Clifford D. Simak 48 min read

The timid Mr. Oliver Meek finds himself drawn once more into rollicking trouble among the asteroids, a mild little man caught up in swashbuckling adventure.

Clifford D. Simak's 1944 story is another comic space-opera romp starring his gentle, put-upon hero Mr. Meek. Fun, breezy golden-age SF. Read it for a delightful tale where a meek and cloistered fellow blunders into derring-do worthy of the Three Musketeers.

In its time

Published in 1944, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

48 min read (a novelette, room for a turn or two).

Illustrated by

Graham Ingels