"One thing I'd like to know. We were catching up with you, fast, and all of a sudden you pulled away from us as though we was standing still, yet we were all in slings, and doing three and a half G's. How'd you do it?" Mr. Carver smiled lazily. "We're submitting a full report to _The Space Pilot's Gazette_. You can read it there--if they let you read where you're going." He turned back to the Board members and again expressed the thanks of himself and his family. Chairman Wilson held out a sheet of paper. "You may be interested in this report. It came from the Communications Center on Petrarch Three, and was the deciding factor in your case." The four clustered close to read: "Carver signals heard first, then ceased one by one and the Bogin signals began, although one Carver signal, the solar one, is still heard." Mr. Carver turned to the Board members and said, "Like most crooks, Bogin was yellow. He didn't have nerve enough to run in as close to the sun as these youngsters of mine did, and so couldn't change their signal there. The boys are great planet mappers--both of them." * * * * * EDWARD EVERETT EVANS was born in Coldwater, Michigan, the youngest of the four children of John and Nellie Evans. Enlisting in the U. S. Navy after leaving high school, he served as a musician before and during the First World War. He played in concert and dance bands for several years after leaving the service and still finds enjoyment in listening to good music, although he no longer performs on any instrument. He learned to read even before he entered kindergarten and has always had a fondness for the strange and off-trail in stories. When science fiction and fantasy first gained their own magazines, he became a regular reader of them--and still is. Evans began attending conventions of the "fans" of science fiction with the first "Chicon," or Chicago Convention, and he has not missed one since. He finds both enjoyment and profit from meeting the people who are also interested in this kind of literature. From reading to writing was a logical step--although not an easy one, but Mr. Evans has made the step successfully. In addition to his novels, he has over forty short stories to his credit. All of these reflect his optimism about the future of the human race, and his firm belief that the great majority of people are "swell guys." He confidently expects to see man's first spaceship make a successful flight within his lifetime--and thinks it will not be long after that before many of the astonishing happenings and forward-looking inventions of his stories will be actualities. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The Planet Mappers, by E. Everett Evans