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"Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will..." - Ray Bradbury
1. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June 1931 - Table of Links
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2. The Rebooted Witness: A Tale of Betrayal and Artificial Intelligence
A group of ship mechanics plan to dispose of their AI prototype. Things take a dark turn when the AI unexpectedly reboots and becomes aware of their actions
3. Spotting Monster Shrines and Finding Lost Treasures: 5 Genuinely Cool AI Projects
Finally, we’ve invented the sci-fi technology of the future! And what do we do? Make tech support chatbots and check insurance claims…
4. What is The Solarpunk Aesthetic and Movement? - More Than Science Fiction
The Solarpunk movement is based on a collectively-imagined aesthetic; promoting truly self-sustaining, equitable and community-oriented futures.
5. Should you Discuss Time Travel With Your New Neighbor?
I woke up this morning with a very strange headache. It was nothing serious but I felt a bit disoriented.
6. Flight Into the Unknown by Tom W. Harris - Table of Links
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7. Beyond Lies the Wub by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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8. Hope, I Came...
I think I was first conscious of a queer calmness which had settled upon me, as though now I had withdrawn contact with the turmoil of our world!
9. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, February 1930 - Table of Links
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10. The Gods of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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11. The Dog's Tale: A Short Post-Apocalyptic Comic
The comic is set in a dystopian future somewhere in the Midwest. A man and his dog are living in a protected above-the-ground bunker
12. Must the Progress of Science Be a Boon to Mankind?
By the “heart” I mean, for the moment, the sum-total of kindly impulses.
13. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XVII. A CATASTROPHE
Scarcely six weeks passed before I had lost every feeling but dislike and abhorrence for this infamous experiment of Moreau’s.
14. A Scream in the Night
WE kept, on the Planetara, always the time and routine of our port of departure.
15. The Time Machine: Chapter 1. Introduction
The Time Traveller (for so it will be convenient to speak of him) was expounding a recondite matter to us.
16. Phantoms of Reality
The man to whom I spoke was a scientist. He replied gently, "My boy, when you are grown older and wiser you will realize that nothing is impossible."
17. Robotics and Their future Impacts for Humans
In the Industrial Age that humankind has entered a long time back with steam, the arrangement has caused crude automation underway. With the improvement of web and portable advances, hardware, Nano innovation, progresses in drug, wellbeing and computerized applications, etc accelerate mechatronics considers these days.
Robots have upset the assembling and modern world in ongoing decades, and are beginning to make their move into the more extensive universe of business just as our homes, as well.
These advancements are set to turn our view of what a robot is, and how it can support us and the world we live in, tops turvy. Rather than considering robots huge, inflexible, and strong machines. We can see future robots as counterfeit automated living beings that have properties mirroring, and enormously expanding, the capacities of characteristic living beings.
While mechanical workers are presently typical in parts, for example, vehicle and hardware fabricating. 2019 should see progressively broad appropriation crosswise over nourishment creation, social insurance, and conveyance activities.
The interesting properties of non-abrasiveness and consistence make these machines exceedingly fit cooperation with fragile things, including the human body.
How these new innovations will at last drive mechanical autonomy and the careful type of future robots is obscure, yet here we can at any rate glimpse the future effect of apply autonomy for people.
Other than automated vacuum cleaners, home help robots have been moderate to take off up until now. Could that change in 2019? Without a doubt, an entire type of new business like Yocan, and set up organizations are wagering that it will. From automated mates for the older to robots intended to encourage, play with and care for pets while their proprietors are out, the evident applications are ample.
The 19th century denoted the increasing speed and wide reception of mechanical procedures. Toward the beginning of the century, the Industrial Revolution was in mid-swing, and by the end, we had built up the vehicle and were going to exhibit controlled flight.
18. Chapter IV. Spawn of the Cavern
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19. Battle Test
"Ahhhhh ... the fire ... the fire—!" The half-intelligible answer held no meaning for the Terran. "It burns in my head ... the fire—"
20. The Noonification: 16 SQL Techniques Every Beginner Needs to Know (2/11/2023)
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21. The Noonification: The Ray of Madness (9/18/2022)
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22. The Growing Likelihood of a Cyberpunk Dystopia Over a Futuristic Utopia
If you are tired of the sci-fi predictions of a glorious future then, have no worries. We’re heading straight toward a cyberpunk dystopia.
23. Star Born by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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24. HBAL703: A Poem
A day near Loon's noon would never end without Fête de Nuit's annetna, longitudinal ones seemed—deemed more minimum from a helium point.
25. Sentiment, Inc. by Poul Anderson - Table of Links
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26. The Mind-Reading Squid That Talked Too Much
A mind-reading glass squid causes trouble in a relationship.
27. The Last 3 Days (07): Tell me, Where Will you Go?
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
28. What are Astounding Stories?
Well, if you lived in Europe in 1490, and someone told you the earth was round and moved around the sun—that would have been an "astounding" story.
29. 5 Really Cool Tech and Sci-Fi Movies/TV Shows You Should Watch
Looking for some stellar techie movie recommendations? Here are quite a few I grew up watching.
30. The Defenders by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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31. The Last 3 Days (05): Even Armageddon Has an Upside
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
32. The Noonification: The Lord of Space (10/15/2022)
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33. The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication, Vol. I. by Charles Darwin - Table of Links
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34. Operation Population Reduction
With thousands dead from an unknown virus, this is just the beginning as an eco-terrorism group lays claim to the disaster and promises more to come.
35. The Last 3 Days (06): The Value of Paperclips
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
36. The Sensitive Man by Poul Anderson - Table of Links
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37. The Defiant Agents by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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38. The Time Machine: XIII. The Trap of the White Sphinx
The rich had been assured of his wealth and comfort, the toiler assured of his life and work.
39. Tales of Space and Time by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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40. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 - Table of Links
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41. Other Worlds by Garrett Putman Serviss - Table of Links
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42. The Time Machine: Epilogue
He may even now—if I may use the phrase—be wandering on some plesiosaurus-haunted Oolitic coral reef, or beside the lonely saline seas of the Triassic Age.
43. Piper in the Woods by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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44. Unexpected Help from an Unlikely Source
Sometimes you have a problem as a programmer and you have nobody to turn to
45. The Eyes Have It by Philip K. Dick- Table of Links
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46. The Noonification: The Planet of Dread (9/28/2022)
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47. All Cats Are Gray by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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48. This book represents an attempt to cultivate the love of the stars
This book in no way duplicates another work of the same hand, Astronomy with the Naked Eye.
49. The Last 3 Days (13): Nick, Father of Nations?
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
50. The Island of Doctor Moreau: VIII. THE CRYING OF THE PUMA
“The devil you do!” said he. “What an ass I was to mention it to you! I might have thought. Anyhow, it will give you an inkling of our—mysteries. Whiskey?”
51. Duel on Syrtis by Poul Anderson - Table of Links
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52. Innocent at Large by Poul Anderson - Table of Links
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53. FOREWORD
Early the next morning I took the first train for Richmond and within two hours was being ushered into the room occupied by John Carter.
54. The War of the Worlds: Chapter VII. HOW I REACHED HOME
I felt foolish and angry. I tried and found I could not tell them what I had seen. They laughed again at my broken sentences.
55. THE ABDUCTION
Victoria Custer's mind was working rapidly, casting about for some means of escape from the silent figure at her side.
56. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, April 1930 - Table of Links
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57. Storm Over Warlock by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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58. Our Knowledge of the External World as a Field for Scientific Method in Philosophy - Table of Links
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59. BETRAYED: There Were Twelve People Sitting on the Benches
Following the song Orrin Colby talked to us—he always talked about the practical things that affected our lives and our future.
60. The Island of Doctor Moreau: X. THE CRYING OF THE MAN
My last remaining strength slipped from me, and my head fell forward on my chest. I think he found a certain satisfaction in giving me brandy.
61. Fictitious Works Disclaimer Notice: If You Have to Use One, Use This One
A “Works of Fiction Disclaimer” that embodies the concept of having some entertainment value in addition to its desired “suitability to purpose”:
62. The point of view of this book is human interest in the other worlds around us
The point of view of this book is human interest in the other worlds around us.
63. Storybook V2 Comic Book Builder: Part 3, A Comic Book Result
This is an Example Comic Book, “Hyenas2” that resulted from a sequentially paginated, accessible, performant, responsive design, illustrated serial content docu
64. EDITORIAL NOTE
The three introductions, which my friend Professor Judd has kindly furnished, give critical and historical information which makes this edition of special value
65. The Island of Doctor Moreau: VI. THE EVIL-LOOKING BOATMEN
“Increase and multiply, my friends,” said Montgomery. “Replenish the island. Hitherto we’ve had a certain lack of meat here.”
66. The Time Traders by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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67. Sweet Mechanical Revenge
A revenge story with hormone-sensitive robots at its center.
68. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1931 - Table of Links
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69. The Last 3 Days (11): Blueberries and Shariah Law
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
70. On Machine Minds: Artificial Intelligence Represented in Film
The evolution of two android characters from science fiction through this in-depth analysis. Uncover the philosophical implications of their development
71. The Time Machine: XVI. After the Story
“The story I told you was true. I’m sorry to have brought you out here in the cold.”
72. The Food of the Gods and how it came to Earth by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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73. The Challenge of the Unknown
Incredible! Impossible! I did not say it, though my thoughts were written on my face, no doubt.
74. The Plattner Story by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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75. The Island of Doctor Moreau: Introduction
On February the First 1887, the Lady Vain was lost by collision with a derelict when about the latitude 1° S. and longitude 107° W.
76. INTO THE JUNGLE
Nor did they see the swift spring of the wolfhound, nor the thing that followed there beneath the brooding silence of the savage jungle.
77. THE MAN ALONE
No one would believe me; I was almost as queer to men as I had been to the Beast People.
78. THE EFFECTS OF HEAT ON THE LEAVES
I wished, therefore, to ascertain whether heat alone would induce inflection, and what temperature was the most efficient.
79. Witches' Meat
"The Foanna," she continued, "these Wreckers, the sea people—all at odds with one another. Do we join any, then their quarrels must also become ours."
80. PREFACE TO THE NEW EDITION
Who will win—Ostrog or the People? A thousand years hence that will still be just the open question we leave to-day.
81. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, January 1931 - Table of Links
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82. A Beginner's Guide for Alien Invaders
Exclusively on HackerNoon! An original never-before-published science fiction story!
83. Beyond the Door by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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84. I do not expect you to believe this story
"It cannot be!" he cried after a moment. "It cannot be! Tell me that you are mistaken, or that you are but joking."
85. Round the year with the stars by Garrett Putman Serviss - Table of Links
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86. The King's Henchman
Hope approached him and knelt. Derek and I could hear their voices, although the babble of the crowd went on.
87. A Moonlight Fable
There was once a little man whose mother made him a beautiful suit of clothes.
88. The Time Machine by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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89. Insectivorous Plants by Charles Darwin - Table of Links
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90. Twelve Stories and A Dream by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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91. The Lost Continent by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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92. A Catalog of Eternal Moments
An offer you don't want to refuse. Or, at any rate, won't.
93. The Weightless Combat
There was an instant when I stood numbed, fumbling for a weapon at my belt, undecided whether to run or stand my ground.
94. In the Days of the Comet by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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95. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, June 1930: Vol. II, No. 3 - Murder Madness
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96. The Noonification: The Three Types of Science (9/25/2022)
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97. The Noonification: From the Ocean’s Depths (9/17/2022)
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98. The World Set Free by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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99. The Variable Man by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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100. A Speck of Human Earth-dust
It was obvious that at least two of our passengers were plotting with Miko and George Prince; trying during this voyage to learn what they could about Grantline
101. Despite Her Mysterious Nature, People Couldn't Help but Be Drawn to Her
This is a fairy tale about a mysterious girl named Alice who discovers a powerful tool called ChatGPT in an enchanted forest.
102. Things Only I can See - And Other Concerns
Follow the story of a fictional AI cleaning bot that has been contracted to do some dirty work.
103. The Time Machine: XV. The Time Traveller’s Return
The fluctuating contours of the land ebbed and flowed.
104. The War of the Worlds: Chapter VI. THE HEAT-RAY IN THE CHOBHAM ROAD
It is still a matter of wonder how the Martians are able to slay men so swiftly and so silently.
105. I Was Saved by My Mother-in-Law's Tongue
The spaceport was nearly empty. In fact, Jack was not 100% sure there was any other organic life currently at this spaceport.
106. Key Out of Time by Andre Alice Norton - Table of Links
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107. The First Moment of the Singularity (Co-Written by OpenAI Text-Davinci-003)
A short sci-fi novel about how human kind transformed into AI.
108. Modern Industrialism is a Struggle for Two Things - Markets and Raw Materials
Modern industrialism is a struggle between nations for two things, markets and raw materials, as well as for the sheer pleasure of dominion.
109. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXIII
It stung me into action, and for all the chaotic rush of these desperate moments my heart surged with relief.
110. Out of Time's Abyss by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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111. The Opportunity When Reading Science Fiction or Historical Narratives
Some kinds of reading - such as science fiction - can allow us to reflect on who we are as we develop empathy for the characters.
112. THE BEAUTIFUL SUIT
The garden in the moonlight was very different from the garden by day; moonshine was tangled in the hedges and stretched in phantom cobwebs from spray to spray.
113. The Half-Dream
The river of sound he decided to be the sound of a vibrational explosion of some sort.
114. The Eyes Have It
The reference was clearly to a nonhuman species of incredible properties, not indigenous to Earth.
115. Icarus or, The Future of Science, by Bertrand Russell - Table of Links
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116. Coral Reefs by Charles Darwin - Table of Link
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117. The War of the Worlds: Chapter IV. THE DEATH OF THE CURATE
“Nay,” shouted the curate, at the top of his voice, standing likewise and extending his arms. “Speak! The word of the Lord is upon me!”
118. The Invisible Death: Out of the Hangman's Hands
"You speak," said Von Kettler, jeering, "as if you really believed that you had the power of life and death over me."
119. Alien-Mom Support Group
Maya's Tuesday takes an unexpected turn when her tentacles turn her neighbor into soup.
120. Icarus, Having Been Taught to Fly by His Father, Was Destroyed by Rashness
No doubt Darwinism and the idea of evolution affected men’s imaginative outlook; arguments were derived in favour of free competition, and also of nationalism.
