Flight from New Mu by Joe Archibald
Flight from New Mu by Joe Archibald is a humorous science fiction short story written in the mid-20th century. It playfully explores flying saucers, interplanetary war, and a clash of cultures as an Earth pilot is swept up by distant relatives from the planet New Mu and dragged into cosmic heroics. Septimus Spink, a notorious space pilot recently released from a psychiatric ward, is snatched by a saucer commanded by his New
Muan cousin, Quantum Spink, just as the Nougatines launch a surprise attack. Aboard a fleet of spinning disks, Spink witnesses New Mu’s dazzling tech—magnetized light beams, self-sealing hulls—and helps capture Nougatine leader Mepha Spaam. Brought to New Mu, Spink is chlorophyll-converted to survive its plantlike physiology, feted in the city of Yzocspink, and shown a museum honoring Cyril “Muley” Spink, the Earth ancestor who first reached the planet and remade it. When Quantum insists Spink marry his daughter, Zyb, to unite the worlds, Spink bolts, steals a saucer, and white-knuckles his way back to Earth. His green blood and the captured craft finally vindicate him; he’s decorated and reinstated as a space officer. In a jaunty coda, he exchanges friendly signals with Quantum, the family bond intact—even across the stars. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Archibald, Joe, 1898-1986 |
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| Illustrator | Hunter, Mel, 1927-2004 |
| Title | Flight from New Mu |
| Original Publication | New York: King-Size Publications, Inc., 1955. |
| Series Title | Produced from Fantastic Universe, May 1955 (Vol. 3, No. 4.). |
| Credits | Tom Trussel (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Humorous stories |
| Subject | Space travelers -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 77947 |
| Release Date | Feb 15, 2026 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
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