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T. T . SCOTT. PrM.
MALCOLM REISS. C ea. Mgr.
PAUL L. PAYNE. Ed.
A Gripping N ovel o f Earthlings Lost in Alien Savagery
THE ROCKETEERS HAVE SHAGGY EARS
by Keith Bennett
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■Some day there will be a legend like this. Some day, from steamy Venus or arid
Mara, the shaking, awe-struck words will com e whispering back to us, building
the picture o f a glory so great that our throats will choke with pride— pride in
the Men o i Terra!
A Thrilling Space-A dventure N ovel
FLAME-JEWEL OF THE ANCIENTS .
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by Edwin L. Graber
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The tiny golden sphere, blazing with terrible energy, spelled Galactic Empire
at last to the ont-space horde, once they lmd tapped its limitless power. They
were grimly amused therefore when Captain Glayne of the Stellsr Guardians
dropped innocently out o f the sub-space to view their mighty prize.
fiv e Exciting S tories
FOREVER AND THE E A R T H ........................by Ray Bradbnry
They brought that great blazing writer three hundred years into the future. They
gave him the stars and planets and all space fo r his hungry pen. Then they tried
to put Thomas W olfe back in his grave.
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THE FIRST MAN ON THE MOON
. . .
by Alfred Coppel
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John Tburm on swore he'd b e the first man on the m oon. But b e wasn't. He was
only the first murderer.
MADMEN OF M A R S ................................................by Erik Fennel
Why d o the Martians drink red wine, swagger about, spout vile poetry and fight
endless duels with each other? How did Terence M ichael Burke change their
minds about invading the Earth?
WHO GOES T H E R E ? ..............................by Charles H. Davis
Hurtling down from cold and hostile space, battle-worn Eknido and Ronaro gazed
with jo y at the lovely watery w orld below. Here, surely, they w ould find friends
— and the precious help they needed!
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U L T IM A T U M ........................................................... by Roger Dee
In a dingy little Indiana hotel room the fate o f three w orlds suddenly hung
in precarious balance!
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And P lanet's Regular fea tu re
THE V IZ IG R A P H ..................................................... by The Readers 101
S prin g Issue, 1 9 5 0
V ol. IV , No. 6
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PLANET STO R IE S : Published quarterly by Love kowanecs Pub. Co., Inc., 670 Fifth Ave., New York 19, N Y.
Tbe entire contents of this magazine are copyrighted, 1949, by Love Romances Publishing Co., Inc. Entered as
second-class matter, October 2, 1944, at the Post Office, at New York 1, N. Y., under tbe Act of March 3. 1879. All
rights reserved. While due care is always exercised, the publishers will not be responsible for the return o f unsolicited
manuscripts. Yearly subscription rate 804 in advance. For advertising rates address: Advertising Director, Fiction
Hotue, Inc., 670 Fifth Ave., New York 19. N. Y. Printed in U. S. A.
THE ROCKETEERS
HAVE SHAGGY EARS
B y K E IT H B E N N E T T
Some day there w ill be a legend lik e this. Some day, fro m
steam y Venus o r arid Mars, the shaking, aw e-struck w ords
w ill eom e w hispering ba ck to us, building the pictu re o f a
g lo ry so grea t that ou r throats w ill ch ok e with p rid e prid e
With a gobbling yell, gray, man-like figures came leaping among them.
H E
C O M M A N D E R ’S V O IC E
went droning on, but Hague’s fa-
tigued brain registered it as mere
sound with no words or meaning. H e’d
been dazed since the crash. Like a cracked
phonograph, his brain kept playing back
the ripping roar o f jet chambers blowing
out with a sickening lurch that had thrown
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every man in the control room to the floor,
The lights had, flickered out, and a sicken-
ing elevator glide began as Patrol Rocket
One smashed down through the Venusian
rainforest roof, and crashed in a clearing
blasted by its own hurtling passage,
Hague blinked hard and tried to focus
his brain on what hard-faced Commander
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