Buy Jupiter

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"Buy Jupiter!" is a humorous science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov. It was first published in the May 1958 issue of Venture Science Fiction Magazine. The original title of the story was It Pays, though it was never published under this name.

The Terrestrial Federation negotiates to sell the use of Jupiter's atmosphere to an energy-based alien race, who refuses to reveal their plans for its use.

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