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Operation Earthworm

Here he is again, the irrepressible Septimus Spink, in a tale as

rollicking as an elder giant juggling the stars and the planets in
his great, golden hands and laughing mirthfully as one tiny
world–our own–goes spinning away from him into caverns measureless
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Vampires of Space

Vampires of Space

By Sewell Peaslee Wright

Commander John Hanson recounts his harrowing adventure with
the Electites of space.

Sometimes, I know, I must seem a crotchety old man. “Old John Hanson,”
they call me, and roll their eyes as though to say, “Of course, you have
to forgive him on account of his age.”

But the joke [...]

The Ultroom Error

THE ULTROOM ERROR

_by_ JERRY SOHL

Smith admitted he had made an error involving a few
murders–and a few [...]

The Inhabited

The Inhabited

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Planet With No Nightmare

THE PLANET WITH NO NIGHTMARE

Illustrated by Wood

BY JIM HARMON

The creatures on the little planet were real bafflers. The first
puzzler about them was that they died so easily. The second was that
they didn’t die at all.

I

Tension eased away as the spaceship settled [...]

Mars Confidential

MARS CONFIDENTIAL!

Jack Lait & Lee Mortimer

_Illustrator_: L. R. Summers

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Let'em Breathe Space

LET’EM BREATHE SPACE!
BY LESTER DEL REY

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A Knyght Ther Was

A Knyght Ther Was

_But the Knyght was a little less than Perfect, and his
horse did not have a metabolism, and his “castle” was much
more mobile–timewise!–than it had any business being!_

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A Columbus of Space

CHAPTER I

A MARVELOUS INVENTION

I am a hero worshiper; an insatiable devourer of biographies; and I say
that no man in all the splendid list ever equaled Edmund Stonewall. You
smile because you have never heard his name, for, until now, his
biography has not been written. And this is not truly a biography; it is
only the story of [...]

The Man Who Staked the Stars

THE MAN WHO STAKED THE STARS

By CHARLES DYE

_Bryce Carter could afford a smug smile. For hadn’t he risen
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The Invaders: invasion from outer space

THE INVADERS

By MURRAY LEINSTER

_It started in Greece on the day after tomorrow. Before the last act
raced to a close, Coburn was buried to his ears in assorted
adventures, including a revolution and an invasion from outer
space!_

_We’re [...]

Masters of Space

MASTERS

OF
SPACE

By EDWARD E. SMITH &
E. EVERETT EVANS

Illustrated by BERRY

The Masters had ruled all space
with an unconquerable iron fist. But
the Masters were gone. And this new,
young race who came now to take their
place–could they hope to defeat the
ancient Enemy of All?

I

“But didn’t you [...]

B-12's MOON GLOW

B-12’s MOON GLOW

By CHARLES A. STEARNS

_Among the metal-persons of Phobos, robot B-12 held a special
niche. He might not have been stronger, larger, faster than
some … but he could be devious … and more important, he
was that junkyard planetoid’s only [...]

The Wealth of Echindul

The WEALTH OF ECHINDUL

By NOEL LOOMIS

_Though he carried with him the loot of the ages, who in The
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The Ultroom Error

THE ULTROOM ERROR

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