Galaxy Magazine (March 1957) by Galaxy

Author:Galaxy
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 1957-03-08T16:00:00+00:00

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By J. F. BONE

Score one or one mil/ion was not enough tor the human race, ft had to be all or nothing . .. with one man doing every bit of scoring!

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Illustrated by KIRBERGER

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GALAXY SCIENCE FICTION

ARTHUR LANCEFORD slapped futilely at the sith buzzing hungrily around his head. The outsized eight-legged parody of a mosquito did a neat half roll and zoomed out of range, hanging motionless on vibrating wings a few feet away.

A raindrop staggered it momentarily, and for a fleeting second, Lanceford had the insane hope that the arthropod would fall out of control into the mud. If it did, that would be the end

of it, for Niobian mud was as sticky as flypaper. But the sith righted itself inches short of disaster, buzzed angrily and retreated to the shelter of a nearby broad-leaf, where it executed another half roll and hung upside down, watching its intended meal with avid anticipation.

Lanceford eyed the insect distastefully as he explored his jacket for repellent and applied the smelly stuff liberally to his face and neck. It wouldn't do much good. In an hour, his sweat

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