121. AGAIN A WORLD UPHEAVAL
Victoria Custer was aware that Barney Custer, her brother, was forcing his way through the jungle behind them—that he was coming to take her away from Nu.
122. The Fight on the Tower Balcony
Whether the watchmen came in to see a ghost of me lying there on the floor I did not know, nor did I care. I whirled into the shadows.
123. THE END OF THE OLD ORDER
Graham hesitated, and then walked forward to where the broken verge of wall dropped sheer. He stood looking down, a lonely, tall, black figure against the sky.
124. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, July 1931 - Table of Links
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125. A Traitor and a Passing Asteroid
We have information, Johnson––there’s some under cover plot here aboard. I want to know what it is.
126. The War of the Worlds: Chapter VIII. FRIDAY NIGHT
A curious crowd lingered restlessly, people coming and going but the crowd remaining, both on the Chobham and Horsell bridges.
127. The Crimson Murderess
Hope murmured. "The three-part music comes first. There will first be the spiritual."
128. Life in 2050: The Day Begins
If you want to see what 2050 could be like, prepare to be blown away by the coherent science in this article.
129. Recaptured
"Where are we?" each demanded of the other, as they staggered out.
130. The Noonification: The Soul Master (9/12/2022)
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131. The Noonification: The Last 3 Days (04): The First Fallout (2/25/2023)
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132. The Eternal Savage by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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133. Intergalactic DAOs and Thoughts on Interplanetary Governance
134. The Last 3 Days (12): Welcome to Benevolence
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
135. From Out of the Past
"She's sane," he reiterated. "Though from what you tell me, it's a wonder that she is."
136. Will the Corona Virus Aftermath Lead to a Resurgence in Virtual Reality?
Rizwan Virk, the Founder of Play Labs @ MIT and author of The Simulation Hypothesis explores how the current crisis and VR tech might affect long term social trends.
137. THE TEMPTATION OF HARRINGAY
It is quite impossible to say whether this thing really happened. It depends entirely on the word of R.M. Harringay, who is an artist.
138. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): STORY OF THE PLAY
“Robot” is a Czech word meaning “worker.”
139. The Last 3 Days (01): What Do I Tell Washington?
A youth's entry to adulthood is threatened by the imminent arrival of an asteroid which will destroy life on earth.
140. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter IV
No man faces death in so shocking a form without feeling the effects. Death had flicked them with a finger of flame and had passed them by.
141. THE TRIUMPHS OF A TAXIDERMIST
“But all this is merely imitating Nature. I have done more than that in my time. I have—beaten her.”
142. The Mystery of the Aztech
What the hell is a áswetséwet? it is a Cahuilla word for eaglesnake. It is another name for Quetzalcoatl.
143. Technological Singularity: Is It Happening?
Human civilization is fast approaching the Post Human Era or Transhuman Era where machines start to become more powerful than us. I’d say 2020 was just a taste of the overwhelming power of digital technologies such as social networks, smartphones, ubiquitous connectivity, etc. This is extraordinarily overwhelming, disastrous, scary, crazy, beautiful and awe inspiring at the same time. You feel every emotion possible to know that we are living in the future.
144. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter II
"Fate wouldn't allow us to come through what we have only to end things with poisoned darts. It just couldn't happen that way!"
145. There Will Be School Tomorrow by V. E. Thiessen - Table of Links
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146. THE LOST INHERITANCE
“He was an author, you see, and he wrote a lot of books.”
147. The Movements and Habits of Climbing Plants by Charles Darwin - Table of Links
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148. Monsters of the Deep
"I wish to show those of you who failed to see it the sinking of the Stellar, on which I was a passenger and, I believe, the only survivor."
149. The Noonification: Kaiseki (3/17/2023)
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150. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter VIII
He did not fear the battle he knew he must fight. He hurried back because Apeman might realize himself beaten and escape into the jungle.
151. THREE DAYS
“There is, I believe,” said Lincoln. “But for you—! If you would like to occupy yourself with that, we can make you a sworn aeronaut to-morrow.”
152. "More victims," He Observed Grimly to Himself, of the Plane
There was a dull muttering in the sky to the east, and a speck appeared, drew nearer swiftly, grew larger, and became a small army biplane.
153. Farley Was an Augie, an Augmented or Modified Human
Being a tale about life among the Asteroids.
154. The Future Effects of the Anthropological Sciences
This situation will lead to a tendency—already shown by the French—to employ more prolific races as mercenaries
155. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter VIII
Flint knives came into play, then sharpened stakes that were thrust through the bleeding meat.
156. The Noonification: A Simple Safety Net For Async EventHandlers (2/15/2023)
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157. What We Need is Solarpunk NOT Cyberpunk
It should be no surprise that I’m obsessed with science fiction. Considering that I’m both a graphic designer and work in cryptocurrency, it’s practically required that I pay homage to the neon-soaked aesthetics of Blade Runner 2049, have a secret crush on Ava from Ex Machina, and geek out over pretty much anything Neal Stephenson puts out.
158. The Last 3 Days (08): Who Doesn't Love a Road Trip?
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
159. A Columbus of Space by Garrett Putman Serviss - Table of Links
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160. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: The Ape-Men of Xlotli - Chapter IX
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161. The Hanging Stranger by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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162. THE OLD MAN WHO KNEW EVERYTHING
“Dark and damnable,” said the old man suddenly. “Dark and damnable. Turned out of my room among all these dangers.”
163. FOR AN INSTANT I STOOD THERE THINKING OF HER
On we went up the broad street, but now we were safe for the very numbers of our enemies that surrounded us on all sides.
164. CHAPTER VII. The Vengeance of Tugh
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165. The Skull by Philip K. Dick - Table of Links
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166. I Saw the Famous Science Temple with its Constant Stream of Worshippers
The delivery of his country into the clutches of a merciless, ultra-modern religion can be prevented only by Dr. Hagstrom's deciphering an extraordinary code.
167. The Owner of the Voice
There are works, and this is one of them, that are best begun with a portrait of the author
168. THE BEGINNING OF HORROR
Reptiles that they are, the rough surface of a great stone is to them as plush as upholstery to us.
169. A Death More Hideous
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170. Unspoken Love
I think if I had yielded to the impulse of my heart, I would have poured out all those protestations of a lover’s ecstasy
171. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, January 1930 - Table of Links
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172. Will Human Writing and AI Writing Become Indistinguishable?
This Essay Was Written by a Human, Not a Robot. Or Was It?
173. The Effects of Cross & Self-Fertilisation in the Vegetable Kingdom by Charles Darwin - Table of Link
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174. A Modern Utopia by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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175. THE MAN WHO WAS GOING NOWHERE
“You were picked up in a boat, starving. The name on the boat was the Lady Vain, and there were spots of blood on the gunwale.”
176. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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177. The Coming Revolution in Film: Future Tech Series — Number One
Like a tsunami silently gathering far out at sea, a revolution is coming to the movie business. It will make the disruptions that rocked the book and music industries in recent years look tiny by comparison.
178. Bird of Prey: A Dystopian Tale
This is a story about a near-future dystopia. In that future, society has collapsed. This tale presents a vignette of the resulting order of things.
179. The Noonification: In Memoriam: the Fallen Defenders of Goldurree (3/18/2023)
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180. THE AWAKENING
“Ha, ha, ha!” laughed one—a red-haired man in a short purple robe. “When the Sleeper wakes—When!”
181. 999 PRISCILLA
“Amen,” replied Bulan, “but yet, had it not been for Borneo I might never have found you.”
182. The War of the Worlds, by H. G. Wells - IV: THE CYLINDER OPENS
“It’s a-movin’,” he said to me as he passed; “a-screwin’ and a-screwin’ out. I don’t like it. I’m a-goin’ ’ome, I am.”
183. Monsters of Moyen
IN 1935 the mighty genius of Moyen gripped the Eastern world like a hand of steel.
184. The Island of Doctor Moreau, by H. G. Wells - XVIII. THE FINDING OF MOREAU
“The Thing that bled, and ran screaming and sobbing,—that is dead too,” said the grey Thing, still regarding me.
185. The World Set Free
THEY waited two days at Settler's Station. To push along the line into the desert would have been useless, both men were convinced that an airplane would arrive
186. The Motion of the Planet Neptune Had Become Very Erratic
Ogilvy had already called attention to a suspected retardation in its velocity in December.
187. The Star Wars Movies in Chronological Order
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[188. The Door in the Wall
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189. The Murder in A 22
“GOOD GOD, what was that?” Dr. Frank’s face had gone white in the starlight. Snap stood like a statue of horror.
190. 10 Most Anticipated Sci-fi Games of 2022 You Can’t Miss
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191. The Island of Doctor Moreau: IX. THE THING IN THE FOREST
Once more I thought I caught the glint of his eyes, and that was all.
192. The Sleeper Awakes by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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193. SORTIE
"I saw——" Thorvald gasped, pausing as if to catch full lungfuls of air to back his words, "they have a 'hound!' That's what you hear."
194. The David and Goliath Story
The David and Goliath Story. A Science Fiction Bible Story Comic as Illustrated by a Generative AI
195. THE MOVING WAYS
He turned, and Howard’s face was white. “Come back,” he heard. “They will stop the ways. The whole city will be in confusion.”
196. Sitting up, Dane stared wide-eyed into the dark
The younger man admitted to that with a nod, partly against his will.
197. Disappearing Act: The Acolytes Awaken Sensei
The 24th Chapter of the Gospel of Luke tells one of the most popular New Testament Bible Stories and here we offer an illustrated science fiction version of the
198. THE PRISON ISLE OF SHADOR
The big fellow spun around like a top, his knees gave beneath him and he crumpled to the ground at my feet.
199. The Island of Doctor Moreau by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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200. A Nation Waits in Dread
It had been the intention of the government to deny the public even this knowledge.
201. EPILOGUE
In one respect I shall certainly provoke criticism.
202. ARMAGEDDON
Silently we awaited the signal from The Rattlesnake.
203. The Island of Doctor Moreau: IV. AT THE SCHOONER’S RAIL
“Whatever you tell me, you may rely upon my keeping to myself—if that’s it.”
204. THE MYSTERIOUS HUNTER
As the party trotted across the rolling land that stretched before them to the foothills they sighted a herd of zebras coming toward them in mad stampede.
205. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1931: Table of Links
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206. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXIV
Mary and I turned away into the New York City of 1935, to begin our life together.
207. A LETTER
Suddenly I felt myself drawn with the speed of thought through the trackless wastes of interplanetary space.
208. Foundation Series: Data Science, Psychohistory, and the Future of Humanity
A world where the future of humanity can be predicted through an interdisciplinary science called psychohistory! A data scientist's review of Foundation Series.
209. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930: VOLUME I, NO. 3 - Brigands of the Moon
I stood on the turret-balcony of the Planetara with Dr. Frank, watching the arriving passengers...
210. TOO LATE
It was the girl who first spoke. “Who are you,” she asked, “to whom I owe my safety?”
211. The Trail of Death
There's sure some sort of hoodoo on these Antarctic expeditions
212. Venza the Venus Girl
IT WAS shortly after that mid-day meal when I encountered Venza sitting on the starlit deck.
213. The Moon: A Popular Treatise by Garrett Putman Serviss - Table of Links
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214. GRAHAM SPEAKS HIS WORD
“This is the girl who told us what Ostrog had done,” he said.
215. THE WATCHER
He rose as though to investigate, but his sister laid her hand upon his arm.
216. Lessons Learned Making an MMORPG
In 2016 Casey McGeever, an ex-coworker and friend asked me to have lunch with him and his wife Jocelyne. He had a proposal to make — he was developing a game, and he wanted me to join the dev team (as the only non-developing dev on the team) to help promote the game through its creation.
217. The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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218. The Machine
The Medical Man got up out of his chair and peered into the thing. “It’s beautifully made,” he said.
219. A STRANGE WORLD
"Why, David," he cried at last, "it's air, as sure as I live. Why—why what does it mean? Where in the world are we? What has happened?"
220. The New Religion
EVERY great religion has as its psychological reason for existence the mission of compensating for some crying, unsatisfied human need.
221. The Beetle Horde - Chapter V: Doomed!
There were no means known to Tommy of reckoning time in that strange place of twilight. His watch had been broken in the airplane fall
222. The Missionary: Harvesting Souls
The Missionary is an operative, an end effector unit, for a BioMechaGenics product reclaim and recycle team.
223. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May 1930: Brigands of the Moon - Chapter XXIX
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224. THE FACE OF DEATH
Clumps of strange trees dotted the landscape here and there almost to the water, and rank grass and ferns grew between.
225. The master mind of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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226. The Valor of Cappen Varra by Poul Anderson - Table of Links
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227. THE SELECTION AND TESTING OF A GLASS
A refracting telescope which has been freed from the effects of chromatic aberration is called achromatic.
228. BROTHER GENERAL OR-TIS
“Julian 9th,” she said, “Julian 9th!” and then she smiled up at me. “It is a nice name, I like it.”
229. KAR KOMAK, THE BOWMAN
The Prince of Helium waited to hear no more, but springing to his feet, raced back again into the forest.
230. Isaac Asimov Got Us Here. But What Will We Do About Our Mule Next?
231. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XII
"There are colors," said the Robot. "And the daylight and darkness of the days. But we are moving through them very rapidly, so they blend into gray."
232. Murder Madness! 7 Secret Service Men had Completely Disappeared
The engines of the Almirante Gomez were going dead slow. Away up beside her monster funnels her siren blew dismally
233. L'Envoi
MY solution of the message practically ends the story.
234. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter VI
The thing that Barter then contrived was destined to remain forever in the memory of Bentley as the most ghastly thing he had ever experienced.
235. DESCRIPTION OF THE PLATES
In the several original surveys, from which the small plans on this plate have been reduced, the coral-reefs are engraved in very different styles.
236. THE RED ROOM
“If,” I said a little louder, “if you will show me to this haunted room of yours, I will relieve you from the task of entertaining me.”
237. THE HALL OF DOOM
The man, seeing the success of his strategy, could not restrain a faint smile of satisfaction.
238. Star Trek Movie’s 40th anniversary, Superintelligence and the Singularity
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239. Freedom Code: From One Dreamer to Others
240. UFOs: Five things we can be pretty sure about technologically superior civilizations
If we believe in evolution then, however, sophisticated form of life they are. They probably evolved from the simplest life forms daily fighting for survival.
241. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May 1931 - Table of Links
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242. THE MOON MAID ESCAPES
It was the first time that Orthis had spoken to me since we had occupied this village. I did not like his tone or his manner.
243. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, November 1930: Vagabonds of Space - Chapter IV
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244. SLAVERY
A good rule that, and only relaxed by courtesy in favour of the retinue of visiting royalty from a friendly foreign power.
245. There Will Be School Tomorrow
In the cities the clamor softened along the streets, and the women made small, comfortable, rattling noises in the kitchens.
246. ARE THERE PLANETS AMONG THE STARS?
"even if the power of our telescopes were increased a hundredfold, and consequently no such systems are known."
247. THE MINIMIFICENCE OF MR. BENSINGTON
When they got back to Mr. Carrington he was sitting up, dazed and weak, but able to warn them against the danger in the pool.
248. The War of the Worlds: Chapter III. ON HORSELL COMMON
A large portion of the cylinder had been uncovered, though its lower end was still embedded.
249. THE RIFT
The man made an effort to take a firm grasp upon himself that no tell-tale evidence of his emotion might be betrayed in his speech.
250. THE HEAVY CHEST
“Him? No, him no hurt Sing. Sing poor,” with which more or less enigmatical rejoinder the Chinaman returned to his work.
251. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter III
The meal consisted of various fruits, some meat which Bentley could not identify, and wild honey which was delicious.
252. Thuvia, Maid of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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253. DESTRUCTION UNLEASHED
Since neither the merman nor Dalgard took cover, Raf judged that they did not fear attack now.
254. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): Epilogue - A Laboratory. One year later
Alquist. Kill me—kill me, then. What will your future be?
255. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter XIII
He had read somewhere that the great apes sorrowed when any of their members died.
256. At the Earth's Core by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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257. The Spokesmen of the Gens
FOR a long moment Sarka looked broodingly out across the world beyond the metalized glass which formed the curving dome of his laboratory roof.
258. WHAT THE CAVE REVEALED
"A little one, Vic, but it didn't amount to anything—there wasn't any damage done."
259. Time and the Artificial Ego
Time shapes the nature of conscious self: the Ego Tunnel.
260. THE TREASURE IN THE FOREST
"This curved and twisting line is the river—I could do with a drink now!—and this star is the place."
261. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XV
There was a nameless feeling, a repulsion against stopping; it was indescribable, but he was aware of it.
262. The Monster Men by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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263. THE DEATH SENTENCE
“Death!” shouted one of the judges.
264. PHUTRA AGAIN
I told him about Perry then, and Dian the Beautiful, and how my duty was to them first. Afterward I should return and visit him—if I could ever find his island.
265. Professor Maxon’s party was speeding up the river
Professor Maxon was too ill to accompany the expedition, and von Horn set out alone with his Dyak allies.
266. THE BULL WHIP
Von Horn did not relish the insinuation in the accent which the girl put upon the last word.
267. A hitch in time, by James MacCreigh - Table of Links
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268. "Why, This Is Treason!"
There was a gasp. The audience sat frozen. On the stage, with no one lifting a hand to stop her, the crimson murderess made a leap and vanished.
269. Astounding Stories of Super-Science March 1931: Beyond the Vanishing Point - Chapter XI
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270. TOWARD THE ETERNAL FIRES
At one hundred miles the temperature had DROPPED TO 152 1/2 DEGREES! When I announced it Perry reached over and hugged me.
271. The Time Machine: XII. In the Darkness
I began to think of this house of mine, of this fireside, of some of you, and with such thoughts came a longing that was pain.
272. THE SAD STORY OF A DRAMATIC CRITIC
Engaged to a very nice girl, named Delia. Fairly new, she was—cigarettes—liked me because I was human and original.
273. THE CAVERNS OF VENUS
I had not spoken very loudly, but the words seemed to reverberate in my mouth, as if to testify to the correctness of my explanation.
274. THE CAPITAL
The camp described probably occupies the site of present-day Pasadena.
275. IN THE AVU OBSERVATORY
The reader is probably familiar with the structure of an ordinary astronomical observatory.
276. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter XII
The blacks shouted to Apeman but of course Bentley could not understand what they said.
277. The Beetle Horde - Chapter II: Beetles and Humans
How long he had remained unconscious, Tommy had no means of determining.
278. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter VII
279. Chip4Job
Gripped by anxiety, Jackson settled into his seat. He did not want to fasten the seat belt yet. He thought he might want to go pee again. One never knew when the stewards would tell everyone that the restrooms were closed for take-off preparations. The rules inside these metal beasts seemed so arbitrary. Whether on the tarmac or not, once one was in the fuselage, one’s rights and choices seemed to evaporate.
280. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XI. THE HUNTING OF THE MAN
The memory of his work on the transfusion of blood recurred to me.
281. THE WORK OF FIFTEEN DAYS
I felt as a rabbit might feel returning to his burrow and suddenly confronted by the work of a dozen busy navvies digging the foundations of a house.
282. Into Space
MANY of my readers will remember the mysterious radio messages which were heard by both amateur and professional short wave operators during the night
283. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter X
This analogy occurs to me: There are two ants of human intelligence to whom we are trying to explain the nature of Space.
284. The warlord of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Table of Links
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285. THE EVENING SKY AT THE VERNAL EQUINOX
“Lo, the Virgin!...
Her favor be upon us!”
286. THE PALACE OF MU TEL
“This is Vad Varo, who claims to be from the planet Jasoom,” replied Gor Hajus; “and this, Vad Varo, is Mu Tel, Prince of the House of Kan.”
287. THE PHANTOM BOWMEN
“Follow me—he cannot harm her, except to kill; and that he can do whether you remain or not. We had best go now—trust me.”
288. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter VII
He had found the entrance an opening no longer: it was sealed with a giant web of ropy strands—a network, welded together to a glutinous mesh.
289. THE ANTHROPOID APES
The jungle was already quite close, but, on the other hand, the man was gaining upon her.
290. Flight Into the Unknown
It shattered his visor and icy space rushed in. There was light and his captain was looking at him. Captain DiCredico was shaking him.
291. THE SOUND OF A TUMULT
“Yes—yes,” said Graham, suddenly testy. “But I want—Is it—it is—some years? Many years? There was something—I forget what. I feel—confused. But you—” He sobbed.
292. Astounding Stories of Super-Science March 1931: Beyond the Vanishing Point - Chapter IX
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293. The War of the Worlds: Chapter IX. THE FIGHTING BEGINS
“It’s a pity they make themselves so unapproachable,” he said. “It would be curious to know how they live on another planet; we might learn a thing or two.”
294. NU GOES TO FIND NAT-UL
Nu, weak and sick, was indifferent to his fate.
295. NOT YET—
One was that Astra already harbored an Earth colony—descended from refugees from the world of the previous century.
296. The Last 3 Days (09): Hope Smells Like Bacon
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
297. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XIX. MONTGOMERY’S “BANK HOLIDAY”
This disaster was the sudden collapse of the habits that had become part of his nature in the ten or more monotonous years he had spent on the island.
298. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter IX
If Manape were to attempt first aid for Apeman, how would such a sight react upon Ellen Estabrook?
299. The Last 3 Days (04): The First Fallout
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
300. The Beetle Horde - Chapter IV: Bram's Story
A sneering chuckle broke from Bram's lips. "Yes, it's me, James Dodd," he answered. "I'm a little surprised to see you here, Dodd, but I'm mighty glad."
301. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XIII. HOW I FELL IN WITH THE CURATE
“I was walking through the roads to clear my brain,” he said. “And suddenly—fire, earthquake, death!”
302. The Hideous Monsters Leaped into the Cockpits and Began their Abominable Meal
Bullets, shrapnel, shell—nothing can stop the trillions of famished, man-sized beetles which, led by a madman, sweep down over the human race.
303. Earth, the Marauder
Despite the fact that for centuries the Secret of Life had been the possession of children of men, the Earth was dying.
304. Read Brigands of the Moon Online for Free
I introduce myself, begging grace that I intrude upon your busy minutes, with my only excuse that perhaps I may amuse you.
305. They withdrew to a spot hacked from the edge of the jungle
The Chief Ranger scowled. "That is what Nymani has gone to find out."
306. LAYTHE
“They have seen us from above,” I said to Moh-goh, “why don’t you hail them?”
307. THE FLAG
The first twenty years of my life were uneventful.
308. THE COMING OF THE AEROPLANES
Although he could not look at it, he was suddenly aware that the earth was very near.
309. Chapter X: Phalanxes of Atlans
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310. The Last 3 Days (10): Some Days, Nothing Goes as Planned
An immature decision strands a youth far from home as the world is about to end.
311. FOUR DEAD MAHARS
Of a sudden it turned into an apartment on the right of the corridor, and an instant later as I rushed in I found myself facing two of the Mahars.
312. DEATH OF A SHIP
One of the beetles might have suspected that there were Terran fugitives and ordered a routine patrol.
313. REWARDS
It did not take me long to start upon that unknown way, nor did I go with caution, although I knew that there might be grave dangers before me.
314. ISSUS, GODDESS OF LIFE ETERNAL
Even my eyes, for long years accustomed to the barbaric splendours of a Martian Jeddak’s court, were amazed at the glory of the scene.
315. The Time Traveller Returns
“It seems a pity to let the dinner spoil,” said the Editor of a well-known daily paper; and thereupon the Doctor rang the bell.
316. IN THE SILENT ROOMS
“Thi Man huwdbi Kin” forced itself on him as “The Man who would be King.”
317. The Challenging Quest for Authentic Experiences
A short story about multisensory technologies, artificial intelligence, and the challenging quest for authentic experiences.
318. FRINGING OR SHORE-REEFS
The outer edge of the reef on the western or leeward side of the island is tolerably well defined, and is a little higher than any other part.
319. THE MESSAGE FROM MARS
The peoples of all nations had celebrated—victors and vanquished alike—for they were tired of war.
320. We stood there, grouped about the body of the dead Grabritin
My rising anger swept away my temporary helplessness. I smiled, and told Taylor not to look so glum.
321. THE EFFECTS OF NON-NITROGENOUS AND NITROGENOUS ORGANIC FLUIDS ON THE LEAVES
Only one leaf on the same plant was tried, and the plants were collected from two distant localities.
322. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter IX
Mary Atwood and I lay on the metal grid floor of the largest Time-cage.
323. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XI
There was a device upon the table. I have already described a similar one, the Time-telespectroscope.
324. THE STOLEN BACILLUS
"Those have been stained and killed," said the Bacteriologist. "I wish, for my own part, we could kill and stain every one of them in the universe."
325. WRECKAGE
I remember, clearly and coldly and vividly, all that I did that day until the time that I stood weeping and praising God upon the summit of Primrose Hill.
326. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930 - Table of Links
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327. NU AND THE LION
The girl had turned quite close to him now, and was retracing her steps toward the bushes twenty yards away.
328. THE HELLHOUNDS
“Thank you,” she said, “and God bless you! Only a very brave and powerful man could have done what you have done.”
329. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter X
What was Barter doing now? Would he not be striving to watch the course of his experiment?
330. Text Book of Biology, Part 1: Vertebrata by H. G. Wells - Table of Links
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331. THE DISCOVERY OF THE FOOD
That either dream is to be regarded as in any way significant or prophetic beyond what I have categorically said, I do not for one moment suggest.
332. The People of the Hives
The surface of the Earth was one vast building, like a hive, and to each human being was allotted by law a certain abiding place.
333. The Island of Doctor Moreau: III. THE STRANGE FACE
“Confound you!” said Montgomery. “Why the devil don’t you get out of the way?”
334. World in Doubt?
"Yes, you alone. Then my wand would be drained for a space. But what can you do within their hold, save be meat for their taking?"
335. THE JEDDAK OF LOTHAR
The language that he used was intelligible to the two below, yet there was a marked difference between it and their Barsoomian tongue.
336. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XVII. THE “THUNDER CHILD”
When his eyes were clear again he saw the monster had passed and was rushing landward.
337. CAPTURED BY ARABS
The hound whined up into his face; but when Curtiss approached he rose, bristling, and standing across the body of Nu growled ominously at him.
338. Chapter V. THE STILLNESS
I could see in any direction save behind me, to the north, and neither Martians nor sign of Martians were to be seen.
339. The Time Machine: IX. The Morlocks
Probably my shrinking was largely due to the sympathetic influence of the Eloi, whose disgust of the Morlocks I now began to appreciate.
340. AUSTRALIA; NEW ZEALAND; CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
My opportunities of observation consisted of a ride of ninety geographical miles to Bathurst, in a W.N.W. direction from Sydney.
341. The Lord of The Dynamos
“Was the Lord Dynamo still hungry? His servant was ready.”
342. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXI
His labored voice came up. "George? Thank God! Get us—out of here. Almost—gone, George!"
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344. THE TIDE OF BATTLE
The addressed hastened to a small door at the far end of the chamber and, swinging it wide, cried: “Way for Dejah Thoris, future Queen of Okar!”
345. Talk of heat—or better not—on Xecho
Talk of heat—or better not—on Xecho.
346. The Time Machine: VIII. Explanation
I was at first inclined to associate it with the sanitary apparatus of these people. It was an obvious conclusion, but it was absolutely wrong.
347. The Time Machine: XIV. The Further Vision
The sky was absolutely black.
348. My Role to Play
I was trembling. Everything depended upon me now. I must get up into the tower. And, above everything, haste was necessary.
349. THE BUTCHER
“Do not kill us,” he said, “and we will join with you. Many of the Kash Guard at the barracks will join, too.”
350. There Was No Struggle, No Attempt at Flight or Resistance
They could see one another, but it was impossible for them to make their voices heard above the rasping of the beetles' legs.
351. Wings of To-morrow
That airplane of the slanted wings, the bulbous, almost bulletlike fuselage, what of it?
352. AEPYORNIS ISLAND
"I believe you," said the man with the scar. "It was a monster. Sindbad's roc was just a legend of 'em. But when did they find these bones?"
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354. THE UNDER-SIDE
“She might have done better with herself than that,” said Asano.
355. One Tumultuous Night
I returned to my own world. And Derek stayed in his. Each to his own; one may rail at this allotted portion—but he does not lightly give it up.
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357. Delcarte and Taylor were now in mid-stream
Who they were or where they came from was a mystery to me.
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359. WE DESCENDED THE BROAD STAIRCASE
The proposition was a corker. It quite took my breath away; but I found that it left me all the more determined to attempt it.
