02575cam a22003733u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000310011324500230014426400510016730000470021833600260026533700260029133800360031749000650035350000310041850801030044952012670055253400720181965300200189165300180191165300210192965300310195070000280198183000650200985600840207485600430215877947UtSlPG20260610134815.0mcr n260607r20261955utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7aen2iso639-1 4aPS1 aArchibald, Joe,d1898-198610aFlight from New Mu 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2026  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier1 aProduced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.).  aRelease date is 2026-02-15  aTom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive)  aFlight from New Mu by Joe Archibald is a humorous science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. It playfully riffs on flying saucers and interplanetary war, following a comic adventure that pits a swaggering Earth pilot against cosmic threats and a distant, plant-based civilization called New Mu.

Septimus Spink, a notorious space ham newly sprung from a psychiatric ward, is grabbed by saucer folk during a Nougatine assault and whisked through space by Quantum Spink, his alien cousin. He witnesses New Mu’s fleet annihilate the invaders with dazzling tech, calls Earth’s commander to prove saucers are real, and is taken to New Mu, where a chlorophyll infusion keeps him alive and he discovers the planet reveres an earlier Earth forebear who transformed their world. When told he must marry Quantum’s daughter to bind destinies, he bolts, steals a saucer, and white-knuckles his way back to Earth, where doctors reverse his plant-like state. The captured craft and his transmissions vindicate him, win him honors, and spark plans to study New Mu’s marvels. A genial parting call from Quantum promises no attack, leaving the universe calm as the irrepressible hero basks in newfound fame. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  pOriginally published:cNew York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955  aScience fiction  aShort stories  aHumorous stories  aSpace travelers -- Fiction1 aHunter, Mel,d1927-2004 0aProduced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.).4 uhttps://archive.org/details/FantasticUniverseV03n04195505ATLPM/page/n3/mode/2up40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/77947