YOUNG READERS
Science Fiction Stories
By RICHARD M. ELAM
ILLUSTRATED BY
VICTOR PREZIO
Publishers GROSSET & DUNLAP, INC. New York
© 1957 by
LANTERN PRESS, INC.
By arrangement with Lantern Press, Inc.
PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN CANADA BY
GEORGE J. MC LEOD, LIMITED, TORONTO, ONTARIO
MANUFACTURED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
TO
THE YOUNG TRAVELERS
OF TOMORROW
CONTENTS
- Beth and the Twilight Star 13
- Gib Takes a Space Test 28
- The Space Mail Run 39
- All Aboard for Space 55
- Wheel in the Sky 69
- Danger on the Ice Canal 83
- Cargo for Callisto 95
- The Big Show on Titan 107
- Adventure on the Sun’s Doorstep 119
- The Flying Mountain 132
- Castaways in Space 144
- The Big Space Ball Game 158
- Paper Treasure for Mars 171
ILLUSTRATIONS
- She saw a strange land unfolding before her eyes 22
- Everyone was told to buckle himself to the rail by a short length of cord 62
- The tornado bomb was on its way, speeding hundreds of miles a second Earthward 81
- He saw her flinging her arms and legs about like a drowning swimmer 128
- Benasco was seated on the floor like a child with a new scrapbook 187
YOUNG READERS
Science Fiction Stories
13
BETH AND THE TWILIGHT STAR
Beth Harrison and her fatherhad driven into the desert to look for deadbranches of “jumping cactus,” which were usedin making lamps for Mr. Harrison’s touristshop in Tucson. He and Beth had just gottenout of the station wagon and were gazing up aslope of bristly cacti.
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