Wilbur S. Peacock 34 min read

Old Kerry Blane explodes, he doesn't like the mission, the ship, the pills, or his cocky co-pilot, but deep in his eyes a hidden friendly twinkle gives the lie to his growling.

Wilbur S. Peacock's 1942 story is a colorful space-opera adventure of a grizzled veteran and a green pilot on a deadly assignment. Fun, vivid golden-age pulp. Read it for a rousing tale of a crusty old spaceman and the kid he pretends to despise, bound for a planet no one returns from.

In its time

Published in 1942, during the 1940s, the golden age begins.

Reading it

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

Illustrated by

Matt Fox