Science fiction
I. Difficult Project 5 II. Launched 8 III. Startling Results 15 IV. Moon People 19 V. Ultimatum of P’an-ku 26 VI. Treachery 30 VII. Perilous Journey 35 VIII. Death Rays 39 IX. Vicious Plant 44 X. Abduction 49 XI. Caverns of the Moon 58 XII. Aerial Battle 66 XIII. Flying Reptil...
I. Difficult Project 5 II. Launched 8 III. Startling Results 15 IV. Moon People 19 V. Ultimatum of P’an-ku 26 VI. Treachery 30 VII. Perilous Journey 35 VIII. Death Rays 39 IX. V...
2. Part 2A picture instantly flashed on the disc of the radiovisiphone—the announcer for the World News Broadcasters, standing in the station at Washington, D.C. He held a paper in one h...
3. Part 3He repeated the name after her, and pointed to the scroll she had written. She was pronouncing and pointing out each word when she was suddenly crowded out as before by the appe...
4. Part 4“No use to try to use the radio tonight,” he said. “With the unknown interference we have been getting lately and this storm, it would be useless to try to communicate with the...
5. Part 5As he darted forward he saw a tiny red ray shoot upward from the hand of the girl. It struck one of the belts of the descending craft, and sparks and smoke flew out from the spo...
6. Part 6As they progressed further and further into this subterranean wilderness the fauna of the place became more and more in evidence, indicating to Ted that, if one might judge from...
7. Part 7Presently the character of the country he was crossing changed. At first the shimmering, undulating surface of the savanna was broken by occasional outcroppings of white stone,...
8. Part 8“About twelve hundred years after the great war,” said Kwan Tsu Khan, “a party of our ancestors who were exploring the surface of our world, met a party of white people, descend...
9. Part 9“That,” replied the lunar scientist, thoughtfully stroking his long white beard, “depends wholly on the power of the ray projector which P’an-ku is employing. If powerful enough...
10. Part 10Seated on a massive cushioned throne, placed on a raised platform at the far end of the room, his great round belly cradled between his spindly knees, was P’an-ku, ruler of the...
11. Part 11“Pardon, O just and mighty Dictator of the Universe!” It was Dr. Wu who had interrupted. The courtiers looked at him in amazement, apparently expecting P’an-ku to have him execu...
12. Part 12“We’re getting pretty close to the moon, now. Start easing her down while I decide on a landing place. Better not go too close to Copernicus today. Too near the scene of activit...
13. Part 13The girl was standing at bay before one of the round-bodied enemy Moon-men. The two were fencing—not with blades of steel, but with ray projectors. As Maza sought to reach her a...