Summary: Main Fiction: "The Tree of Life" by C. L. Moore, first published in Weird Tales, October 1936. Today's podcast presents part one of "The Tree of Life"; next week will bring the conclusion. Narrator: Jeff Lane. There was neither food nor water in these ancient Martian ruins, and Northwest Smith knew that it could be only a matter of time before the urgencies of his own body would drive him out to signal those wheeling Patrol ships and trade his hard-won liberty for food and drink. He crouched lower under the shadow of the temple arch and cursed the accuracy of the Patrol gunner whose flame-blast had caught his dodging ship just at the edge of Illar's ruins.
