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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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"Jaska!"
he
explained.
"Jaska!
The
cubes
have
dissolved
themselves,
and
have
reformed
in
the
shape
of
a
globe,
as
a
protective
covering
about
us,
to
protect
us
from
the
heat
of
the
abyss!
Apparently
we
are
not
to
be
killed
at
once!
These
cubes
are
slaves
of
the
Gnomes,
of
whom
Luar
is
ruler!"
They
were
indeed
locked
inside
a
globe,
a
globe
whose
integral
parts
were
the
cubes
of
their
acquaintance;
and
the
atmosphere
of
the
interior
was
not
uncomfortable,
but
otherwise.
Sarka
and
Jaska
were
feeling
normal
for
the
first
time
since
they
had
landed
on
the
Moon.
But
what
was
the
meaning
of
this
strange
imprisonment?
They
were
soon
to
know!
For
the
globe
which
enclosed
them,
moved
to
the
edge
of
the
flaming
abyss,
and
dropped
into
the
bluish
glow!
It
did
not
drop
heavily,
like
a
falling
object
on
Earth,
but
rather
floated
downward,
right
into
the
heart
of
the
flames.
At
this
new
manifestation
of
the
strangeness
of
science
on
the
Moon,
Sarka
was
at
once
all
scientist
himself,
striving
to
find
adequate
answers
for
things
which,
from
cause
to
effect,
were
entirely
new
to
him.
With
Jaska
still
clasped
close
against
him,
he
seated
himself
in
the
base
of
the
globe
and
studied
the
area
through
which
they
were
passing.
Blue
flames
which
seemed
to
be
born
somewhere,
an
infinite
distance
below
them;
blue
flames
which
he
knew
to
be
the
element
that,
shot
outward
from
the
great
cone,
had
forced
the
Moon
away
from
the
Earth.
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