Synopsis
Two officers from the Interplanetary Flying Police pursue pirates on the planet Aryl, a hidden planet orbiting inside the orbit of Mercury.
History
First publication: Wonder Stories March 1931
Review
This one reminds me a lot of “A Martian Odyssey” and other stories of the solar system by Stanley G. Weinbaum, but written three years earlier than any of Weinbaum’s stories. An influence maybe? Starzl does a fair job of building the world and all of its flora and fauna. There’s no Tweel which makes the Weinbaum story stronger. Otherwise this does a fair job of taking a walking tour through the wonders and dangers of an alien planet. Very imaginative. One of Starzl’s best and most readable today.
Videos
We have the story in these editions:
All of the stories in the Interplanetary Flying Police series:
Hornets of Space
The Globoid Terror
The Terrors of Aryl
The Earthman’s Burden
The Planet of Despair
In the Orbit of Saturn
The Martian Cabal
The Power Satellite
The Venus Germ