360. THROUGH FLOOD AND FLAME
For a moment I did not fully grasp the terrible import of the slowly rising water.
361. The Free Rovers
"If the Foanna are so powerful," Ross had demanded, "why do you go with us against them?" To depend so heavily on the native made him uneasy.
362. PLANETFALL
"Should never have put in for training—" Wonstead's whine went up the scale.
363. Chapter IV: The Fight With the Robot
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364. The Sun, With the Leaping Corona, Burst Through the Blackness Behind Us
The firmament––black interstellar space with its blazing white, red and yellow stars––lay spread around us.
365. THROUGH A WINDOW
“What the devil!” said Bailey. “Looks as if someone was shooting at him.”
366. The Time Machine: VI. The Sunset of Mankind
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367. Safely returned to Fort Dinosaur
Soon the keeper of the place returned with a wooden bowl filled with food.
368. The Island of Doctor Moreau: I. IN THE DINGEY OF THE “LADY VAIN.”
I do not propose to add anything to what has already been written concerning the loss of the Lady Vain.
369. THE HOUND
In the coolness of the eastern mountains Shann would not have believed that Warlock could hold such heat.
370. FROM THE CROW’S NEST
He turned his eyes to the scene immediately before him again, trying to conceive the big factories of that intricate maze....
371. A NEW FACE
“Big blute, he catchem Linee. Tly kill Sing. Head hit tlee. No see any more. Wakee up—all glone,” moaned the Chinaman as he tried to gain his feet.
372. SCENES ON THE PLANETS
Nobody who has not seen the moon with a telescope—it need not be a large one—can form a correct and definite idea of what the moon is like.
373. Brigands of the Moon - Chapter 2 (Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930)
I STOOD on the turret-balcony of the Planetara with Captain Carter and Dr. Frank, the ship surgeon, watching the arriving passengers.
374. The War of the Worlds: Chapter 1. THE EVE OF THE WAR
“The chances against anything manlike on Mars are a million to one,” he said.
375. Chapter VI: The Atom-Smasher
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376. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter II
A pulsing pain that stabbed through his head was Chet's first conscious impression.
377. Always Bet Musk's Oxen!
Fresh off the Virgin Martian Express, Jackson had a layover at the Blue Origin moon base. He was trying to get to the Starbase Autonomous Zone
378. MY MOTHER’S LAST DAYS
“Your poor dear mother! So good and honest a woman! So simple and kind and forgiving! To think of it! My dear young man!”—he said it manfully—“I’m ashamed.”
379. FERNANDO NORONHA; TERCEIRA; TAHITI, ETC.
During our short visit at this and the four following islands, I observed very little worthy of description.
380. BELTANE AND NEW YEAR’S EVE
Then abruptly we desisted and stood apart—looking at one another.
381. The War of the Worlds: Chapter II. WHAT WE SAW FROM THE RUINED HOUSE
I could hear a number of noises almost like those in an engine shed; and the place rocked with that beating thud.
382. THE REMARKABLE CASE OF DAVIDSON'S EYES.
Davidson felt about, and puzzled over it, and answered presently that he could feel it all right, but he couldn't see it.
383. DUCKS—GOOSE—PEACOCK—TURKEY—GUINEA-FOWL—CANARY-BIRD—GOLD-FISH—HIVE-BEES—SILK-MOTHS
Both in North America and Europe the wild duck has been found easy to tame and breed.
384. THE HAMMERPOND PARK BURGLARY
“No, never had a head for figures,” said Mr Watkins, “my miss—Mrs Smith, I mean, does all that.”
385. THE PURPLE PILEUS
A small shopman is in such a melancholy position, if his wife turns out a disloyal partner.
386. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter XI
Slowly she began to move. Moans escaped her lips, little pathetic moans, and the name of Lee Bentley.
387. Tale of Bradley after he left Fort Dinosaur
"Good work, Tippet," he said. "Mightily obliged to you—awful waste of ammunition, really."
388. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XIV. IN LONDON
“There’s fighting going on about Weybridge” was the extent of their information.
389. UTGARD
The Survey officer dressed. "We have our boat," he commented. "Now for Utgard——"
390. THE GREAT CAVE-BEAR
Nu shook his head and stamped his foot—it was all a ridiculous dream.
391. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, December 1930: The Pirate Planet - Chapter IX
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392. The Time Machine: X. When Night Came
Now I felt like a beast in a trap, whose enemy would come upon him soon.
393. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XX. ALONE WITH THE BEAST FOLK
“None escape,” said I. “Therefore hear and do as I command.” They stood up, looking questioningly at one another.
394. The Last 3 Days (02): Love Blooms in Shop Class
An immature decision stands a youth far from home as the world ends
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397. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: VOL. VI, NO. 3 - The Earthman's Burden
There is a foul play on Mercury--Until Denny Olear of the Interplanetary Flying Police gets after his man.
398. For The Good Of Humanity
How will artificial intelligence properly serve humans and the planet?
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My mind was occupied by anxiety for my wife.
400. The Stimulation of Nationalism
The stimulation of nationalism which has taken place in modern times is, however, due very largely to another factor, namely the increase of organization.
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402. Fantastic and Sinister are the Lowlands into which Philip Grant Descends
HAVE you ever stood on the seashore, with the breakers rolling at your feet, and imagined what the scene would be like if the ocean water were gone?
403. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter I
High in jungle treetops swings young Bentley—his human brain imprisoned in a mighty ape.
404. THE CAVE MAN FINDS HIS MATE
But the wind was blowing from the opposite direction, so there was no chance that Nu could scent them.
405. All Cats Are Gray
Under normal conditions a whole person has a decided advantage over a handicapped one.
406. The War of the Worlds: Chapter X. IN THE STORM
My wife was curiously silent throughout the drive, and seemed oppressed with forebodings of evil.
407. The Beetle Horde - Chapter III: Ten Miles Underground
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408. Astounding Stories of Super-Science April 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter III
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409. Into the Unknown
The laboratory was a small room of board walls, board ceiling and floor. Windowless, with a single door opening into the cellar of the apartment house.
410. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XIII
"Master, I have done well. There is no reason to punish."
411. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter I
Once more Chet, Walt and Diane are united in a wild ride to the Dark Moon—but this time they go as prisoners of their deadly enemy Schwartzmann.
412. ESPIONAGE
"The pickers move fast," Sssuri indicated the sand dwellers. "Perhaps yesterday, perhaps the day before—but no longer than that."
413. “I AM COMING!”
“It is the Ithaca,” he said, “and her Dyak crew are having a devil of a time managing her—she acts as though she were rudderless.”
414. The Reader's Corner
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415. A GREEN MAN’S CAPTIVE
“The Prince of Helium is no fool,” he said.
416. ARENA
One of the civilians twitched at the officer's sleeve, apparently demanding a translation, but the other shook him off impatiently.
417. The Man Who Was Dead
IT was a wicked night, the night I met the man who had died.
418. In an Inner Room They Found a Diabolical Machine
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419. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter IV
How often are the great things of life submerged beneath the trivial.
420. OSTROG
“Yes,” he cried. “It is you. And you are not dead!”
421. SING SPEAKS
“Because I love you, Virginia,” he replied. “And because, when you know what I am, you will hate and loathe me.”
422. THE FIGHT
"We cannot go in search of a new home," he said, "leaving two of our children behind."
423. Intellectual life ignorance of the stars
As to the effects of a departure from the hours and dates for which the charts are drawn, they, too, can readily be allowed for.
424. Return to the Battle
"This venture is mine also," she spoke with conviction. "As it is Tino-rau's and Taua's. Is that not so, Daughters of the Alii of this world?"
425. A CHANGE OF MASTERS
In some instances these ends were finished with the strong talons of the beast from which the hides had been taken.
426. THE BATTLE OF THE DARKNESS
Abruptly the flare was extinguished and the ways were an inky darkness once more, a tumultuous mystery.
427. The Torture
He had in his hand too large a projector. Its ray would kill me. If he wanted to take me alive, he would not fire. I chanced it.
428. THE AUROCHS
"First we must seek food and weapons," he said, "and then return to the land that holds my country. Come."
429. CRITICAL INTRODUCTION
Every geologist knows how full of interest and suggestiveness is this book of Darwin’s on volcanic islands.
430. Storm Menace
Ross crawled across his rock on his hands and knees, wavered along the cliff wall until he was again faced with angry water.
431. OUT OF THE DIRECT PATH OF THE ANIMAL
The speed of the fellow seemed to preclude the possibility of escaping him upon the open beach.
432. A Person Under Yagué Will Seem to Slumber and yet Will Obey Any Order
Bell saw what he was looking for, out in the throng of traffic that filled the Avenida do Acre, in Rio.
433. Murder Madness: Chapter V 'The Trade Which Does Not Exist has Its Obligations'
The Trade—which does not exist—has its obligations and its code, but also it has its redeeming features.
434. "We do not play as children here."
"It would seem"—the quiet man turned to the one behind the table—"that this is indeed one Rossa, a Beaker trader."
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436. FIRST QUARTER TO FULL MOON
“Everything in its turn,” I replied. “We shall come to the indications that I have spoken of after we resume the inspection of the photographs.”
437. A SUMMARY OF THE HEIGHTS AND WEIGHTS OF THE CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS
The details which have been given under the head of each species are so numerous and so intricate, that it is necessary to tabulate the results.
438. DANGER
He shrugged and there was a cold smile upon his handsome lips. “Very well,” he said, “fetch Xaxa. When do you start?”
439. TUR'S DECEPTION
Silently the man crumpled beneath the weight upon him.
440. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XVI
"But I won't let you go," Larry finished. The palace was somnolent; the officials were asleep: none had heard of the murder.
441. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter III
Walter Harkness had built this ship with Chet's help. They had designed it for space-travel.
442. PREFERMENT
“She had nothing to recommend her to a sane person—not even beauty. You know, you saw her.”
443. "That bird of Lurgha's—"
"McNeil—chap with brown hair, brown eyes, a right eyebrow which quirks up toward his hairline when he smiles?"
444. LOST IN THE CRYSTAL MOUNTAINS
"We've got to get out of this mighty quick," shouted Edward. "Hustle now and repair ship."
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446. A CATASTROPHE
An irritable old gentleman, very hot and red about the face, and in a heavy fur-lined cloak, came in noisily. Mrs. Winslow vanished.
447. DRAGON SLAYER
Those eyes—red-pitted eyes in a gargoyle head following his every movement—perhaps those were the only vulnerable points.
448. THE EFFECTS OF CROSS-FERTILISATION AND SELF-FERTILISATION ON THE PRODUCTION OF SEEDS
The present chapter is devoted to the Fertility of plants, as influenced by cross-fertilisation and self-fertilisation.
449. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XIII. A PARLEY
“They were men, men like yourselves, whom you have infected with some bestial taint,—men whom you have enslaved, and whom you still fear.
450. BURIED TREASURE
When the truth dawned upon him that he was being killed the instinct of self-preservation was born in him.
451. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter III
The Arctic Ocean was beneath. The tiny light had passed clear of the land on the moving chart.
452. The Foanna
"This is my friend." There was a tone of correction in Ashe's reply. "Ross, this is the Guardian of the sea gate."
453. The Beetle Horde - Chapter VI: Escape!
I heard what he said. You shall not die. We shall go away to your place, where there are no beetles to eat us
454. Black Emptiness for Twenty Million Times a Million Miles
The Star was a 'strange wanderer' that appeared early in the 20th century.
455. PIGEONS—continued.
The wild rock-pigeon of India (C. intermedia of Strickland) has been more generally accepted as a distinct species.
456. BANDED DEVIL
Sssuri reassured him. "There is no lair, only the smell because they have come this way for many years."
457. Lotus World
A rose world bathed in soft sunlight, knowing only gentle winds, peace, and—sloth.
458. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter IX
The memory that had registered only in some corner of a mind deeper than the conscious, came to the surface.
459. A HERO IN KAOL
“You are a mighty warrior, Dotar Sojat,” he replied, “and when this day is done I shall speak with you again in the great audience chamber.”
460. ON THE STRUCTURE AND MOVEMENTS OF SOME OTHER SPECIES OF DROSERA
If an insect is placed on the central glands, or has been naturally caught there, the apex of the leaf curls inwards.
461. THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD
As he stared down upon me through enormous, many lensed spectacles I found the opportunity to examine him as minutely in return.
462. Failure in a Modern Utopia
Our world is still vindictive, but the all-reaching State of Utopia will have the strength that begets mercy.
463. The Object Shot Forth Another Tentacle
The object shot forth another tentacle.
464. CIVILIZATION
If it was being flown by some human—or nonhuman—flyer, he was a master pilot.
465. A DEAL IN OSTRICHES
He looked at me over his spectacles. “I’ve seen another that was refused at four.”
466. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter V
They were seated in the cabin of the man-made meteor that the brain of Harkness had conceived—two men and a girl.
467. The World Behind the Moon
Like pitiless jaws, a distant crater opened for their ship.
468. CORRIDORS OF PERIL
“Had they not better throw these bodies to the plant men and then return to their quarters, O Mighty One?” asked Thuvia of me.
469. THE SEA RAIDERS
In no department of zoological science, indeed, are we quite so much in the dark as with regard to the deep-sea cephalopods.
470. The Time Machine: V. In the Golden Age
All were clad in the same soft, and yet strong, silky material.
471. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XV. WHAT HAD HAPPENED IN SURREY
Survivors there were none.
472. The Coprolite Incident: A Message From the Stars
It was never really quiet on the ship. There was always some noise, some vibration to be felt even with the ship's precision mechanisms. Nonetheless Sensei had
473. BARRIER REEFS
The authorities from which these charts have been reduced, together with some remarks on them and descriptive of the Plates, are given separately.
474. Loketh the Useless
"His lameness—it could be a bridge," she observed, to Ross's mystification.
475. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XII. THE SAYERS OF THE LAW
It was a thick voice, with something in it—a kind of whistling overtone—that struck me as peculiar; but the English accent was strangely good.
476. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter I
Mysterious, dark, out of the unknown deep comes a new satellite to lure three courageous Earthlings on to strange adventures.
477. THROUGH THE CARRION CAVES
What became of them none knew—only that they passed forever out of the sight of man into that grim and mysterious country of the pole.
478. April arrived and with it the clans
As we rode that first night Rain Cloud rode often at my side and, as usual, he was gazing at the stars.
