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The Man on the Meteor
Ray Cummings
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The first issue of the classic pulp magazine Astounding Stories of
Super-Science (later renamed Astounding Science Fiction, and
currently being published as Analog Science Fiction) presents a mix
of science fiction adventure stories by top writers of the day.
Included are "Phantoms of Reality," by Ray Cummings; "The Beetle
Horde," by Victor Rousseau; "Tank," by Murray Leinster; "The Cave
of Horror," by Captain S.P. Meek; and many others.
The new planet caem out of the infinite deeps of insterstellar
space, moved in towards the sunlike a comet, and stayed -- a new
member of the Solar System, between Earth and Venus. Xenephrene it
was named and it made a pretty vision in the evening sky . . .
until other things began to appear in the heavens. flying things,
strange visitants, myterious lights -- and people knew then that
they were no longer alone. Xenephrene was inhabited, and its
inhabitants were discovering the Earth. But were they coming as
friends or as invaders? For trade or for conquest?
Ray Cummings (1887-1957) was an American science fiction writer
and one of the "founding fathers of the science fiction pulp
genre."
Barbarian hordes from Mercury's Cold Country descend to launch
their conquest of Earth!
A startling novel of the conflict with Mercury -- the smallest
world of the solar system -- which harbored a terrifying secret!
A startling novel of the conflict with Mercury -- the smallest
world of the solar system -- which harbored a terrifying secret!
Racing through the vast depths of space in a vehicle larger than
the universe itself -- a fantastic concept, and one that only the
mind of a master pioneering science fiction talent could conceive
and then translate into a classic tale of exciting trans-cosmic
adventure!
When George Randolph first caught sight of Orena, he was astounded
by its gleaming perfection. Here were hills and valleys, lakes and
streams, glowing with the light of the most precious of metals.
And, more astonishing than that, it was a world of miniature
perfection -- an infinitely tiny universe within a golden atom! But
for Randolph it was also a world aglow with danger. Somewhere in
its tiny vastness were the friends he had to rescue. Captives of a
madman, they had been reduced to native Orena size; to return to
Earth they needed the growth capsules Randolph was bringing them.
It was up to Randolph to find them -- and quickly -- for the longer
they stayed tiny, the closer they came to passing BEYOND THE
VANISHING POINT!
"He is a Verne returned and a Wells going forward," remarked "Bob"
Davis, dean of American magazine editors. "He is the American H.G.
Wells," say other critics. Cummings has an unusual flair for things
scientific as evidenced by the fact that while at Princeton
University he accomplished the remarkable feat of absorbing three
years of physics in that many months. His five years' association
with Thomas Edison as the latter's personal assistant also added to
Cummings's scientific knowledge. His bizarre early life, living on
orange plantations in Puerto Rico, striking oil in Wyoming, gold
seeking in British Columbia, timber cruising in the North, before
he was twenty, also left its imprint.
"Leaving Mr. Edison's employ, Cummings began writing scientific
fiction for many magazines. His stories gripped the popular
imagination and they "clicked." Mr. Cummings's success as a writer
has been meteoric, for in a few years he has become one of the
world's most popular authors of scientific fiction....
--Argosy-Allstory Weekly, Feb. 8, 1930
Ray Cummings -- one of the earliest pulp science fiction writers --
crafted this early masterpiece in 1922. The tale of a scientist who
sees a beautiful woman in the atoms of his mother's wedding ring
(and his adventures when he shrinks himself down to join her
microscopic world), The Girl in the Golden Atom is a classic of
science fiction. Originally published in 1922.
When a girl who said she had been kidnapped from the year 1777
appeared in modern New York, she was either deluded or the victim
of an incredible time-spanning plot. And when it turned out the
strange man with a mechanical servant who had kidnapped her had
been seen in other centuries, it became clear that a
super-scientific plot was afoot that must reach far into the
unknown cities of the future. THE EXILE OF TIME is a novel of
adventure and wonder such as only the hand of a classic master of
science-fiction could have written.
Don's shotgun went up. "Bob, we'll hold our ground. Is it--is he
armed, can you see?"
"No Can't tell."
Armed What nonsense How could this wraith, this apparition, do
us physical injury
"If--if he gets too close, Bob, by God, I'll shoot. But if he's
human, I wouldn't want to kill him."
The shape had stopped again. It was fifty feet from us now, and
we could clearly see that it was a man, taller than normal. He
stood now with folded arms--a man strangely garbed in what seemed a
white, tight-fitting jacket and short trunks. On his head was a
black skull cap surmounted by a helmet of strange design.
Don's voice suddenly echoed across the rocks.
"Who are you?"
The white figure gave no answer. It did not move.
"We see you. What do you want?" Don repeated.
Then it moved again. Partly toward us and partly sidewise, away
from the sea. The swing of the legs was obvious. It was walking.
But not upon the path, nor upon the solid surface of these Bermuda
rocks A surge of horror went through me at the realization. This
was nothing human It was walking on some other surface, invisible
to us, but something solid beneath its own tread.
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