Man against Man

Translated by Kim Martin Metzger
Introduction
Foreword or Afterword
The Dreamer
The Blue Boy
Planet of the Carrots
Fear
Fear Again
The Strange People from
Planet Hortus
When the Soldiers Came
Two Fighters
Man Against Man
The Great War on Mars
The Slave
The Farmers who were Good at Numbers
The Strange War
Arobanai
Star Snake
Traffic Jam
At Your Own Doorstep
The Two Prisoners
Justice
Report to the United Solar
Systems' Council
Open Words
The Bomb
Afterword or Foreword
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What They Said
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One day when they made Mr. Balaban a recruit, the drill sergeant announced, "All right, today we’re going to practice man to man fighting. That’ll be very important for you when the balloon goes up!"

"Ah," Mr. Balaban replied, "if it really comes to man to man fighting when the balloon goes up – could you then show me my man? Maybe he and I can patch things up!"