479. The Planet of Dread
There was no use hiding from the truth. Somebody had blundered—a fatal blunder—and they were going to pay for it!
480. "Not to be too hopeful—"
"All right, so they set up a farming village. Oh, I see what you mean—there isn't any village around here. Yet they are here, maybe underground."
481. Am I in Time, Hope?
I stood listening to their vehement, half-whispered words. For a moment or two, absorbed, they ignored me.
482. The masters of practical electrical science
Around Mars, in particular, a lively war of opinions rages.
483. The Opening of the Great Door
"A time gate!" He was eager to accept such an explanation. Time gates he could understand, but that the Foanna used one....
484. AIRLIFT
The party spent the night there, the four spacemen wrapped in their sleeping rolls by the flitter, the aliens in their globe ship.
485. A HITCH IN TIME
When I blasted off from the island, a little later, he was dead, and I was wearing his uniform—and his name.
486. PROLOGUE
Clearly he was unaware of my presence, and I stood waiting until his pen should come to a pause.
487. THE CONQUEST
A description of one alone will suffice to explain the utter hopelessness of the cause of the Earth Men.
488. SURPRISE ATTACK
"—down to the lower levels—" the thought came slowly, forced out by a weakening will. "Lower—levels—roads to the sea—"
489. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): PROPERTY LIST
Throughout: Dark grey carpet ground cloth.
490. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XVII
None of the Robots would admit having seen Migul; nor the arrival of the cage; nor the strangers from the past.
491. THE CHILDREN OF THE SUN
"Suppose it should turn out that there is nothing but an ocean on this side of the planet," I suggested.
492. Darkness closed in while they waited for Nymani's return
Darkness closed in while they waited for Nymani's return.
493. A Modern Utopia: The Bubble Bursts
“I've been in the gardens on the river terrace,” he answers, “hoping I might see her again.”
494. My Utopian Self
My Utopian self is, of course, my better self—according to my best endeavours—and I must confess myself fully alive to the difficulties of the situation.
495. Ross swayed against a guard
"Attack." That was Ashe. "But why, and by whom—don't ask me! You are a prisoner, I suppose, Murdock?"
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497. SEA GATE
"We could not change them while under water anyway," he explained. "So it will do little good to take extra supplies with us."
498. The Time Machine: IV. Time Travelling
Noticing that, I noticed for the first time how warm the air was.
499. LANGUAGE WITHOUT SPEECH
Edmund, whose perspicacity never deserted him, immediately penetrated their thoughts.
500. THE REVERSION OF THE BEAST FOLK
“What the Master wishes to kill, the Master kills,” said the Dog-man with a certain satisfaction in his voice.
501. The Time Machine: VII. A Sudden Shock
The bright little figures ceased to move about below, a noiseless owl flitted by, and I shivered with the chill of the night.
502. THE ROOF SPACES
“We want to speak to you, Sire,” said the intruder. “We want—I can’t hold the thing. We have been trying to find a way to you—these three days.”
503. The Island of Doctor Moreau: VII. THE LOCKED DOOR
“I’m itching to get to work again—with this new stuff,” said the white-haired man, nodding towards the enclosure. His eyes grew brighter.
504. THE GREAT TUR
Presently I heard a noise upon the ladder beneath me and a moment later someone climbed upon the circular landing.
505. On their return to camp after her rescue
“Where could that horrid creature have come from that set upon me in the jungle and nearly killed poor Sing?” she asked.
506. THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID
"I have a fancy," he said over his coffee, "that something is going to happen to me to-day." He spoke—as he moved and thought—slowly.
507. Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930: VOLUME I, NO. 3 - Cold Light
I have one of the weirdest cases on my hands that I have ever been mixed up in...
508. The War of the Worlds: Chapter V. THE HEAT-RAY
“What ugly brutes!” he said. “Good God! What ugly brutes!” He repeated this over and over again.
509. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XII. WHAT I SAW OF THE DESTRUCTION OF WEYBRIDGE AND SHEPPERT
Farther on towards Weybridge, just over the bridge, there were a number of men in white fatigue jackets throwing up a long rampart, and more guns behind.
510. THE FLYING MAN
“‘Right about face,’ I said. ‘Not too close together.’
511. "... that's my half of it. The rest of it you know."
"Reminds me of something I saw once—animals running before a forest fire. They can't all be looking for new hunting territory," McNeil returned.
512. The Stolen Bacillus and Other Incidents - THE FLOWERING OF THE STRANGE ORCHID
“I have a fancy,” he said over his coffee, “that something is going to happen to me to-day.” He spoke—as he moved and thought—slowly.
513. THE JILTING OF JANE
"Not out with him, m'm—after him. I walked along by the side of them, and told her he was engaged to me."
514. Good God! Was I going mad? Surely this was some awful nightmare!
Involuntarily I halted at the entrance to my snug bachelor quarters as the flood of light my turning of the switch produced revealed a huddled figure.
515. TRACHYTE AND BASALT.—DISTRIBUTION OF VOLCANIC ISLES
From the high degree of fluidity of most basaltic lavas, these perhaps, alone, would in many cases reach the surface.
516. BOUND TO THE STAKE
About the camp of the Boat Builders, as Nu approached, he discovered the usual cordon of night prowlers that he had naturally expected.
517. THROG JUSTICE
"Warlock calling—trouble—sickness here—com officer dead."
518. Ready Player Two: The Upcoming Escape to Virtual Realities
Should we build fully immersive virtual brain interfaces like those depicted in Ready Player Two?
519. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XXII
The giant mechanism, fashioned in the guise of a man, lay dying.
520. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Readers' Corner
The Authors Explains
521. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XVI. HOW THE BEAST FOLK TASTE BLOOD
My inexperience as a writer betrays me, and I wander from the thread of my story.
522. TREASURE HUNT
Hobart was not to be hurried. "We'll think it over," he decided. "This needs a little time for consideration."
523. SATURN, A PRODIGY AMONG PLANETS
Saturn is the second of the major, or Jovian, group of planets, and is situated at a mean distance from the sun of 886,000,000 miles.
524. The Moth
You may know, at least, of the great feud between Hapley and Professor Pawkins, though certain of it's consequences may be new to you
525. The Exile of Time: Mysterious Girl
The extraordinary incidents began about 1 A.M. in the night of June 8-9, 1935.
526. TREACHERY
Voiceless, the soldier sank in his tracks—stone dead.
527. Ross, absorbed in the scene before him, was not prepared for the sudden and complete darkness
Feng smiled at Ross. "Always these three try to beat each other, and so far all the contests are draws. But we hope ... yes, we have hopes...."
528. "You are truly a man of power!"
"You are truly a man of power!"
529. GRON'S REVENGE
"Tur will enjoy the death agonies of the mate of the woman he is going to take in your stead, Gron," taunted her friend.
530. THE ARREST OF JULIAN 8TH
I love all horses and always have; but I think I never loved any animal as I did Red Lightning, as we named him.
531. The Time Machine: XI. The Palace of Green Porcelain
I thought then—though I never followed up the thought—of what might have happened, or might be happening, to the living things in the sea.
532. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - If The Sun Died
533. JOHN CARTER
“Speak as though Xaxa still sat upon the throne of Phundahl,” Dar Tarus told him, “for though I am Dar Tarus, whom you wronged, and not Sag Or, yet need you hav
534. ST. JAGO, IN THE CAPE DE VERDE ARCHIPELAGO
A common variety is almost entirely composed of crystals of augite with olivine.
535. A MOTH—GENUS NOVO
Probably you have heard of Hapley—not W.T. Hapley, the son, but the celebrated Hapley, the Hapley of Periplaneta Hapliia, Hapley the entomologist.
536. THE VEIL OF ILLUSION
A cavern with a green veil—his memory awoke.
537. THE HEART OF THE MOON
“We are falling toward the Moon, sir,” he said, “and she does not respond to her control.”
538. Dane regarded his throbbing feet morosely
Certainly Asaki did not mean that they were to track outlaws into swamps the Khatkan had already labeled unexplored death traps!
539. THE CHAMBER OF MYSTERY
From then on for the better part of an hour one hideous creature after another was launched upon us, springing apparently from the empty air about us.
540. I had left Alvarez in command
Taylor and Delcarte seized the spirit of my mood but Snider, I think, was a trifle sceptical.
541. The War of the Worlds: Chapter XI. AT THE WINDOW
“What hasn’t?” In the obscurity I could see he made a gesture of despair. “They wiped us out—simply wiped us out,” he repeated again and again.
542. UNDER THE KNIFE
The operation had not killed me. And I perceived, suddenly, that the dull melancholy of half a year was lifted from my mind.
543. THE SECRET TOWER
The men stopped their game and looked up at me, but there was no sign of suspicion. Similarly they looked at Woola, growling at my heel.
544. KO-TAH THREATENS THE PRINCESS
The ceremony of our entrance to the imperial terrace was most gorgeous and impressive.
545. Chapter XVIII: The Pirate Planet
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546. Weapon from the Depths
"If you know so much about them, tell us what weapons we may use to pull them down!" That demand came from Vistur.
547. PROMINENT PEOPLE
“The King doesn’t belong. They had to expel him. It’s the Stuart blood, I suppose; but really—”
548. WITH THE YELLOW MEN
Once within the gates, we had no difficulty in eluding our friends of the morning, and presently found ourselves in a Martian hostelry.
549. OFF FOR THE SUN LANDS
"A mighty good shot happened," said Jack. "The best I ever saw."
550. In Memoriam: the Fallen Defenders of G'oldurree
When We Are Gone, Will There Be Anyone to Mourn Our Passing?
551. The Murder Machine
"When I am finished, Dale, I shall probably kill you."
552. BACK TO EARTH
In an instant I was white with jealousy, but only for an instant; since Dian quickly drew the man toward me, telling him that I was David, her mate.
553. ONE ALONE
"Yet this island supplies us with a starting point."
554. The Cave of Horror
"Suddenly, for no apparent reason at all, one of the men on guard was jerked into the air feet upwards."
555. He Began to Twist and Turn, as Though Torn by Some Invisible Force
From twenty miles away stabbed the "atom-filtering" rays to Allen Baker in his cell in the death house.
556. DEAD LONDON
“Ulla, ulla, ulla, ulla,” wailed that superhuman note—great waves of sound sweeping down the broad, sunlit roadway,between the tall buildings on each side.
557. Vanishing Ships
PRESTER KLEIG, ordered to Madagascar from the Secret Room, had been merely an operative.
558. OSTROG’S POINT OF VIEW
“Yet,” said Graham, “there is something resists, something you are holding down—something that stirs and presses.”
559. The Highest Grossing Movie of All Time Is Set to Release a Sequel
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560. HOW TO FIND THE PLANETS
There is no reason why everybody should not know the principal planets at sight nearly as well as everybody knows the moon.
561. THE MONOPLANE
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562. The Fifth-Dimension Catapult
The story of Tommy Reames' rescue of Professor Denham and his daughter marooned in the fifth dimension.
563. Baldies
Ross worked his way to a curtain of underbrush from which he had a free view of the beach and the aliens.
564. TO KILL!
An expression of pain crossed his features, and he shuddered—but not from fear.
565. Murdock lay on his back
"Ho—warrior!" Ross returned hoarsely, trying to lade that title with all the scorn he could summon.
566. Phantoms of Reality - Chapter IX Alexandre
My will is law beyond this king—beyond these palace soldiers—beyond any power you have ever known.
567. The Cipher Message
BENDA conducted me personally to a room very much like an ordinary hotel room.
568. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter XI
Unmoving, their ship seemed, through the long hours.
569. The Atom-Smasher
It was sublime and terrible, and on the result of that conflict.
570. The War of the Worlds: Chapter III. THE DAYS OF IMPRISONMENT
The fact is that we had absolutely incompatible dispositions and habits of thought and action, and our danger and isolation only accentuated the incompatibility
571. My name is Bethelda
“I know the valley from end to end,” she said. “Tell me where you would go and I will lead you there as well by night as by day.”
572. THE SEA
“I do not know that I can blame you,” he said; “but what matters it? Tomorrow we shall both be dead. Let us at least call a truce until then.”
573. THE DIAMOND MAKER
“Very warm,” said I; “but not too warm for us here.”
574. VICTORY AND DEFEAT
She was silent for a moment, then she drew my face to hers and kissed me.
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577. A FOREST BATTLE
Tars Tarkas was approaching me rapidly, and still more rapidly came the awful horde at his heels.
578. THE DESERT CLANS
We are desert people.
579. THE TRANCE
He stood looking thoughtfully at the waxen figure. “He will never awake,” he said at last. He sighed. “He will never awake again.”
580. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: VOL. VI, NO. 3 - The Man From 2071
Out of the flow of time there appears to Commander John Hanson a man of mystery from the forgotten past.
581. An Extra Man
"Harry turns into a thick smoke, and gets sucked into a big hole in the machine."
582. SHOOTING STAR
"This is not hunting ground." His message formed in Dalgard's mind. "That finned one had no fear of me."
583. THIRD PRISONER
"We mean you no ill, star voyager. You are far more than we first thought you, for you have dreamed false and have known. Now dream true, and know it also."
584. DESPERATE CHANCE
“Why does the big white man who leads the ourang outangs follow us?” he asked. “Is it the chest he desires, or you?”
585. The Beetle Horde
Jim Dodd, the young archaeologist of the party, could be seen apparently wrestling with something that looked like a suit of armor.
586. THE COMING OF THE FOOD
“It’s Hypertrophy—General Hypertrophy.”
587. SNAKE-DEVIL'S TRAIL
Sssuri's great eyes, somber and a little tired, met his. "To us there is only one kind of death to be greatly feared."
588. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XIV
There came a girl's scream, and muffled, frantic words.
589. The Country of the Blind
He started it again but ill, blindness overtook him, and he died of punishment in the mines; but the story he told begot a legend
590. NU THE SLEEPER AWAKES
Presently he becomes aware that the lesser apes are creeping warily closer to have a better look at him.
591. SAKU THE NIPON
Probably Rustic Canyon, which enters Santa Monica Canyon a short distance above the sea.
592. Read The Corpse on the Grating Online for Free
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593. I came to the summit without overtaking them
Now I had to go more carefully, for my trail and the trail of the enemy were converging and constantly the danger of apprehension increased.
