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*Robert A. Heinlein's science-fiction novel about a human reared on Mars who returns to earth cheerfully prepared to eliminate anyone who stands in the way of his propagation of a superior race (TIME, Jan. 19).
ARMED with pistols, World War I biplanes, and American determination, Buck and his true love Wilma Deering tackle the Mongol Reds, who fly by antigravity and fight with disintegrators. Naturally they win, and the struggle occupies the best quarter of the book: in the process, they make contact with Atlantis...
Director Jerry Paris manages to ignore whatever humor there is in this situation. Ustinov is merely gross in the title role, Astin looks unhappy, and most of the supporting players-including Pamela Tiffin and Keenan Wynn-wince along with them. Jonathan Winters, as General Billy Joe Hallson, secondhand mattress salesman...
More than jobs will be lost. After delivery of the last of the 15 Saturn 5s already purchased, NASA plans to suspend production of the mighty rockets. Seven of the eight remaining Saturns will be used for lunar landings, spaced six (instead of four) months apart. The last scheduled mission...
For the second time in the history of astronomy, the orbit of a meteorite has been calculated to extend out to the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.