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Science Fiction Conventioneer, 1938

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S.F.CONVENTIONEER     5

and emotionless, but beyond those eyes laid a brain that was keen and quick.
"Well,Koso, are you OK," was the earth man's first thought as he returned to consciousness.
"Yes, I'm ok," was the answering thought.
They had to use thought transmitting in order to talk, these two, as a Martian has no means of making a sound. It had taken Bob a long time to get the hang of it, but he had, a very rare thing in the history of mankind.
At this moment the foreman of the landing crew stepped up and announced: Captain Bob and Special Assistant Koso, you are wanted at Earth Headquarters, Section K, at onve, See Major Brown."
"Thanks,bubby, we'll go right away. come on Koso."
With this Bot and his martian friend Koso stepped into one of the compressed air tube subway and in a few minutes were facing an over fed sort of man,which politics sometimes put at the head of the great organization, the SPACE NAVY.
"Well!" stormed the Major,"out with it.Who damaged your ship, and why didn't you exterminate them?"
"Major Brown," reported Bob, "it happened when we were on route B-G. Everything was as it should be, when Koso reported that there was something nearby. We looked around and saw nothing, the instruments showed a solid nearby, but that was all. We figured it might be a light absorbing fragment. We decided to pass it by, when out of empty space, a ZVY ray struck out and melted half of our rear tubes, we put on all the speed we could and returned here, with the results as you know. The ray came after us a few times, but we managed to get away without further damage."
"So,a ZVY ray, out of empty space shot at you eh?" A ray that needs the most bulky apparatus came out of empty space? What do you take me for? A fool? Take off those uniforms, the

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S.F.CONVENTIONEER 5 and emotionless, but beyond those eyes laid a brain that was keen and quick. "Well,Koso, are you OK," was the earth man's first thought as he returned to consciousness. "Yes, I'm ok," was the answering thought. They had to use thought transmitting in order to talk, these two, as a Martian has no means of making a sound. It had taken Bob a long time to get the hang of it, but he had, a very rare thing in the history of mankind. At this moment the foreman of the landing crew stepped up and announced: Captain Bob and Special Assistant Koso, you are wanted at Earth Headquarters, Section K, at onve, See Major Brown." "Thanks,bubby, we'll go right away. come on Koso." With this Bot and his martian friend Koso stepped into one of the compressed air tube subway and in a few minutes were facing an over fed sort of man,which politics sometimes put at the head of the great organization, the SPACE NAVY. "Well!" stormed the Major,"out with it.Who damaged your ship, and why didn't you exterminate them?" "Major Brown," reported Bob, "it happened when we were on route B-G. Everything was as it should be, when Koso reported that there was something nearby. We looked around and saw nothing, the instruments showed a solid nearby, but that was all. We figured it might be a light absorbing fragment. We decided to pass it by, when out of empty space, a ZVY ray struck out and melted half of our rear tubes, we put on all the speed we could and returned here, with the results as you know. The ray came after us a few times, but we managed to get away without further damage." "So,a ZVY ray, out of empty space shot at you eh?" A ray that needs the most bulky apparatus came out of empty space? What do you take me for? A fool? Take off those uniforms, the