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...Orgasm Drug to draw him into fatal orgies; 2) the totalitarian of the Crab Galaxy, who have ready giant ovens to bake humans into insectlike critters in a hivelike commune; and 3) the plain old hophead gods of Uranus, who have become radioactive themselves and are plotting to frizzle Earthmen with their own radioactivity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Blunted Needle | 11/20/1964 | See Source »

Obviously, the signal demanded an answer, and the thoughtful Cygnians labored mightily over their reply. They hoped that earthmen would understand it, since they were sending it back by laser beam. But they were wrong...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science Fiction: Message from 61 Cygni | 4/3/1964 | See Source »

...absolutely convinced He was one of them." During a service at the new Church of Christ, Astronaut, which Brown attends along the way, the preacher exhorts his flock to behave better or else: "When we get there, to the Kingdom Come Motel, there will be banners reading NO EARTHMEN NEED APPLY...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Will THEY Never Come? | 1/17/1964 | See Source »

...feasible are trips by earthmen to other solar systems? They're practically impossible, according to Nobel-prize-winning physicist Edward M. Purcell, Gerhard Gade University Professor...

Author: By Gerald R. Davidson, | Title: VOYAGES TO OTHER SOLAR SYSTEMS ARE NOT FEASIBLE, SAYS PURCELL | 2/6/1962 | See Source »

...rocks, finally in craters. But all this is inadequate. At last he notices space, and decides to believe in that. Then rockets erupt from Earth. At first George is happy; he will have friends, and be the greatest moon expert in the universe. But inevitably, doubts sneak up. Earthmen will patronize him, and give him their bags to carry. Whipping himself into a meaningless fury, he decides to fight: "I don't care how many rocks they have. I know the terrain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nightclubs: Pied Feiffer | 5/26/1961 | See Source »

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