The first of the new meteors landed on the earth in November, 1940. It was discovered by a farmer in his field near Brookline, Massachusetts, shortly after daybreak on the morning of the 11th. Astronomically, the event was recorded by the observatory at Harvard as the sudden appearance of what apparently was a new star, increasing in the short space of a few hours from invisibility to a power beyond that of the first magnitude, and then as rapidly fading again to invisibility. This star was recorded by two of the other great North American observatories, and by one in the Argentine Republic. That it was comparatively small in mass and exceedingly close to the earth, even when first discovered, was obvious. All observers agreed that it was a heavenly body of an entirely new order.

In effect Professor Newland declared that the curious astronomical phenomena of the previous November--the new 'stars' observed, the two meteors that had fallen with their red and green light-fire--were all evidence of the existence of intelligent life on the planet Mercury.

The Fire People by Ray CUMMINGS (1887 - 1957)
Genre(s): Science Fiction

Read by: Tony Oliva

Chapters:
00:00:00 - 01 - The Coming of the Light
00:16:18 - 02 - The Unknown Enemy
00:26:56 - 03 - The Landing of the Invaders
00:40:24 - 04 - The Meeting
00:51:53 - 05 - Captured!
01:04:54 - 06 - Miela
01:19:41 - 07 - The Mercutian Camp
01:32:08 - 08 - The Escape
01:46:41 - 09 - Futile Attacks
02:00:39 - 10 - Miela's Story
02:17:20 - 11 - To Save the World
02:29:39 - 12 - The Landing on Mercury
02:49:35 - 13 - The Captive Earth-Man
03:10:08 - 14 - The Ruler of the Light Country
03:35:53 - 15 - The Mountain Conclave
03:54:42 - 16 - The Fire Planet
04:02:29 - 17 - The Fight at the Bayou
04:29:56 - 18 - Revolution
04:52:03 - 19 - The New Ruler
05:17:22 - 20 - In the Twilight Country
05:37:09 - 21 - Another Light-Ray!
05:51:52 - 22 - The Theft of the Light-Ray
06:05:48 - 23 - The Storm
06:20:50 - 24 - The Water City
06:41:34 - 25 - Preparations for War
06:52:32 - 26 - The Battle