawky student. "You were always pretty swell with us. No one else would ever let us argue with them like you did." He looked up at the moon, which was now growing so fast that it appeared to be slowly
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