Synopsis
Mars is a dying world and two Earthmen mount an expedition to Ganymede with hopes of securing a new world for the Martians. Except nobody has ever come back from Jupiter.
History
First publication: Wonder Stories, September 1931
Review
The very start of the story is in a Martian pleasure palace with an orgy going on. The description is pretty safe, but still wasn’t expecting that. Stillwell’s daughter is introduced, but she is your standard young girl who reacts with indignation to the guy she instantly likes and they start fighting. Pretty stock characterization. And of course she stows away on the spaceship. Pretty predictable. But it is a pretty enjoyable early space opera with some very imaginative parts. I found it to be better than the first story, When Planets Clashed. Yet kind of simple. Only recommended if you like the 1930s space operas.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
Startling Stories, May 1947, edited by Sam Merwin Jr., magazine, Better Publications Inc., 1947-05-00
All of the stories in the Jack Stillwell series:
When Planets Clashed
The Disc-Men of Jupiter