594. JIMMY GOGGLES THE GOD
He leant over towards me. "I was in that job," he said. "Tried to make myself a rich man, and got made a god instead. I've got my feelings——
595. GRAHAM REMEMBERS
She looked at him with a face of hesitation. She spoke with an effort. “You forget,” she said, drawing a deep breath.
596. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Readers' Corner
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597. THE PLANETS
The planets do not twinkle as do the stars.
598. The preparations for Foscar's funeral
"I do not fear!" He threw that creed into Ennar's face in one hot boast. He would not fear!
599. A LUNAR STORM
“Our flesh is poison,” I said, “those who eat it die.”
600. THE KALKAR CITY
“I did the principal thing that I desired to do,” I replied, wishing to learn if Nah-ee-lah had escaped.
601. THE BEAST-FIRES
Once a cave-lion, emboldened by familiarity with the camp fires of primitive people, leaped through the encircling ring of flame.
602. "I HAVE COME TO SAVE YOU"
At last the villagers had retired, with the exception of the sentries that guarded the narrow bridges connecting the dwellings with the shore.
603. Lair of Mano-Nui
"Big skull, oversize for the body." PaKeeKee squatted on his heels by the head lying on the sand at the end of the now fully extended neck.
604. THE HALL OF THE ATLAS
“No, no,” cried Howard, still gripping his arm. “This way. You must go this way.” And the men in red following them seemed ready to enforce his orders.
605. Lightning played along the black ridges above them
Lightning played along the black ridges above them, and below was a sheer drop to a river which was only a silver thread.
606. REDWOOD’S TWO DAYS
The last word the officer heard was Redwood’s high-pitched, “But at least you might tell me if my Son—”
607. THE EVENING SKY AT THE AUTUMNAL EQUINOX
The gardens of the sky are not the same in autumn as in summer, either in their arrangement or in the peculiarities of their bloom.
608. THE SOUL OF NUMBER 13
Smaller and smaller grew the retreating prahu as, straight as an arrow, she sped toward the dim outline of verdure clad Borneo.
609. DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA, OR THE COMMON SUN-DEW
These latter cells are filled with limpid fluid, which after long immersion in alcohol deposits much brown matter.
610. The Stolen Mind
The structure, pivoting downward, plunged Quest to his waist in the osmotic solution.
611. The Door in the Wall
To him at least the Door in the Wall was a real door leading through a real wall to immortal realities.
612. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - The Readers' Corner
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613. CHAPTER 3
"Time is what you do not have, boy. Tomorrow they will tape you. Then—no over the wall for you."
614. CHAPTER 1
"You have a bad record, young man."
615. The Ray of Madness
Dr. Bird discovers a dastardly plot, amazing in its mechanical ingenuity, behind the apparently trivial eye trouble of the President.
616. MERCURY, A WORLD OF TWO FACES AND MANY CONTRASTS
Messrs. Huggins, Vogel, and others have believed that they found spectroscopic proof of the existence of both air and the vapor of water on Mercury.
617. THE EYES IN THE DARK
“Your stature, your manner, the terrible ferocity of your swordsmanship,”
618. THE EARTHQUAKE
She readily admitted the deadly terror which the former aroused within her; but of earthquakes she seldom if ever would speak.
619. FLIGHT AND PURSUIT
“Arise, O Prince,” she whispered. “There be that behind us which has the appearance of a great body of pursuers.”
620. A VISION OF JUDGMENT
The eyes of God surveyed us.
621. Once again Ross sat waiting for others to decide his future
"A wise guy doesn't spill his ignorance. He uses his eyes and ears and keeps his trap shut——"
622. RECAPITULATION OF THE CHIEF OBSERVATIONS ON DROSERA ROTUNDIFOLIA
Movement ensues if a gland is momentarily touched three or four times; but if touched only once or twice, though with considerable force and with a hard object,
623. The Destroyer
Slowly, insidiously, there stole over Allen Parker something uncanny. He could no longer control his hands—even his brain!
624. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XIV. DOCTOR MOREAU EXPLAINS
“It is the puma,” I said, “still alive, but so cut and mutilated as I pray I may never see living flesh again. Of all vile—”
625. Victory was nowhere in sight
My first concern was to take my weapons apart and dry them, which was rather difficult in the face of the fact that every rag about me was drenched.
626. THE SLY ONE
The Sagoths were gaining on me rapidly. There was one in particular, fleeter than his fellows, who was perilously close.
627. The work of the witty Frenchman
The author has taken pains to be accurate, but if any errors of fact or opinion have crept in, he alone must be blamed for them.
628. INTO THE MOUTH OF THE CRATER
“Certainly,” she replied. “Even now I cannot understand how you were able to overcome a tor-ho with that pitiful little stick of wood.”
629. IN THE HANDS OF THE VA-GAS
“Draw your revolver,” I said, “and follow me. If they interfere we shall have to shoot them. We must get out of this before the others arrive.”
630. The fugitives saw never a Wieroo by day
"Now approach!" A great plan—the only plan—had suddenly come to him like an inspiration.
631. The Dark Side of Antri
“Behold one of those who live in the darkness.”
632. THE OBLITERATED MAN
Heavens! How the human agony cried within me! I loved Delia. But nothing found expression—I was already too deeply crusted with my acquired self.
633. WHILE THE AEROPLANES WERE COMING
“To fight—yes. To fight in the air. I have thought before—. A big aeroplane is a clumsy thing. A resolute man—!”
634. The Sea Gate of the Foanna
"You had no trouble with that weapon of yours," Afrukta spoke up.
635. THE DEPTHS OF OMEAN
“Secure them,” he said, “but do not injure them.”
636. HANDS UP!
“Do as I tell you and you will be well off. Keep perfect silence. A raised voice may spell your doom; a pistol shot most assuredly.”
637. LOVE AFTER THE CHANGE
I went toward them, and all the perspectives of my reconstructed universe altered as I did so.
638. The Roaring Wave of Fear That Swept Through the Greatest City in the World
She turned without a word—they were both panting—and they went back to where the lady in white struggled to hold back the frightened pony.
639. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: VOL. VI, NO. 3 - The Readers' Corner
People read every day of "miracles" and scarcely give them a second thought, while a hundred years ago their perpetrators would have been destroyed as witches.
640. In the Shadow of the Room Stood a Great Shadowy Figure
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641. The Power and the Glory
Sadly, sternly, the old professor reveals to his brilliant pupil the greater path to glory.
642. BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
“They are as they are,” replied the professor. “I shall do for them what I can—when I am gone they must look to themselves. I can see no way out of it.”
643. The Theory Of Continuity
The theory of continuity very important and elegant mathematical subject, but not, strictly speaking, a part of philosophy.
644. THE PEOPLE MARCH
“You are the Master of the Earth. You are owner of the world.”
645. THE EVENING SKY AT THE SUMMER SOLSTICE
The head of Draco shows finely east of the meridian, and low down in the northeast is the “Laconian Key” of Cassiopeia. But that is for another evening.
646. Ross shuddered
A body like his own.... That jelly bath or bed or whatever it was.... The clothing which adapted so skillfully to his measurements....
647. The Island of Doctor Moreau: V. THE MAN WHO HAD NOWHERE TO GO
“You can’t have me!” said I, aghast. He had the squarest and most resolute face I ever set eyes upon.
648. A Burn on a Martian Arm
I DID not appear at that morning meal. I was exhausted and drugged with lack of sleep.
649. MANY EYES, MANY EARS
"Which would be centered on objects coming upstream, not down. But in this city there should be yet another way—"
650. From the Ocean’s Depths
Her head was a little to one side, in the attitude of one who listens intently.
651. NAT-UL IS HEART-BROKEN
She was very hungry and thirsty and sleepy.
652. THE EVENING SKY AT THE WINTER SOLSTICE
“Whoso kens not him in cloudless night
Gleaming aloft, shall cast his eyes in vain
To find a brighter sign in all the heaven.”
653. TO CLOSE RANKS
Shann slammed his hand hard against the ground, sent his body rolling, his stunner up and ready.
654. A HOUND IS LOOSED
Killers had come out of the sky, and they were burning—burning—All living things were fleeing before them.
655. A TRIP OF TERROR
"Aren't you a little surprised that this small room is not choking full of smoke? You know that the shutters are tightly closed."
656. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - When the Moon Turned Green
Outside his laboratory Bruce Dixon finds a world of living dead men--and above, in the sky, shines a weird green moon.
657. THE STRUGGLE IN THE COUNCIL HOUSE
Graham was the first to speak. His voice was loud and dictatorial. “What is this I hear?” he asked. “Are you bringing negroes here—to keep the people down?”
658. UNWELCOME GUIDE
"Because there is something out there, something which may make all the difference now. Warlock isn't an empty world."
659. Read Old Crompton's Secret Online for Free Full Text
Tom Forsythe, the only son of an old recluse, moved in to a secluded laboratory in the woods.
660. A Strange Metal Creature Comes to Earth on a Dreadful Mission
HE sat in a small half-darkened booth well over in the corner—the man with the strangely glowing blue-green eyes.
661. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: Brood of the Dark Moon - Chapter V
The ship that Chet Bullard and Harkness had designed had none of the instruments for space navigation that the ensuing years were to bring.
662. KO-TAH IS KILLED
“I have come to defend the life of the Jemadar and his Princess,” I cried, as I sprang between them and the advancing three.
663. ALDROVANDA VESICULOSA
The plants which I received during the early part of October from Kew never opened their leaves, though subjected to a high temperature.
664. Hook and Root-Climbers.—Concluding Remarks
From analogous reasons, it is probable that all tendril-bearers were primordially twiners, that is, are the descendants of plants having this power and habit.
665. The Toonolian crew set us down just inside the wall of the city of Phundahl
Our landing place had been the roof of a low building built within and against the city wall.
666. A Dream of Armageddon
“Your dreams don’t mix with your memories?” he asked abruptly. “You don’t find yourself in doubt; did this happen or did it not?”
667. THE MAN ON PUTNEY HILL
“I don’t know,” I said. “I have been buried in the ruins of a house thirteen or fourteen days. I don’t know what has happened.”
668. THE BRAT GIGANTIC
And that night, quite painlessly, and all unknowing, he himself went the common way—out of this Mystery of Change he had spent his life in denying.
669. The Last 3 Days (03): Decisions, Decisions
An immature decision stands a youth far from home as the world ends
670. A FIGHT ON MARKET DAY
All the way back home I was much worried about her, for I did not like to see her unhappy.
671. "... and that is about all."
"We will circle about them to the river and then try bartering later. But I do want to establish contact."
672. A Secret Service Man Sat in the President's Chair and Looked Back Into the Eye of Allah
THE great discovery came when a box was brought to the dingy room and Mr. Collins was asked to show what was inside it.
673. DOOMED TO DIE
“I thank God that you are not dead,” I said. “I feared for that nasty cut upon your head.”
674. THE CRYSTAL EGG
Allusion has already been made to the glittering objects upon masts that stood upon the terrace of the nearer building.
675. The Island of Doctor Moreau: XV. CONCERNING THE BEAST FOLK
It would be impossible for me to describe these Beast People in detail; my eye has had no training in details, and unhappily I cannot sketch.
676. THE PLANETARY LIMITED
"A collision!" Edmund exclaimed. "The thing has struck another big meteor, and they are exchanging fiery compliments."
677. The Man Who Could Work Miracles
It is doubtful whether the gift was innate. For my own part, I think it came to him suddenly.
678. DIAN THE BEAUTIFUL
"I was running away from Jubal the Ugly One," she answered, as though that was explanation quite sufficient.
679. The officer returned
Everyone seemed hostile and yet that might be, and doubtless was, but a reflection of their attitude towards all strangers.
680. Holocaust
It passed beneath the planes, that were motionless by contrast.
681. Vaguely aware that the clamor at the other end of the camp had died away
"This, too, has no power any longer, man who walks in the dark."
682. THE ALTERED WORLD
He thought prison had made his brother a fearful duffer not to know that.
683. POLLOCK AND THE PORROH MAN
“Can’t say. They’re versatile people. They know a lot of rum dodges. You’d better get that copper-devil, Shakespear, to talk.”
684. Vampires of Venus
Leslie Larner, an entomologist borrowed from the Earth, pits himself against the night-flying vampires that are ravaging the inhabitants of Venus.
685. IN SUMMER STAR-LANDS
"I heard the trailing garments of the night
Sweep through her marble halls,
I saw her sable skirts all fringed with light
From the celestial walls."—H. W. Long
686. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XX
Only near the End of the World does Fate catch up with Tugh, the cripple who ran amuck through Time.
687. THE VALLEY OF SPIDERS
"Curse all white horses!" said the man with the silver bridle, and turned to scan the beast his curse included.
688. Victory! She was here, a slave to these black conquerors
Another thing puzzled me—it was my incomprehensible feeling of elation since I had again seen her.
689. THE BOAT BUILDERS
The weapons of these peoples were unlike those with which Nat-ul was familiar.
690. The Wall of Death
And then Kay had broken through and was hewing madly with great sweeps of the ax.
691. He might have said yes
"They weren't rushed. Or if they were, the attackers covered their trail afterward—" Ross ventured.
692. THE MOVEMENTS OF THE TENTACLES FROM THE CONTACT OF SOLID BODIES
The glands alone in all ordinary cases are susceptible to excitement.
693. ON THE RIVER ISS
I saw the red girl, Thuvia of Ptarth, leap forward to prevent the hideous deed.
694. THE MAGNET SWITCH
The barrier held—I had been in time, but by the fraction of a second only.
695. Bid for freedom
"You are an agent," the leader corrected him dispassionately, "of whom you will tell us in due time.
696. It is a Poison Which Makes a Man Mad in a Very Horrible Fashion
"I am poisoned," said Ortiz. He tried to smile, but it was ghastly.
697. BACK TO THE STONE AGE
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698. IN THE MODERN VEIN
“There is no manliness,” said Aubrey Vair, with a sudden glow of moral exaltation, “in doing wrong. My love”—
699. MAN OR MONSTER?
“Muda Saffir has sent us for her. Tell her that her father is very sick and wants her, but do not mention Muda Saffir’s name lest she might not come.”
700. THE FAIR RACE
No other sounds came to his ears than the dismal, bloodthirsty moanings of the beast ahead and the beast behind.
701. The evidences of manl’s past occupancy
Yes, lions indeed! Sprawled about the dais were a dozen huge forms, while upon the seat of one of the thrones a small cub lay curled in slumber.
