Fantastic Stories Presents the Fantastic Universe Super Pack #2. William Logan
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(PSP #23) Poul Anderson Super Pack: ISBN: 978-1-51540-609-9
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Acknowledgments
“Arm of the Law” by Harry Harrison originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1958.
“Political Application” by John Victor Peterso originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1956.
“The Instant of Now by Irving E. Cox, Jr. originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, Aug-Sept 1953.
“Death Between the Stars” by Marion Zimmer Bradley originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, March 1956.
“The Man from Time” by Frank Belknap Long originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, March 1954.
“Nightmare on the Nose” by Evelyn E. Smith originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, October-November 1953.
“Made in Tanganyika” by Carl Jacobi originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, May 1954.
“Compatible” by Richard R. Smith originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1958.
“Reel Life Films” by Jacques Jean Ferrat originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, May 1954.
“Benefactor” by George H. Smith originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1958.
“Out of this World Convention by Forrest J. Ackerman originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1957.
“Houlihan’s Equation” by Walt Sheldon originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1955.
“Collector’s Item” by Robert F. Young originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1956.
“Lost in the Future” by John Victor Peterson originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1954.
“Resurrection” by Robert J. Shea originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, December 1957.
“Crossroads of Destiny” by H. Beam Piper originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, July 1959.
“When I Grow Up” by Richard E. Lowe originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1956.
“No Pets Allowed” by M. A. Cummings originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1957.
“Where the World Is Quiet” by Henry Kuttner originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, May 1954.
“Mex” by William Logan originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1957.
“Shipwreck in the Sky” by Eando Binder originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, March 1954.
“The Native Soil” by Alan E. Nourse originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, July 1957.
“The Odyssey of Sam Meecham” by Charles E. Fritch originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1954.
“Stopover” by William Gerken originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, September 1957.
“All Cats Are Gray” by Andre Norton originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August–September 1953.
“Jimsy and the Monsters” by Walt Sheldon originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1954.
“The Love of Frank Nineteen” by David C. Knight originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, December 1957.
“The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul Anderson originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1957.
“The Record of Currupira”by Robert Abernathy originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, January 1954.
“The Most Sentimental Man” by Evelyn E. Smith originally appeared in Fantastic Universe, August 1957.
Arm of the Law
by Harry Harrison
How could a robot—a machine, after all—be involved in something like law application and violence? Harry Harrison, who will be remembered for his THE VELVET GLOVE (Nov. 1956) and his more recent TRAINEE FOR MARS (June 1958) tells what happens when a police robot hits an outpost on Mars.
At one time—this was before the Robot Restriction Laws—they’d even allowed them to make their own decisions . . . .
It was a big, coffin-shaped plywood box that looked like it weighed a ton. This brawny type just dumped it through the door of the police station and started away. I looked up from the blotter and shouted at the trucker’s vanishing back.
“What the hell is that?”
“How should I know?” he said as he swung up into the cab. “I just deliver, I don’t X-ray ‘em. It came on the morning rocket from earth is all I know.” He gunned the truck more than he had to and threw up a billowing cloud of red dust.
“Jokers,” I growled to myself. “Mars is full of jokers.”
When I went over to look at the box I could feel the dust grate between my teeth. Chief Craig must have heard the racket because he came out of his office and helped me stand and look at the box.
“Think it’s a bomb?” he asked in a bored voice.
“Why would anyone bother—particularly with a thing this size? And all the way from earth.”
He nodded agreement and walked around to look at the other end. There was no sender’s address anywhere on the outside. Finally we had to dig out the crowbar and I went to work on the top. After some prying it pulled free and fell off.
That was when we had our first look at Ned. We all would have been a lot happier if it had been our last look as well. If we had just put the lid back on and shipped the thing back to earth! I know now what they mean about Pandora’s Box.
But we just stood there and stared