Brigands of the Moon, by Ray Cummings

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Title: Brigands of the Moon

Author: Ray Cummings

Release Date: August 16, 2006 [EBook #19066]

Language: English

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BRIGANDS of the MOON

RAY CUMMINGS

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Our ship, the space-flyer, Planetara, whose home port was Greater New York, carried mail and passenger traffic to and from both Venus and Mars. Of astronomical necessity, our flights were irregular. The spring of 2070, with both planets close to the Earth, we were making two complete round trips. We had just arrived in Greater New York, one May evening, from Grebhar, Venus Free State. With only five hours in port here, we were departing the same night at the zero hour

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