 By what were Grannie Annie and Billy-boy being watched?
Grannie spilled a few shreds of Martian tobacco onto a paper and deftly rolled herself a cigarette. On the right were nine visi sets, each with its new improved pantascope panel and switchboard. I will only say that on this stage are nine visi sets, each tuned to one of the nine planets. Grannie Annie came out from behind the box office then. Like those set up by radium, they are electromagnetic pulsations, but they are also a strange combination of Beta or cathode rays with negatively charged electrons. "Now in 2710, as you'd know if you studied your history, the three planets of Earth, Venus, and Mars were under governmental bondage. Grannie Annie lit a cigarette and flipped the match to the floor.
 Hunter-bird
 Ezra Karn, an old prospector  Hunter-bird  a drone  By Venusians