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Australian Essays

Australian Essays

by Francis Adams

It would be absurd to suppose that it will not seem clear, to whatever readers this little book may find here, that one of the principal characters of the Dialogue is a man for whom we all, I think, feel more interest, admiration, and respect than any other among us. That this is so in reality, I must beg to deny, and I hope that, when I state that..

Eternal Zemmd Must Die!

Eternal Zemmd Must Die!

by Henry Hasse

Eternal Zemmd Must Die! is an adventure story written by Henry Hasse.We have remained indecisive too long! You must understand this! The future, perhaps the very existence of the Federation hangs in the balance unless we can correlate all that has happened and decide upon a course of action NOW....DeHarries, Correlator for Earth, paced alone in his..

Moon of Treason

Moon of Treason

by Emmett McDowell

Moon of Treason is a science fiction short story written by Emmett McDowell as part of the Planet stories magazine.Clyde Vickers shuffled awkwardly down the gangplank. After two years on Jupiter he felt buoyant as a toy balloon in the mild gravity of Earth's satellite. Every step he expected to go sailing over the heads of the other passengers—up, ..

Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls

Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls

by Andy Adams

Mystery of the Caribbean Pearls is a a part of the Biff Brewster Adventures series of juvenile mystery stories written by Andy Adams."Lightning streaked the skies over the Windward Islands. The Caribbean Sea was a tumbled mass of foaming, angry waters. The chabasco had struck with the quickness and lashing fury that is the nature of this most feare..

Radio-Activity

Radio-Activity

by Ernest Rutherford

In this work, I have endeavoured to give a complete and connected account, from a physical standpoint, of the properties possessed by the naturally radio-active bodies. Although the subject is comparatively a new one, our knowledge of the properties of the radio-active substances has advanced with great rapidity, and there is now a very large amoun..

The Dead-Star Rover

The Dead-Star Rover

by Robert Abernathy

The Dead-Star Rover is an adventurous science fiction short story  by Robert Abernathy.The terrapin was traveling eighty miles an hour—far too fast for such uneven country. Over maddeningly repetitive dunes it scudded, rising with a swoop to each windward slope and hurtling clear of the ground beyond each wave-like crest, to plunge through the..

Children of India

Children of India

by Janet Harvey Kelman

India is a very old land, and those who live there look far back into the past. They listen to the stories that were told of men and gods in those old days, and follow the customs that were followed then. There are many gods in India, and many priests who serve in their temples and at their shrines. The priests have more power over the lives of the..

Unwelcome Tenant

Unwelcome Tenant

by Roger D. Aycock

Unwelcome Tenant is a planet fiction story written by Roger Dee as part of the planet stories magazine.Maynard was dividing his attention equally between the transparent bubble that housed the Meinz pendulum and the two ports, forward and aft, that broke the steel panelling of the control cubicle. He listened critically to the measured clicking of ..