aqueduct On a planet with no rainfall, the big mystery was where the moisture came from to feed the rivers. Solve that problem and the place would be ideal. The beet english
beacon green Fleecy dabs of cotton-wool grew into vaporous cloud as the stratocraft dropped from its 78,000 ft. lane towards the Sussex Downs. Rick Deeping turned his ga english
co-efficiency zero There was no sign of Tirkel’s circular ship on the radio screen, and I had not expected there would be. My plan was radio silence and a sharp watch with the english
come away home There was only one survivor from the wrecked alien spaceship- a baby. But the subsequent search for the child was like looking for a needle in a haystack. T english
consolidation area Most stories which deal with an alien intelligence infiltrating into Earth's atmosphere presupposes that Man would not know about it until too late. But ass english
continuity man Children born on a long-voyage spaceship may not be so adaptable to their environment as the psychologists imagine. It depends upon the viewpoint. But there english
dark summer Bill Ashton sat with his elbows on the breakfast table and thought that Judy was as beautiful as when he had married her eleven years before. Smart, neat, b english
earth our new eden CHAPTER ONE The workers’ city hummed like the inside of a great machine. Lighted vehicles sped through the murmuring tunnels, which made a network on four l english
ephemeral this city Forty-five levels high, vast and complex beyond the comprehension of Man , the Magnis Mensas stood in the heart of the teeming city . . . The faintly hummin english
error potential Sam’s hand closed over a shining lever at his side and the forward tubes began to murmur with thrust that would eventually end the three-hundred days journe english
eve of tomorrow Steel shod boots scuffed rhythmically through the peppery hills, leaving a winding trail in the saffron dust. Eyes stared ahead at the yellow plain, unmarke english
fearful barrier Chapter One DANGEROUS MISSION THE teleview screen in Alex Jocelyn's apartment sprang to life and a voice came from the reproducer beside it: " Please report english
firstling KENNETH WATCHERSON stood on the hilltop, gazing across the lowlands South of his village. Not even the profuse trees and bushes in the valley bottom could c english
from beyond the dawn Radio contact with Beings of another world came at a time when Earth was invaded by robots. There was a link - somewhere - for the Others had the answer to english
hyperant In V-formation over ten thousand miles of space the fleet drifted like silver ghosts behind the flagship Tetracil(-*-). Much, at least, was saved, Geoff Wal english
kill me this man The apartment was silent except for a radio on the floor above and Berry Gordon’s gaze flicked back to the table to assure he had made no error. The green e english
period of quarantine The three crewmen remaining on the Quest had been without sleep for the past forty hours. First there had been the usual long wait while the spacetug sank t english
pipe away stranger They heard it when their ears had ceased to ring from the concussion of the for'ad tubes. A thin, warbling note, it could have been the playing of reedy fai english
power factor "When humanity reached the third planet of the Myra Group it was habitable but uninhabited... not until a generation later was an alien life-form located in english
sacrifice The hill wolf paused on the rise behind the thatched cottage, its grey, fanged muzzle pointing away across the long slopes. Its golden eyes shone with more english
sands our abode An ideal-looking world would not necessarily be the ideal place for a colony to be set up, although it might be very difficult to discover the reason agains english
space prize [Readers have come to like these little vignettes about the eternal skirmishing between Jock Mactavish and the long-suffering Kennedy. As usual, justice pre english
static trouble Most authors write about Earth-type planets where human beings can at least exist fairly comfortably. Author Rayer writes about one which is the equivalent english
stormhead Wind sighed under the pink sky, moaning up from the sea and across the miles of open flatland. Sam Walvis turned up his collar against it as he left the sec english
the coming of the darakua The little seaside town baked under a hot summer sun and Barnaby Smith mopped his face as he drove along the seafront road. Even the wind coming in from ove english
the undying enemy The dim rock tunnel ended at a thick glass door against which the boy pressed his nose. Beyond, under long illumination tubes, stood in shadowy mystery many english
this night no more Immeasurably huge, the alien ship rested suspended on hazy beams of violet light, while electronic rays scanned the bomb-ravaged terrain five miles below. A english
thou pasture us Chapter I “I GOT it for Richard’s birthday,” Ruth Tannoy said. Sam Tannoy dropped his gaze from the flushed, triumphant face of his wife to the brown-paper english
time was It was the first faster-than-light ship to be designed. There was no reason on Earth why it shouldn't succeed. Elsewhere, there were other opinions . . . [P english
variant Prit sensed the variant, but could not localise him. He hated the customary blackness in the variant’s mind- a diminishing of sensibility, always present wh english
we cast no shadow The infiltration of The Aliens onto this planet was one of the most unexpected yet disastrous events of the 20th Century. No Earthman ever knew their names, english
when greed steps in The silver stuff must have been very sacred. Each native carried only one lump, nursing it gently Mactavish and Kennedy were out for all they could get. But english
wishing stone It isn’t very often that we have an opportunity of including a fantasy story by Francis G. Rayer in these pages as his backgrounds are invariably scientific english