Edmond Hamilton - Captain Future's Worlds of Tomorrow 17 - Futuria

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HE planet created by the Futuremen is the only one in

the System that contains a place where normal hu-

manoid beings are accustomed to walk upside down. The

Institute of Pure and Applied Gravitation, covering several

square miles of ground, has for years conducted experi-

ments on the effect of variable gravity on plant life, and

one of its Rare Plant Departments is maintained under re-

verse gravity.

Once inside, of course, a visitor soon becomes accus-

tomed to seeing top and bottom interchanged, and soon

loses any idea that he is walking on his head. But as seen

from the outside, the entire group of buildings and green-

houses presents a weird appearance.

Only the plant life bears its familiar aspect -- and this

is the one thing that is really abnormal. Grown under

natural gravity, it has been transplanted here in the usual

Earth fashion, and then subjected to reversed gravity.

Plants Grow Huge

The appearance of the plants is thus affected amazingly.

With gravity pulling them upwards, they grow to many

times their usual height. These experiments have already

led to valuable discoveries of hitherto unsuspect functions

of plant cells.

The Upside-Down Institute, as it is called, is but one of

the many wonders of Futurian life. The transportation

system is another.

Futuria is the one planet that maintains practically free

lateral and vertical transportation for all inhabitants. The

costs are paid by taxes on special magnetic clothing sold

only by the government. A man wearing this clothing need

only step into the proper lane, at certain designated station,

and be whisked away at a speed close to a hundred miles

an hour.

As seen from below, he has all the appearance of flying,

and the Futurian skies, full of soaring men, women, and

children, never fail to intrigue visitors.

Eases Land Shortage

The new planet has had a great effect on System

economic life. Five years after completion of its core, it

was ready to receive immigrants.

But even before that, the news of its creation had spread

panic among land speculators, and eased the land shortage.

The Interplanetary Government could complete its

landscaping at leisure, while the Futuremen went on to

other tasks.

Futuria's orbit is an ellipse, averaging about

160,000,000 miles from the sun. By treating the planet as a

huge space-vessel, and giving it the proper acceleration

from time to time, its motion can be easily controlled.

The use of gravity screens prevents it from disturbing

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HEplanetcreatedbytheFuturemenistheonlyoneintheSystemthatcontainsaplacewherenormalhu-manoidbeingsareaccustomedtowalkupsidedown.TheInstituteofPureandAppliedGravitation,coveringseveralsquaremilesofground,hasforyearsconductedexperi-mentsontheeffectofvariablegravityonplantlife,andoneofitsRarePlantDepartm...

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