Startling Stories, January 1951

Catalog Note *Passport to Jupiter* is the lead novella by Raymond Z. Gallun, depicting suburbanite Anson Nord, described as "plump and genial," thrust into interplanetary heroism when Earth faces crisis amid its own technological perfection. The story explores a future where climate control is routine, humans colonize Mercury, Venus, and Mars via "trans-space liners," and the Vita process grants biological immortality. A recent innovation allows artificial sensory stimulation—risk-free adventure within the brain. Nord, whose daily job involves supervising repair-robots, becomes entangled in larger concerns when his comfortable suburban world proves unstable. Two novelets complement the issue: Edmond Hamilton's *Moon of the Unforgotten*, a Captain Future tale involving the Jovian moon Europa and a mysterious cult; and C. H. Liddell's *The Odyssey of Yiggar Throlg*, concerning a gnome's misadventure with humanity. Three short stories include time-travel narratives and speculative science fiction.