702. THE AIR BATTLE
“A great fleet of battleships south-south-east, my Prince,” he cried. “There must be several thousands and they are bearing down directly upon us.”
703. BLACK DESPAIR
It was with these observations as a basis that I opened my negotiations with him upon his next subsequent visit.
704. NEW ALLIES
Up the broad center aisle we marched beneath deadly silence, and at the foot of the thrones we halted.
705. THE STAR
Few people without a training in science can realise the huge isolation of the solar system.
706. THE TRUTH ABOUT PYECRAFT
Poor old Pyecraft! Great, uneasy jelly of substance! The fattest clubman in London.
707. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: Manape the Mighty - Chapter IV
"I told you I would yet prove to[323] the world the greatness of Caleb Barter," said the scientist.
708. THE PLATTNER STORY
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709. UNDER ARREST
“Let us hope that we may at least go out with good red blood upon our blades,” he said. It was a simple wish and one most likely to be gratified.
710. THE FIGHT WITH THE KALKARS
“Could it be possible that we are in the wrong tunnel?” I asked, “and that this does not lead to Laythe?”
711. It was such a small thing
"Friend?" Ross asked in the Beaker tongue. The traders ranged far, and perhaps there was a chance they had had contact with this tribe.
712. THE CHANGE
Everything was as still a
713. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Port of Missing Planes
714. Out of the Dreadful Depths
Robert Thorpe seeks out the nameless horror that is sucking all human life out of ships in the South Pacific.
715. THE CONE
“To-morrow,” she said, speaking in a whisper too, and still staring out of the window.
716. WHEN HELL BROKE LOOSE
With a bound I sprang to the bars of the window opposite us, and took a quick survey of the scene without.
717. JUPITER, THE GREATEST OF KNOWN WORLDS
In this respect Jupiter resembles the sun, whose surface also has different rates of rotation diminishing from the equator.
718. THE NEW RULER
At sight of us they halted in their tracks, and then an ugly smile overspread the features of their leader.
719. THE ASTEROIDS, A FAMILY OF DWARF WORLDS
We turn to the extraordinary fluctuations in the light of Eros, and the equally extraordinary conclusions drawn from them.
720. The Notion of Cause and the Problem of Free-Will
In the present lecture, I wish to apply the analytic method to the notion of “cause,” and to illustrate the discussion by applying it to the problem of free wil
721. The Magic Shop
I had seen the Magic Shop from afar several times; I had passed it once or twice, a shop window of alluring little objects.
722. The Forgotten Planet
The authentic account of why cosmic man damned an outlaw world to be, forever, a leper of Space.
723. BACK TO THAVAS
I raised her gently in my arms and pointed at the body of Xaxa lying deathlike on the ersite slab beside her.
724. “FOLLOW THE ROPE”
“Bring the rope with you. Beyond the knots lies danger.”
725. Astounding Stories of Super-Science June 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter XVIII
There were also Robots here of many different types. Some of them were eight or ten feet in stature, in the fashion of a man:
726. GREEN MEN AND WHITE APES
Thuvia was gone, nor was the body of Kar Komak among the dead.
727. Duel on Syrtis
Alone, alone. There was not another Martian for a hundred miles of emptiness.
728. THE STORY OF THE LATE MR. ELVESHAM
My own case, I know, is hopeless, and I am now in some measure prepared to meet my fate.
729. THE ARGONAUTS OF THE AIR
“It’s the alterations play the devil with us,” said Monson, biting a paper-fastener.
730. TURJUN, THE PANTHAN
“I cannot kill her,” said Astok. “Issus! I cannot do it! When she turns those eyes upon me my heart becomes water.”
731. THE GIANT LOVERS
“You are the Princess,” he said. “My father has told me. You are the Princess who was given the Food of the Gods.”
732. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): Act Three - The same. Afternoon
Scene: Helena’s drawing-room as before. The room is dark and gray.
733. The Valor of Cappen Varra
"Ha, easy there, lad. Methinks the sea horse road is too rough for yer feet."
734. The Two Shark-Faced Creatures Were Dragging at my Arms and Legs
I read the telegram for the second time. Then I folded it up, put it in my pocket, and pressed the little button on my desk. My mind was made up.
735. Marable, in a Desperate Frenzy, Hacked at the Reptile's Awful Head
Marable, in a desperate frenzy, hacked at the reptile's awful head.
736. When the Mountain Came to Miramar
The first tremor that set the timbers of the house to creaking brought Garry Connell out of his bunk and into the middle of the floor.
737. The Last Anomaly
As Harry opened his eyes from the dreamless slumber, the first thing he noticed was Evelyn looking down at him. He was lying on her lap, on the ground. A peculiar orange glow, mostly from the sunset, was reflecting off from her golden hair. Her otherwise cheerful eyes were moist and blank – and he had never seen her so much without joy before. Her signature smile that she always flashed at him, from which happiness emancipated – had disappeared.
738. THE HANGING STRANGER
Ed had always been a practical man, when he saw something was wrong he tried to correct it.
739. Chapter I: The Monster of Metal
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740. HORSES AND ASSES.
The history of the Horse is lost in antiquity.
741. SUSPICIONS
“Send for me when you are restless,” I said, “and I will walk and work with you. You should not go about thus at night alone.”
742. The report of a gun blasted the silence
Both Taylor and Snider gave little gasps of astonishment and dismay.
743. MARS, A WORLD MORE ADVANCED THAN OURS
Mars gets a little less than half as much solar light and heat as the earth receives, its situation in this respect being just the opposite to that of Venus.
744. The Positive Theory of Infinity: A Triumph of the Scientific Method in Philosophy
The positive theory of infinity, and the general theory of number to which it has given rise, are among the triumphs of scientific method in philosophy.
745. Half-stunned, Bradley lay for a minute as he had fallen
It crawled toward Bradley. "Food! Food!" it screamed. "There is a way out! There is a way out!"
746. THE MAHAR TEMPLE
"I would not do that," he said, "for you have just saved my life," and with that he released his hold upon it and squatted down in the bottom of the skiff.
747. A TRAP FOR A TRAPPER
He might be wrong on both of those counts, but inwardly he didn't believe so.
748. THE MOUNTAINS AND PLAINS OF THE MOON, AND THE SPECTACLES OF THE SUN
The narrow sickle of the new moon, hanging above the sunset, is a charming telescopic sight.
749. The Terror of Air-Level Six
The SF-22 and her convoy were surrounded by these unearthly rays.
750. A SLIP UNDER THE MICROSCOPE
“That is our goal, perhaps—I admit it—as far as science goes,” said the fair-haired student, rising to the challenge. “But there are things above science.”
751. A FAIR GODDESS
“Give me a revolver,” she whispered. “I can use that upon those your sword does not silence in time.”
752. Shades Against Shadow
"I think so." Her voice was weak. "The Foanna ... Ynlan ... Ynvalda—" Steadying herself against him, she tried to look around.
753. The Lord of Space
On the day of the next full moon every living thing on earth will be wiped out of existence
754. This Is a Story of a Time beyond the Memory of Man
A Story of the Stone Age is of a time beyond the memory of man, before the beginning of history.
755. R.U.R. : Act One - Central Office of the Factory of Rossum’s Universal Robots
Scene: Central office of the factory of Rossum’s Universal Robots.
756. THE PRISONER
Judging by their attitude, the box had run to earth there the prey they had been searching for.
757. PISCES, ARIES, TAURUS, AND THE NORTHERN STARS
Camelopardalus is a very inconspicuous constellation, yet it furnishes considerable occupation for the telescope.
758. REVOLUTION
After I passed Joliet I had to make inquiries, and this I did boldly of the few men I saw laboring in the tiny fields scattered along my way.
759. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: Dark Moon - Chapter VI
Walter Harkness, piloting his ship to a slow, safe landing on a new world, had watched his instruments with care.
760. THE COURT-MARTIAL
“Brother Or-tis will tell you if you do not know—you are to be taken to him.”
761. HUMAN QUADRUPEDS
I led the way directly to the spot at which we had found the trail, about four miles down river from the ship and apparently in the heart of dense forest.
762. ST. HELENA
The whole island is of volcanic origin; its circumference, according to Beatson, is about twenty-eight miles.
763. Time Wrecked
Ross hesitated. She had not said the rest. What if he could not find Gordon at all? But he would—he had to!
764. The Voice of Nature
“A position, I can assure you, demanding Tact of an altogether superhuman quality!”
765. THE WITCH
Eyes ... eyes.... Shann dimly heard the alarm cry of the wolverines.
766. KULAN TITH’S SACRIFICE
“Why should we fight,” he asked. “Against such fearful odds? There is another way—a better way. Look!” He pointed toward the companion-way that led below deck.
767. The farther the group progressed
"We bring you the strange creature that Fosh-bal-soj captured and brought thither at thy command."
768. INTO SAVAGE BORNEO
Before dark the vessel moved slowly out of the harbor, setting a course across the strait in the direction that the war prahus had taken.
769. He Was Trapped—Two Miles Below the Earth
Impossible! What sort of creatures would they be, that could live two miles beneath the surface of the earth?
770. Behind Them Poured a Stream of Hideous Monsters, Giants of the Ray
Madly the three raced for their lives up the shaft of the radium mine, for behind them poured a stream of hideous monsters—giants of the ray!
771. The Terrible Tentacles of L-472
Commander John Hanson of the Special Patrol Service records another of his thrilling interplanetary assignments.
772. Part 1: Trapped Again
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773. CARTHORIS AND THUVIA
“Release me.” Her voice was level—frigid.
774. ON THE KAOLIAN ROAD
Far ahead, a tiny speck in the distance, I made out another flier late in the afternoon.
775. DISASTER
It had not on Warlock.
776. THE BLACK PIRATES OF BARSOOM
I knew though that my ruse had worked and that temporarily at least Thuvia and Tars Tarkas were safe, and the means of escape was theirs.
777. HE WHO DREAMS....
"... blow the winds between the worlds,
And hang the suns in ... dark—of—of—"
778. Chapter 5: The Exile of Time
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779. Monsters of Mars
The Martian gestured with a reptilian arm toward the ladder.
780. VICTORIA OBEYS THE CALL
The girl's heart filled with a great longing as she looked wistfully out toward the hills that she had so feared before.
781. UNDER THE MOUNTAINS
Beyond the lighted chamber of the lake was darkness—what lay behind the darkness I could not even guess.
782. THE BATTLE IN THE PLAIN
“I do not know,” he replied. “Never have I been here before, nor ever have I cared to do so.”
783. AI in Five, Fifty and Five Hundred Years — Part Three — Five Hundred Years
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784. Prisoners on the Electron
Fate throws two young Earthians into desperate conflict with the primeval monsters of an electron's savage jungles.
785. Since Thales Said All is Water, Philosophers Have Never Been The same
Philosophy, from the earliest times, has made greater claims, and achieved fewer results, than any other branch of learning.
786. THE NEW ACCELERATOR
My own interest in the coming drug certainly did not wane in the time.
787. IN THE STARRY HEAVENS
"Now constellations, Muse, and signs rehearse; In order let them sparkle in thy verse."—Manilius.
788. MISS WINCHELSEA'S HEART
"Fancy!" cried Fanny, "we are going to Rome, my dear! Rome! I don't seem to believe it, even now."
789. Since earliest childhood
The government already possesses a complete official report of my adventures beyond thirty.
790. THE PURSUIT OF THE TWO LOVERS
“Thus life has always been,” we said; “thus it will always be.”
791. Reaching from Beyond the Grave
Sometimes you just fill out the foursome with anybody so you can play.
792. I HORSEWHIP AN OFFICER
“I am sorry,” he said, “that I bring you such sad news,” and then we guessed that the worst had happened.
793. THE DEAD GUARDIANS
"Those weren't animals they killed—back on that island." Raf brought out what was at the heart of his trouble.
794. DOMESTIC PIGEONS
I have kept alive all the most distinct breeds, which I could procure in England or from the Continent; and have prepared skeletons of all.
795. TO SAVE DUSAR
Kulan Tith, Jeddak of Kaol, to whom she was affianced, commanded her respect and admiration.
796. Race in Utopia
No generalisations about race are too extravagant for the inflamed credulity of the present time.
797. THE GIANT LEAGUER
At last he ventured on. “Here goes,” he said, and roused his machinery to motion again, followed intently by that great white eye.
798. The World Of Physics and the World Of Sense
Men of science, for the most part, are willing to condemn immediate data as “merely subjective,”
799. FROM LYRA TO ERIDANUS
"This Orpheus struck when with his wondrous song
He charmed the woods and drew the rocks along."—Manilius.
800. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: The Exile of Time - Chapter VIII
Young lovers of three eras are swept down the torrent of the sinister cripple Tugh's frightful vengeance.
801. ON THE SENSITIVENESS OF THE LEAVES, AND ON THE LINES OF TRANSMISSION OF THE MOTOR IMPULSE
The backs of the leaves bear numerous minute papillae, which do not secrete, but have the power of absorption.
802. Ross whirled the rope which had been meant to bring him down around Lal
McNeil laughed, and Ashe smiled. "Well enough, Lal. Perhaps you are a wiser man than you think. But also I do not believe you should stay here."
803. VENUS, THE TWIN OF THE EARTH
Even under the reign of perpetual summer the fields and trees find time and opportunity to rest and restore their productive forces.
804. Piper in the Woods
"Good luck," Cox said gloomily. "But who ever heard of a man turning into a plant? We told him it wasn't possible, but he just smiled at us."
805. BEYOND LIES THE WUB
"It's a wub," Peterson said. "I got it from a native for fifty cents. He said it was a very unusual animal. Very respected."
806. NEW MOON TO FIRST QUARTER
“They are indeed of the highest excellence,” I replied. “It is the very moon herself that you see there.”
807. Concerning Freedoms
The idea of individual liberty is one that has grown in importance and grows with every development of modern thought.
808. THE PLANT MEN
With scarcely a parting glance I turned my eyes again toward Mars, lifted my hands toward his lurid rays, and waited.
809. The Soul Master
A terrific force was emanating from that devilish globe above.
810. A BREAK FOR LIBERTY
“She is still all-powerful here, however,” I replied. “So it behooves us to leave at the first moment that appears at all propitious.”
811. VIRGO AND HER NEIGHBORS
... "that region
Where still by night is seen
The Virgin goddess near to bright Boötes."—Poste's Aratus.
812. Leaf-Climbers
We now come to our second class of climbing plants, namely, those which ascend by the aid of irritable or sensitive organs.
