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Galaxy, issue 5, December 1938
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GALAXY......................... 7 control desk, picked up the map of Io. They were nearing Io and it would'nt hurt to get acquainted with the lay of the land before they landed, it would give him that much advantage. The I.D.A. station lay in a hollow between the Babson Peaks and the Carson Mountains. On the other side of the Carson Mountains was the largest native settlement. Queer creatures, these natives, whose inner mechanism was so constructed as to allow them to exist in an atmosphere that was two thirds carbon monozide. The station was a round building and in the center was a raised Ganese dome. It was the roof of the observatory and offices of the staton. Dick turned to Matthews and asked, "Hey Jack where's that plan of the station that you brought aboard?" "Dunno, let me read, won't you?" "Well you should know," persisted Sanders. "You're the one that brought it" Jack sighed and closed his book. "You seem to have the knack of interrupting me just as I get to the interesting part. The hero had just found the heroine in the clutches of.....Oh, all right! It's in the food cabinet, probably under the meat. Say, Dick, did you know it's bad on the heart to get angry. I read that somewhere." "You need'nt tell me, I knew it could'nt be original. Under the meat....Oh, here it is. Thanks." "You're welcome. Don't mention it." mumbled Matthews, once more immersed in the book. Sanders, with a disgusted expression on his face, opened up the plan of the station. Offices were in the center, a big dining hall, barracks for the attendants and huge storage rooms for drugs. Thre were mases of corridors. He wondered how anyone ever found his way round. Memorising it was a tiresome job and he finally gave it up, yawned and glanced at his friend's long length, stretched out on the bunk. Then he learned over, picked up a bishop and a pawn from the chess board, drew back his hand and let them fly. The bishop went wide but the pawn bounced neatly off his head. Refusing to be drawn into the feeling of the thing, Jack ignored it but, when the other pieces followed in the wake of the first
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GALAXY......................... 7 control desk, picked up the map of Io. They were nearing Io and it would'nt hurt to get acquainted with the lay of the land before they landed, it would give him that much advantage. The I.D.A. station lay in a hollow between the Babson Peaks and the Carson Mountains. On the other side of the Carson Mountains was the largest native settlement. Queer creatures, these natives, whose inner mechanism was so constructed as to allow them to exist in an atmosphere that was two thirds carbon monozide. The station was a round building and in the center was a raised Ganese dome. It was the roof of the observatory and offices of the staton. Dick turned to Matthews and asked, "Hey Jack where's that plan of the station that you brought aboard?" "Dunno, let me read, won't you?" "Well you should know," persisted Sanders. "You're the one that brought it" Jack sighed and closed his book. "You seem to have the knack of interrupting me just as I get to the interesting part. The hero had just found the heroine in the clutches of.....Oh, all right! It's in the food cabinet, probably under the meat. Say, Dick, did you know it's bad on the heart to get angry. I read that somewhere." "You need'nt tell me, I knew it could'nt be original. Under the meat....Oh, here it is. Thanks." "You're welcome. Don't mention it." mumbled Matthews, once more immersed in the book. Sanders, with a disgusted expression on his face, opened up the plan of the station. Offices were in the center, a big dining hall, barracks for the attendants and huge storage rooms for drugs. Thre were mases of corridors. He wondered how anyone ever found his way round. Memorising it was a tiresome job and he finally gave it up, yawned and glanced at his friend's long length, stretched out on the bunk. Then he learned over, picked up a bishop and a pawn from the chess board, drew back his hand and let them fly. The bishop went wide but the pawn bounced neatly off his head. Refusing to be drawn into the feeling of the thing, Jack ignored it but, when the other pieces followed in the wake of the first
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