The Interstellar Zoo

Higher life form from the Tau Ceti star system, a race that has 28 sexes

illustration by Edd Cartier
From Travelers of Space
edited by Martin Greenberg
published by Gnome Press, 1951

Also seen in Life on Other Worlds, The Mysteries of Other Worlds Revealed

Travelers of Space

From Travelers of Space

edited by Martin Greenberg
illustrations by Edd Cartier
published by Gnome Press, 1951
400 pages

Contents:

1. Foreword, by Martin Greenberg
2. Introduction, by Willy Ley
3. "The Rocketeers Have Shaggy Ears", by Keith Bennett
4. "Christmas Tree", by Christopher S. Youd
5. "The Forgiveness of Tenchu Taen", by Frederic Arnold Kummer
6. "Episode on Dhee Minor", by Harry Walton
7. "The Shape of Things", by Ray Bradbury
8. "Columbus Was a Dope", by Lyle Monroe (pseudonym for Robert A. Heinlein)
9. "Attitude", by Hal Clement
10. "The Ionian Cycle", by William Tenn
11. "Trouble on Tantalus", by P. Schuyler Miller
12. "Placet Is a Crazy Place", by Fredric Brown
13. "Action on Azura", by Robertson Osborne
14. "The Rull", by A. E. van Vogt
15. "The Double Dyed Villains", by Poul Anderson
16. "Bureau of Slick Tricks", by H. B. Fyfe
17. "Life on Other Worlds", by Edd Cartier
18. "The Interstellar Zoo", by David A. Kyle
19. Science Fiction Dictionary

An anthology collection of science fiction short stories on the subject of intelligent life forms from interplanetary to intergalactic. The stories originally appeared in the pulp magazines Planet Stories, Astounding, Thrilling Wonder Stories and Startling Stories.The high-light of this book are Edd Cartier's colorfully illustrated "Life on Other Worlds" section with an accompanying descriptive story by David Kyle, "The Interstellar Zoo."

Imagination Unlimited

More illustrations from the ink of Edd Cartier - imagination unlimited. His depictions of alien lifeforms and futuristic gadgetry are unparalleled.

Life on Other Worlds

Whether or not intelligent life may exist on other planets
of our system, chances are it does throughout the universe.

The drawings here are by Edd Cartier, originally from the book, "Travelers of Space" published by Gnome Press, New York, and reprinted in "The Mystery of Other Worlds Revealed," published by Fawcett, 1952.

"on some unknown planet revolving about a distant sun, conditions conceivably could develop a being part insect, part bird."

(left) weird conception of artist here suggests combination of fish, mammal.
(center) for this creature, artist used parts of octopus and carniverous plant.
(right) an enviroment unlike that of earth might condition insect animals.

despite all these weird creatures imagined by well known science fiction illustrator edd cartier, the probability that intelligent life on other planets would have developed in a matter similar to our own


(left) a planet like jupiter, with poison gases in atmosphere, might sustain life like this.
(right) silicon-cell insects on earth have been known to live indefinitely in kerosene.

"artist frank tinsley has this conception of life on jupiter: regardless of form, however, cell-content and structure develop from a limited set of favorable conditions.

from The Mystery of Other Worlds Revealed, 1952