“Emergency Refueling”
1940-03-00
short story
By James Blish

Synopsis

Two spacers out beyond Pluto are running low on fuel. They stop on Pluto to get fuel, but Pluto is a quarrantined planet.

History

First publication: Super Science Stories, March 1940

Review

Very short and pretty amateurish. The science isn’t very accurate either. Never mind Pluto, just the stuff about radioactive materials is ridiculous, even in 1940. Otherwise not a terrible idea. Only recommended to the Blish completist.


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