THE QWUX (1933)

SOURCES: "Time's Mausoleum" (Amazing Stories, December 1933)

DESCRIPTION: “...into the room stepped a creature whom the machine men readily surmised was one of the Qwux. A pair of long, thin legs supported an oval body, which , like the Uchke, boasted upper appendages ending in long digits. The fingers of the Qwux, however, were more refined in shape and color. It was apparent instantly that they were of a higher intelligence than the Uchke. Their heads and bodies were more in accord with each other than those of the brutal conquerors of the hydrosphere. ” (“Time's Mausoleum” by Neil R. Jones)

NOTES: The Qwux are technically a slave race of the Uchke. Being sybaritic creatures they do not mind their gilded cage and actually feel they are in charge. They keep the Uchke from learning too much about their technology by having one Qwux and one alone knowledgeable in each science. These individuals hand their learning down to their offspring, keeping all the secrets isolated. When the Zoromes want to cripple the Uchke space program, all they have to do is take Zlestrm hostage, for he alone knows the science of rocket fuel.

HISTORY: Jones obviously felt he needed to explain why such low creatures as the Uchke could create advanced technology. This story very quickly disposes of the Uckhe and the Qwux and is really just an explanation of how the Zoromes could look back through earth's history with a time viewer.