Posted on April 12, 2025April 12, 2025The Man from the Future (continued . . .) Rent by an internal explosion following a fire in the engine room, the great vessel rolled over and was soon plunging to the ocean bed. And now, in a lighter vein . . . the holder of the lucky ticket in the current Imperial Lottery draw. We take you over to the Imperial Lottery headquarters, to see the lucky winner. Before the envious gaze of millions, the red- headed individual became a multi-millionaire. Toth Zandu, I have pleasure in presenting you with a bank draft for two million thullars and twenty-five thousand zersts. I thank you. One viewer was more than envious, he was FURIOUS ! It’s him ! The fellow who bought my ticket off me for five thousand zersts ! And the ticket’s won ! You threw away a fortune, you fool ! How was I to know it was going to win ? Come to think of it, how did he know ? This instalment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 691 on 12 April 1975.
Posted on July 6, 2024July 10, 2024The Elixir of Youth (continued . . .) This installment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 651 on 6 July 1974.
Posted on June 1, 2024July 1, 2024The Elixir of Youth (continued . . .) You wanted to see me, Uncle ? Yes ! Janno and Mallo, I want you both to meet an old friend . . . Eeeeeeeh ! In my younger days, Janno, I was some- thing of a wrestler ! And suddenly it all comes back to me ! Elekton’s top scientist—now much changed— grinned at his companions. But, you’re . . . you’re . . . Younger ! Between twenty and thirty lunar years younger ! With scarcely any grey hairs, all my teeth, and with the pulse and blood pressure of a man in his prime ! In the days and nights that followed, Peric and his assistant never left the Imperial Research Laboratory. This installment was originally published in Look and Learn issue no. 646 on 1 June 1974.
