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Unique Tales, v. 1, issue 1, June 1937
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UNIQUE TALES 15 the Kepler and Copernicus craters. We have landed! A shower of stones flew up as we lit and sail high into the airless sky due to the slight gravity. As purposed we lit in a twilight zone so we might prepare for the blistering heat and sub-zero cold that alternately scourge the surface of the moon. We have gotten into the heavy metal suits in preparation to take a short walk outside before it becomes full night, and I am finishing this before putting on the flexible gloves and helmet. (Still later) This is being written en route to earth-I have had enough of that cursed moon. I have made a discovery that will shock the world: the moon is inhabited! Though not living animals as we know them, but in an extremely sentient form nevertheless. Shortly after we left the ship Otto stumbled and fell into one of th numerous pits that perforate this plain. He fell but a short distance, and I could faintly discern his form dim in the twilight at the bottom of the hole, but as I waited and he made no move I feared he was injured. I was just about to descend to him when he clambered to his feet and I aided him up the rough and jagged sides of the depression. I placed my helmet to his and asked him if he was hurt; he shook his head, but he motioned me toward the ship. When I had closed the first port and flooded the lock with air I turned to Otto. He was apparently unconscious from the shock, and I carried him inside where I prepared to administer a cold application to his head. It was then that I noticed that the entire back of his skull was gone! I nearly collapsed from the shock, but managed to compose myself sufficiently to look and see if I could discover what caused the horrible accident. I got his helmet from the air-lock and to my horror found a hole an inch in diameter pierced the back. I gathered from
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UNIQUE TALES 15 the Kepler and Copernicus craters. We have landed! A shower of stones flew up as we lit and sail high into the airless sky due to the slight gravity. As purposed we lit in a twilight zone so we might prepare for the blistering heat and sub-zero cold that alternately scourge the surface of the moon. We have gotten into the heavy metal suits in preparation to take a short walk outside before it becomes full night, and I am finishing this before putting on the flexible gloves and helmet. (Still later) This is being written en route to earth-I have had enough of that cursed moon. I have made a discovery that will shock the world: the moon is inhabited! Though not living animals as we know them, but in an extremely sentient form nevertheless. Shortly after we left the ship Otto stumbled and fell into one of th numerous pits that perforate this plain. He fell but a short distance, and I could faintly discern his form dim in the twilight at the bottom of the hole, but as I waited and he made no move I feared he was injured. I was just about to descend to him when he clambered to his feet and I aided him up the rough and jagged sides of the depression. I placed my helmet to his and asked him if he was hurt; he shook his head, but he motioned me toward the ship. When I had closed the first port and flooded the lock with air I turned to Otto. He was apparently unconscious from the shock, and I carried him inside where I prepared to administer a cold application to his head. It was then that I noticed that the entire back of his skull was gone! I nearly collapsed from the shock, but managed to compose myself sufficiently to look and see if I could discover what caused the horrible accident. I got his helmet from the air-lock and to my horror found a hole an inch in diameter pierced the back. I gathered from
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