LeDoux, the Interplanetary Company pilot, had flown too close to Callisto in an attempt to get a gravity assist from Jupiter to make up for lost time. But the Callistonians were known to waylay travellers in order to sate their 'curiosity' about humans. That meant that Verger, Anderson, LeDoux, and their 'cargo' of music-playing wives for the exiled miners on Ganymede, were in grave danger. But, the Callistonians didn't know anything about music. Maybe Verger could use that to their advantage...

"Rhythm Rides the Rocket" appeared in "Science Fiction Classics," published in October 1940 on pages 28 - 41.

Alfred Johannes Olsen (April 12, 1884 – May 20, 1956), better known under his pen name Bob Olsen, was an American science fiction writer. He moved to California and started the Olsen Advertising Agency, while writing stories for magazines like "Amazing Stories." Olsen often wrote humorous science fiction in "Amazing Stories," from 1927 to 1936. He was one of the first writers to use the phrase "space marine." Ray Bradbury, just a teenager at the time, visited Bob Olsen often for mentorship, friendship, as well as for the sharing of ideas.

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Rhythm Rides the Rocket, by Bob Olsen