... the gun in his holster. The rapid dusk of the giant planet began to close in on them. The thinsunlight darkened; and with its lowering, the red spot of Jupiter glaredmore luridly ahead of them. ... little,speculating as to the nature of the danger they faced, the peep, peep of the radio shrilled in their ears to tell them that there was still a connec-tion—though a very tenuous one—with their mother planet."Red ... millions of red hot needles, they went down. A swarm of pipe-like bodies smotheredthem, and the fight was over.17Chapter3 The Coming of GrecaThe numbing shock from the tubes left the Earthmen's...