... as is now well known, the seasons occur alternately in opposite hemispheres, as on the Earth, but with a very important difference. Here, when North America ...
... the good, solid lure of wealth. He was, in fact, trading with the natives for the spore-pods of the Venusian plant xixtchil, from which terrestrial ...
... clock. A disgusting sight! A disgusting planet! That last reflection was induced by Ham's view of the quagmire that had engulfed his shack. The heavier ...
... step by step, with infinite labor. Even then there was the danger of Heaven only knew what fanged and venomous creatures whose teeth might pierce the ...
... beans, watched a moment to see that no stray molds had remained in the air to infect the food, then opened the visor of his suit and swallowed hastily. ...
... Yet, after all, perhaps English, with its to, too, and two, its one, won, wan, wen, win, when, and a dozen other similarities, ...
... consideration of the frontier code. I want a breath of air and a chance to wipe my face, and also a chance to eat. If you open that door I'm coming ...
... dropped. Ham gulped behind the covering were the delicately modeled features of a girl, with cool gray eyes in a face lovely despite the glistening ...
... shot instantly from the remains of his meal, and a red-and-green fur sprouted from the wood of chairs and table. The two faced each other. Ham chuckled. ...
... edge of his shoe-bowls. Even though Venus has slightly less surface gravitation than Earth, a week or so gets one accustomed to it, and the twenty per ...
... a uniped, that queer, kangaroolike creature that leaps, crashing through the jungle on a single mighty leg, and trusts to its ten-foot beak to ...
... a little mound of molds. There, she said coolly. Down there, poacher. You- He choked with rage. Yes. I slit the pouch while you slept. You'll ...
... beyond doubt, would die somewhere on Madman's Pass. For a moment he had a queerly painful sensation, then he frowned bitterly. Let her die, if she ...
... rock outcroppings appeared, and vast red cliffs with no growths of any kind. Now and then he encountered swarms of the planet's only aerial creatures, the ...
... circle the obstacle. Like himself, she had discarded her transkin and wore the usual shirt and shorts of the Cool Country, which, after all, is not ...
... your barrels? I meant myself. I should have guessed this. He shrugged. Well, we have our choice now of waiting here for the doughpot to eat himself, ...
... over his face. The filter that kept out the molds of the Hotlands cleaned the air of these spores as well his head cleared. But the girl's covering ...
... everywhere. One glanced from his head, sending him stumbling and staggering against the cliff. But he ran doggedly on he knew now what drove him. It ...
... for being so-so cold and distant. I? Ham was amazed. It was you! Perhaps it was, at first. You forced your way into my house, you know. But-after ...
... as a perfect Campbellian science fiction story, before John W. Campbell. Indeed, Tweel may be the first creature in science fiction to fulfil Campbell's ...