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    The Anglers of Arz
    The Anglers of Arz
    The Anglers of Arz
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    The Anglers of Arz

    By Roger D. Aycock and Bob Martin

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Anglers of Arz - Roger D. Aycock

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Anglers of Arz, by Roger Phillips Dee

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      Title: The Anglers of Arz

      Author: Roger Phillips Dee

      Illustrator: Bob Martin

      Release Date: June 2, 2010 [EBook #32665]

      Language: English

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      The Anglers of Arz

      By Roger Dee

      Illustrated by BOB MARTIN

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from IF Worlds of Science Fiction January 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      There were two pinkish, bipedal fishermen on the tiny islet.

      In order to make Izaak Walton's sport complete, there must be an angler, a fish, and some bait. All three existed on Arz but there was a question as to which was which.

      The third night of the Marco Four's landfall on the moonless Altarian planet was a repetition of the two before it, a nine-hour intermission of drowsy, pastoral peace. Navigator Arthur Farrell—it was his turn to stand watch—was sitting at an open-side port with a magnoscanner ready; but in spite of his vigilance he had not exposed a film when the inevitable pre-dawn rainbow began to shimmer over the eastern ocean.

      Sunrise brought him alert with a jerk, frowning at sight of two pinkish, bipedal Arzian fishermen posted on the

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