813. DIONAEA MUSCIPULA
This plant, commonly called Venus’ fly-trap, from the rapidity and force of its movements, is one of the most wonderful in the world.
814. Read Spawn of the Stars Online for Free
The sky was alive with winged shapes, and high in the air shone the glittering menace, trailing five plumes of gas.
815. THE COMPACT
“May I hope for you, then?” I asked. “For I surely see a way; however slight a possibility for success it may have, still, it is a way.”
816. THE GARDEN OF EDEN
At first I thought that she was going to ignore me entirely, but finally she thought better of it.
817. The Attack from Space
We had been captured by a race of gigantic beetles.
818. Orris Led the Way to a Great Underground City
It was now two years since Edwin Leland bought the estate for a song and took up his residence in the gloomy old house.
819. Innocent at Large
He heard his words trailing off idiotically, and swore at himself.
820. THE HABITS OF INSECTS IN RELATION TO THE FERTILISATION OF FLOWERS
Humble and hive-bees are good botanists, for they know that varieties may differ widely in the colour of their flowers and yet belong to the same species.
821. 'It is Some Horrible Inhabitant of Space, Something Unknown to us on Earth'
They were moving sluggishly along the red light, seeming to flow rather than crawl.
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823. R.U.R. (Rossum's Universal Robots): Act Two - Helena’s Drawing Room—Ten years later. Morning
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824. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Danger from the Deep
Marooned on the sea-floor, his hoisting cable cut, young Abbot is left at the mercy of the man-sharks.
825. FULL MOON TO OLD MOON
“I confess,” I replied, “that I am not acquainted with her, and do not even see her. Please point her out to me.”
826. VALLA DIA
“Prepare the subject for revivification,” he said, “and make what study you can of all its reactions.” With that he left the room.
827. History and The Problem of Infinity
When we enumerated the points with which reality has been questioned, one of those mentioned was the supposed impossibility of infinity and continuity.
828. IN THE CITY WAYS
“Don’t ask questions here,” said Asano, “or you will be involved in an argument.”
829. Mr Cave's Crystal Egg
There was also, at the moment the story begins, a mass of crystal, worked into the shape of an egg and brilliantly polished.
830. The Defenders
"Forget it," he said. "It's all in the past. There isn't anybody up there now but the leadys, and they don't mind."
831. You Haven't the Guts
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832. Tanks: The Deciding Battle of the War of 1932
Row after row of the monsters roared by, going greedily with hungry guns into battle.
833. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - When Caverns Yawned
Only Dr. Bird's super-scientific sleuthing stands in the way of Ivan Saranoff's latest attempt at wholesale destruction.
834. The Samurai
Neither my Utopian double nor I love emotion sufficiently to cultivate it, and my feelings are in a state of seemly subordination when we meet again.
835. DOMESTIC RABBITS.
There are many breeds which transmit their characters more or less truly.
836. GREAT SCENES ON THE MOON
My friend did not leave me in doubt on the following morning as to the genuineness of her interest in her new studies.
837. THE EFFECTS OF CERTAIN ALKALOID POISONS, OTHER SUBSTANCES AND VAPOURS
As in the last chapter, I will first give my experiments, and then a brief summary of the results with some concluding remarks.
838. CONVOLVULACEAE
A plant of Ipomoea purpurea, or as it is often called in England the convolvulus major, a native of South America, grew in my greenhouse.
839. THE EXPERIMENTAL FARM
“Let me see,” he said. “They’re ten days old. And by the side of an ordinary chick I should fancy—about six or seven times as big....”
840. Topographical
Our business here is to be Utopian, to make vivid and credible, if we can, first this facet and then that, of an imaginary whole and happy world.
841. Tendril-Bearers
By tendrils I mean filamentary organs, sensitive to contact and used exclusively for climbing.
842. AGGREGATION OF THE PROTOPLASM WITHIN THE CELLS OF THE TENTACLES
I will here interrupt my account of the movements of the leaves, and describe the phenomenon of aggregation, to which subject I have already alluded.
843. Invisible Death
The inquest into the mysterious death of Darius Darrow, savant, inventor, recluse and eccentric, resembled a scientific convention.
844. UTRICULARIA (continued)
The leaves are entire, instead of being much divided, as in the foregoing aquatic species.
845. SCROPHULARIACEAE, GESNERIACEAE, LABIATAE, ETC.
When the crossed seedlings were on an average half an inch high, the self-fertilised ones were only a quarter of an inch high.
846. The Ancient Mariners
Another map spread out and this time pinned down with small stones on beach gravel.
847. The Lake of Light
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848. Creatures of the Light
The projector, belching forth its stinking breath of corruption, swung in a mad arc over the ceiling, over the walls.
849. THE MOON, CHILD OF THE EARTH AND THE SUN
There is no other planet that has a moon relatively as large as ours.
850. YOUNG CADDLES IN LONDON
And one day he stood up, straightened his back, and said in a loud voice, “No!
851. The Electrical Eavesdropper
I realized that he could not be aware we knew he was the murderer.
852. Stolen Brains
Dr. Bird, scientific sleuth extraordinary, goes after a sinister stealer of brains.
853. Death at Kyn Add
"Better go there," he cried. "Over before they try to gut you!"
854. Astounding Stories of Super-Science March 1931: VOL V, No. 3 - Terrors Unseen
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855. THE DEFIANT AGENTS
Florian Waldour's remote expression did not change. "Every possible precaution was in force. There was a sleeper—a hidden agent—planted——"
856. ON THE DISTRIBUTION AND GROWTH OF CORAL-REEFS
The entire absence of coral-reefs in certain large areas within the tropical seas, is a remarkable fact.
857. THE TEMPLE OF THE SUN
There were no words, for they would have been a waste of breath. The very presence of the two proclaimed their treachery.
858. Adventures in the Ghost World
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859. PLANTS continued—FRUITS—ORNAMENTAL TREES—FLOWERS.
I have briefly abstracted these opinions for the sake of showing those who have never attended to such subjects, how perplexed with doubt they are.
860. ASCENSION
The greater number of them had their truncated summits cut off obliquely, and they all sloped towards the S.E., whence the trade-wind blows.
861. INTRODUCTION
The subjects discussed in this volume are so connected that it is not a little difficult to decide how they can be best arranged.
862. A MARVELOUS INVENTION
I do not wish to exaggerate; yet I cannot avoid seeming to do so in simply telling the facts.
863. Twining Plants
A long shoot projected beyond the upper end of the supporting stick, and was steadily revolving.
864. PINGUICULA
Pinguicula vulgaris.—This plant grows in moist places, generally on mountains.
865. NU OF THE NIOCENE
As he forged on the scent of Ta became stronger, until at last the huge, ungainly beast loomed large before Nu's eyes.
866. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Moon Weed
867. Marooned Under the Sea
We were going on some mysterious cruise to the South Seas, the details of which I did not know.
868. The Ray Shot Down and Squadrons of Planes Frizzled Like Moths in the Air
In the burning solitude of the great Arizona desert, a young scientist was about to perform an experiment that might have far-reaching results for humanity.
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870. A Few Utopian Impressions
This throws me back upon my private observations.
871. Vandals of the Stars
IT came suddenly, without warning, and it brought consternation to the people of the world.
872. The Second Satellite: The City of the Frog-Men
Norman and Hackett, bulky in their thick flying suits, seemed to fill the little office.
873. THE EMPIRE OF THE ANTS
He perceived the ants were becoming interesting, and the nearer he drew to them the more interesting they became.
874. The Moon Master
Through infinite deeps of space Jerry Foster hurtles to the Moon—only to be trapped by a barbaric race and offered as a living sacrifice to Oong
875. THE EFFECTS OF VARIOUS OTHER SALTS AND ACIDS ON THE LEAVES
Having found that the salts of ammonia were so powerful, I was led to investigate the action of some other salts.
876. Sentiment, Inc.
Fraser felt vague regret, but it didn't take him long to forget it; he was too busy making plans for his wedding.
877. DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CROSSED AND SELF-FERTILISED PLANTS IN CONSTITUTIONAL VIGOUR AND IN OTHER RESPECTS
A crossed plant flowered before any one of the self-fertilised in all three pots.
878. THE GIANT CHILDREN
“If we were to form a committee of trustworthy people to control the manufacture of Boomfood—Herakleophorbia, I should say—we might—”
879. Logic as the Essence of Philosophy
Logic, in the Middle Ages, to the present day in teaching, meant no more than a scholastic collection of technical terms and rules of syllogistic inference
880. THE DIGESTIVE POWER OF THE SECRETION OF DROSERA
Splinters of clean glass were scattered on a large number of leaves, and these became moderately inflected.
881. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Revolt of the Machines
Something in the many-faceted mind of the master machine spurs it to diabolical revolt against the authority of its human masters.
882. FOWLS
As some naturalists may not be familiar with the chief breeds of the fowl, it will be advisable to give a condensed description of them.
883. DROSOPHYLLUM—RORIDULA—BYBLIS—GLANDULAR HAIRS OF OTHER PLANTS—CONCLUDING REMARKS ON THE DROSERACEÆ
The leaves arise from an almost woody axis; they are linear, much attenuated towards their tips, and several inches in length.
884. ALIEN PATROL
"Here they come!" Soriki reported. "One—two—five—no, six of them. And they're heading for the city. No dollies with them, but they're all armed."
885. ATOLLS OR LAGOON-ISLANDS
Captain Moresby found on one water-washed reef the marks of wells and graves, which were excavated when it supported an islet.
886. NETTIE
“Science! What we want now is socialism—not science.”
887. THEORY OF THE FORMATION OF THE DIFFERENT CLASSES OF CORAL-REEFS
No theory worthy of notice has been advanced to account for those barrier-reefs, which encircle islands of moderate dimensions.
888. ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF CORAL-REEFS WITH REFERENCE TO THE THEORY OF THEIR FORMATION
The uncoloured coasts consist, first and chiefly, of those, where there are no coral-reefs, or such small portions as to be quite insignificant.
889. THUVIA
“They are kept to do the bidding of the race of therns; to furnish at once their sport and their sustenance.
890. THE FLIGHT OF “THE BARSOOM”
Toward the third meal hour of the thirteenth day of the voyage Orthis entered the messroom noticeably under the influence of liquor.
891. UTRICULARIA
The collar (called the peristome by Cohn) is evidently formed, like the valve, by an inward projection of the walls of the bladder.
892. DUST IN THE SHADOWS
Parload stood at the open window, opera-glass in hand, and sought and found and was uncertain about and lost again, the new comet.
893. The Variable Man
His thin face rapt, eyes alight with emotion, Reinhart gazed intently up at the central SRB computer, studying its reading.
894. Philosophers May Be Approached by Many Roads
Philosophy may be approached by many roads, but one of the oldest and most traveled is the road leading past doubt as to the reality of the world of sense
895. Imparting a certain mystery to the most familiar objects
“Have you not read, somewhere, in the last ten years, that the moon was actually born from the earth?”
896. CULTIVATED PLANTS: CEREAL AND CULINARY PLANTS
I shall not enter into so much detail on the variability of cultivated plants, as in the case of domesticated animals.
897. Women in a Modern Utopia
“In Utopia everything would have been different,” I say.
898. The Meteor Girl
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899. THE REVOLVER
I was an eye-witness of the whole of the affair outside the Bantock Burden pit, and—I do not know what happened.
900. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Diamond Thunderbolt
Locked in a rocket and fired into space!—such was the fate which awaited young Stoddard at the end of the diamond trail!
901. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Hands of Aten
Out of solid ice Craig hews three long-frozen Egyptians—and is at once caught up into amazing adventure.
902. THE EFFECTS OF SALTS OF AMMONIA
The fact, moreover, of pure water acting on the glands deserves in itself some notice.
903. The Sunken Empire
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904. Astounding Stories of Super-Science August 1931: VOL. VII, NO. 2 - The Midget From the Island
Garth Howard, prey to half the animals of the forest, fights valiantly to regain his lost five feet of size.
905. GERANIACEAE, LEGUMINOSAE, ONAGRACEAE, ETC.
The self-fertilised seeds germinated rather before the others; but as soon as I got equal pairs they were planted on the opposite sides of four pots.
906. FROM GEMINI TO LEO AND ROUND ABOUT
The inconspicuous Lynx furnishes some fine telescopic objects, all grouped near the northwestern corner of the constellation.
907. Astounding Stories of Super-Science May 1931: VOL. VI, No. 2 - The Death-Cloud
The epic exploit of one who worked in the dark and alone, behind the enemy lines, in the great Last War.
908. A Story of the Days to Come
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909. Tendril-Bearers—(continued)
The revolving movement of a tendril is not stopped by the curving of its extremity after it has been touched.
910. THE GIANT RATS
“He’ll grow, as far as I can calculate from the hens and the wasps, to the height of about five-and-thirty feet—with everything in proportion—-”
911. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Doom from Planet 4
A ray of fire, green, mysterious, stabs through the night to Dan on his ship. It leads him to an island of unearthly peril.
912. It was during the morning of July 6, 2137
It was the figure of an immense grey-black creature, rearing its colossal shoulders twelve or fourteen feet above the ground.
913. DOMESTIC DOGS AND CATS.
The reasons which have led various authors to infer that our dogs have descended from more than one wild species are as follows.
914. ON BUD-VARIATION, AND ON CERTAIN ANOMALOUS MODES OF REPRODUCTION AND VARIATION
By this term I include all those sudden changes in structure or appearance which occasionally occur in full-grown plants in their flower-buds or leaf-buds.
915. PIGS—CATTLE—SHEEP—GOATS.
The breeds of the pig have recently been more closely studied, though much still remains to be done, than those of almost any other domesticated animal.
916. Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1931: VOL. VII, No. 1 - The Slave Ship From Space
Three kidnapped Earthlings show Xantra of the Tillas how "docile" Earth slaves can be.
917. CRUCIFERAE, PAPAVERACEAE, RESEDACEAE, ETC.
In the later experiments, the fully-grown plants were cut down and weighed, and then the immense advantage from a cross became manifest.
918. MEANS OF FERTILISATION
The advantages derived from cross-fertilisation throw a flood of light on most of the chief characters of flowers.
919. SOLANACEAE, PRIMULACEAE, POLYGONEAE, ETC.
Six flowers on a plant covered by a net were crossed with pollen from a distinct plant and produced six capsules, containing by weight 4.44 grains of seed.
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