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...abandoned suspense and action for epiphany and explanation. Their characters descended slowly, slowly into themselves and then emerged, slimy with some new knowledge, in the last chapter. And in that last chapter they would explain. You see... this makes it all so clear! It wasn't important that the rocketship got to Alpha Centauri after all; what really matters is that we now understand the superego. Or the sex drive. Or our place on the evolutionary ladder. Or whatever...
...They are suggesting a solid-fuel rocket with upper-stage rockets powerful enough to put the present X-15 into orbit. Long before the Russians get a true plane into space, the U.S. might have the X-15 circling the world. Once in orbit, the swift little rocketship could maneuver freely, change direction and altitude, cross and recross the same cities, and glide down to land on conventional airports...
...Cosmic Casanova, an intergalactic lover boy tunes in a cute pinup on his rocketship TV screen. He makes an unscheduled landing on her tiny home planet, only to be disappointed when the hatch door opens. The girl turns out to be a giantess, and "I'd have looked like such a fool, standing there on tiptoe with my arms wrapped around her knees...
...than those of man's evolution as a land animal." His latest book carries glimmerings of the awesome dimensions of that step, but at times, the dialogue interferes. One line, at least, should be permanently retired. A minor planet is graced with the unexpected landing of a giant rocketship. The flustered local dignitary goes forward to greet the visitors. For a moment words fail him, and then he blurts out: "You're from Earth-I presume...
Whipple added, however, that any rocketship to be used in space must provide a suitable human environment. "It is a very serious problem and will take a great deal of study," he continued...