Martin and his friend from outer space
By: Ivo Duka [pseud.] and Helena Kolda.
Contributors: Kolda, Helena. joint author.
Publisher: Harper
Published: 1955
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 95
Description: Martin is an imaginative young New Yorker who has rigged up a tele-spacer and reaches a pretty little girl named Aknele-Alpha, who lives on one of nine moons revolving around Saturn. Eventually this black-haired girl with the two locks of pure gold comes to earth via a BS-Beam (Body-and-Soul Beam) for transportation. She and Martin stroll about in Manhattan, are seen by a sinister stranger who strikes after following them to Coney Island. The story is an exciting mixture of out-of-this-world science fiction (i.e., how people live on Saturn's moons), good earthly fun (i. e., feeding pigeons, riding the merry-go-round) and a chase that is not for the faint of heart. Helena Kolda's photography makes the children's adventures jump off the page.