TWO THRILLING NOVELETS OF OTHER WORLDS MESSAGE FROM MARS ....... Clifford D. Simak The last of Earth’s pioneers stood on the rusty sands of Mars, his ship a total wreck —knowing his world was doomed unless it received the answer to a cosmic riddle. THRALLS OF THE ENDLESS NIGHT ....... Leigh Brackett The Ship held an ancient secret that meant life to the Survivors of Terra’s lost colony. Yet to reveal that secret, Wes Kirk had to condemn his own people to death. THREE STIRRING PLANET SHORT STORIES MUTINY IN THE VOID ....... Charles R. Tanner Recipe for quelling mutiny in space. “Utterly destroy all oxygen generators.” ASSIGNMENT ON VENUS ....... Carl Jacobi Simms was fighting to deliver his own dishonorable discharge to his commander. REVENGE OF THE VERA ....... Henry Hasse The unarmed Vera was battling the deadliest pirate ship in the Void.