About the Book
Monsters in Orbit is a fix-up of two stories: Abercrombie Station (Thrilling Wonder Stories Feb 1952) and Cholwell's Chickens (Thrilling Wonder Stories Aug 1952).
SECRECY SATELLITE
Although still quite young, Jean Parlier had already had an active
interplanetary life. Wanted on her native world, she had escaped to
Earth on wits and courage. A very pretty girl, she had a very unusual
type of personal vitality which captivated men. But her aim was not a
man, but first getting her hands on a million dollars.
There was a way open to do that. Go to Earl Abercrombie's private satellite and get him to marry her.
On any other worldlet it would have been simple. But on Abercrombie
Station, the free-weight home for ultra-fat people, where Jean was
considered a scarecrow freak, and Earl Abercrombie was mad only about
space monsters, it was anything but simple!
