Episode 35: "The Invading Asteroid" (1932) by Manly Wade Wellman

The podcast discussion broadcast from the Martian pleasurecity of Pulambar, was one of the cynical tragi-comedies that the men of Mars love so well. As it unfolded certain gasses were released in the auditorium. They seemed pungent, even acrid, to Neil, who was not used to Martian luxuries,but perhaps you will sniff the fumes with every evidence of pleasure. In this episode we read “The Invading Asteroid” (1932) by Wanly Wade Wellman. We also have a discussion about Perdido Street Station.

(I incorrectly gave the year 1929 for when “The InvadingAsteroid” was first published, but this was incorrect – it did in fact appear for the first time in Monograph No. 15 of Gernsback’s The Science Fiction Series)

Read or download “The Invading Asteroid” here: https://archive.org/details/wellman-manly-wade-science-fiction-series-15-the-invading-asteroid_202110/mode/2up

Cover art an author's profile line-drawing of Wellman from a 1931 issue of Wonder Stories