The Planet Strappers - formato ePub

Ed Dukas was writing letters. Someone or something was also writing - unseen but at his elbow. It was perhaps fifteen minutes before he noticed. Conspicuous at the center of the next blank sheet of paper...

The creatures that people this exciting story of Mr. Gallun, may seem at first blush to be impossible monstrosities. Yet, on consideration, we must realize that they are not so far-fetched. Even in our...

The hero of the novel is Ed Doukas, who is the nephew of the scientist whom everyone blames for the destruction of the Moon (though it's never clear if the scientist is actually guilty); this uncle survived,...

Nelson and Ramos sped on toward Mars in their tiny plastic-bubble spacecraft. They were on the alert - it didn't pay to take anything for granted in the Big Vacuum...The way between the worlds was mostly...

Ed Dukas was writing letters. Someone or something was also writing—unseen but at his elbow. It was perhaps fifteen minutes before he noticed. Conspicuous at the center of the next blank sheet of paper...

The creatures that people this exciting story of Mr. Gallun, may seem at first blush to be impossible monstrosities. Yet, on consideration, we must realize that they are not so far-fetched. Even in our...

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For Beck, the buzz of the needle is a steady rhythm against the chaos he keeps buried deep. To his friends, he's a talented artist, quick with a grin, but beneath the surface lies a carefully guarded...

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