_They had 70 days to prepare a landing
strip. Physically, it was impossible.
Psychologically, it was even worse!_
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from
Infinity September 1957.
Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that
the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
WALTER L. KLEINE _is doing graduate journalism work at the
University of Iowa. He reports that the courses in current magazine
practice, magazine article writing, and magazine fiction writing
keep him so busy that he has hardly any time left to write science
fiction. We think Kleine is one of tomorrow's big name writers; and
in_ Deadline _he takes a new and individual approach to the old
problem of setting up the first Mars base._
Helene Donnelly handed me a cup of coffee, but didn't pour one for
herself. I could feel her eyes on me as I drank.