Alis' father beamed at being consulted and hearing his own term applied
to the Gorel-zed propulsion system.
"More than sufficient," he said enthusiastically. "Preferable, in fact.
Magnology is safe, stressless, and permanently powerful in stasis. It is
the ultimate in gravity-beam nullification. If anything can glue the
asteroids back into the planet they once were, magnology will do it. You
can understand how I was misled. Your system so fitted my theory that I
imagined it was I who had caused Superior to rise from Earth."
"I understand perfectly," the Master replied graciously. "And I cannot
say how glad I am that you and Mrs. Garet have chosen to stay with
Cavalier and Superior and become citizens of our new world."
"What will you call your new planet?" the AP man asked. "Asteroida?
Something like that?"
"We haven't decided. I welcome suggestions."
The UPI man was inspired. "How about Neworld?" he asked. "That describes
it perfectly, doesn't it? New world--Neworld?" He wrote it on a piece of
paper and admired it.
"Thank you," the Master said. "Well certainly consider it."
The UPI man was satisfied. He had a lead for his story.
* * * * *
_SUPERIOR, Nov. 6 (AP)--The floating city of Superior, Earthbound again
after nearly six days of aerial meandering, prepared today to discharge
its former residents. Its new inhabitants, the kangaroo-like Gizls who
came from beyond the stars to swing an unprecedented barter deal
involving the United States, Russia and Germany, said they would leave
almost immediately to join Superior with the new planet they have been
building in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter...._
* * * * *
_HEIDELBERG, Nov. 6 (AP)--This university city said good-by today to
some 400 interplanetary visitors it belatedly realized had long been
burrowed under it. The first officially acknowledged flying saucer
landed on Heidelberg's outskirts early today and took aboard the Gizls,
who, but for the shrewd maneuvering of the U. S. Secretary of State,
"Foghorn Frank" Fogarty, acting through a hastily commissioned
ex-sergeant troubleshooter, General Don Cort ..._
* * * * *
_MOSCOW, Nov. 6 (Reuters)--The industrial city of Magnitogorsk was
assured of remaining Soviet territory today with the departure of 1,000
kangaroo-like aliens. These visitors from Gorel-zed, the doomed world
whose survivors will increase the number of planets in the solar system
to ten with the creation between Mars and Jupiter of ..._
* * * * *
From the editorial page of the New York Daily News:
NICE KNOWING YOU, GIZLS, BUT--
_Next time you visit us, how about doing it openly, instead of burrowing
underground like a bunch of Reds?_
* * * * *
BULLETIN
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