by William Grey Beyer
Read by Milton Bagby. Liner Notes by Robert Weinberg
The best-selling pulp magazine of the 1930s was Argosy. Published weekly, the title followed a simple formula for keeping its readers entertained. Their stories were lean, plot-driven, and always captivating. Long factual explanations were kept to a minimum and logic was sometimes stretched to the breaking point. But, the first rule of storytelling was never broken – keep the action going and never let facts interfere with the narrative’s pace.
Minions of the Moon by William Grey Beyer, published in Argosy in 1939, perfectly fit those requirements. The novel concerned Mark Nevins, an ordinary guy who needed his appendix removed. When his surgeon asked him to sign a paper giving the doctor the right to use a new anesthetic, Mark saw no reason not to cooperate. Of course, that was before he discovered that the drug put him in suspended animation for 6,000 years. Awakening in a world he knew nothing about, Mark found himself in a well-equipped tomb in the company of an invisible ghost who seemed intent on annoying him at every opportunity.
Things progressed from bad to worse. Mark discovered that civilization had collapsed into barbarism, democracy was merely a memory, and there was no place for a Twentieth Century city-dweller. And, that’s not considering the invisible Omega, who is the last member of a lunar race, seeking some human companionship.
It’s the beginning of a fun novel, as Mark and Omega explore this brave new Earth, meet a beautiful girl (of course), encounter a band of Neo-Vikings, and battle two very evil Russian brains housed in bottles. It’s science fiction without any science! Minions of the Moon is also a top example of the fast-paced storytelling so beloved by Argosy readers. Mark and Omega proved so popular that they appeared in three more serials over the next few years – Minions of Mars, Minions of Mercury, and Minions of the Shadow. All three being wild, enthralling fantasies passing as science fiction, composed by an author who later wrote several mysteries, and then vanished.
Minions of the Moon
by William Grey Beyer
Read by Milton Bagby
Chapter 1: The Unknown Years
Chapter 2: If a Body Meet a Body
Chapter 3: Welcome Stranger
Chapter 4: The Lady in the Cage
Chapter 5: Dinner at Four
Chapter 6: The Dangerous Brains
Chapter 7: Nocturne for Tomorrow
Chapter 8: Blueblood
Chapter 9: When is a Bear
Chapter 10: I Took this Woman
Chapter 11: The Man from Oslo
Chapter 12: Whom the Gods have Chosen
Chapter 13: Mark, The Mighty
Chapter 14: Harbor of Women
Chapter 15: Soldiers—to War!
Chapter 16: Nomads and a Dragon
Chapter 17: The Real Fight
Chapter 18: Tomorrow Can Come
Chapter 2: If a Body Meet a Body
Chapter 3: Welcome Stranger
Chapter 4: The Lady in the Cage
Chapter 5: Dinner at Four
Chapter 6: The Dangerous Brains
Chapter 7: Nocturne for Tomorrow
Chapter 8: Blueblood
Chapter 9: When is a Bear
Chapter 10: I Took this Woman
Chapter 11: The Man from Oslo
Chapter 12: Whom the Gods have Chosen
Chapter 13: Mark, The Mighty
Chapter 14: Harbor of Women
Chapter 15: Soldiers—to War!
Chapter 16: Nomads and a Dragon
Chapter 17: The Real Fight
Chapter 18: Tomorrow Can Come
Let ‘Em Eat Space
by William Grey Beyer
Read by Milton Bagby
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
458 MB
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