Science Fiction

Triplanetary

Apparently motionless to her passengers and crew, the Interplanetary liner _Hyperion_ bored serenely onward through space at normal acceleration. In the railed-off sanctum in one corner of the control room a bell tinkled, a smothered whirr was heard, and Captain Bradley frowne...

Chapters

5. Chapter 5

The Nevian space-ship was hurtling upon its way. Space-navigators both, the two Terrestrial officers soon discovered that it was even then moving with a velocity far above that...

1. Chapter 1

Apparently motionless to her passengers and crew, the Interplanetary liner _Hyperion_ bored serenely onward through space at normal acceleration. In the railed-off sanctum in on...

12. Chapter 12

Knowing well that conversation with its fellows is one of the greatest needs of any intelligent being, the Nevians had permitted the Terrestrial specimens to retain possession o...

4. Chapter 4

Nevia, the home planet of the marauding space-ship, would have appeared peculiar indeed to Terrestrial senses. High in the deep red heavens a fervent blue sun poured down its fl...

2. Chapter 2

In the hall Clio glanced around her wildly, her bosom heaving, eyes darting here and there, seeking even the narrowest avenue of escape. Before she could act, however, her body...

11. Chapter 11

For gray Roger had not perished in the floods of Nevian energy which had destroyed his planetoid. While those terrific streamers of force emanating from the crimson obscurity su...

10. Chapter 10

Doctor Frederick Rodebush sat at the control panel of Triplanetary's newly reconstructed space-ship, his hands grasping the gleaming, ebonite handles of two double-throw switche...

13. Chapter 13

"Check your blast, Fred, I think I hear something trying to come through!" Cleveland called out, sharply. For days the _Boise_ had torn through the illimitable reaches of empty...

7. Chapter 7

The heavy cruiser _Chicago_ hung motionless in space, thousands of miles distant from the warring fleets of space-ships so viciously attacking and so stubbornly defending the pl...

3. Chapter 3

One of the newest and fleetest of the Law Enforcement Vessels of the Triplanetary League, the heavy cruiser _Chicago_, of the North American Division of the Tellurian Contingent...

6. Chapter 6

Since both Costigan and Bradley had often watched their captors at work during the long voyage from the Solar System to Nevia, they were quite familiar with the machine tools of...

8. Chapter 8

After weeks of ceaseless work, during which was lavished upon her every resource of mind and material afforded by three planets, the _Boise_ was ready for her maiden flight. As...

9. Chapter 9

Only too well founded was Costigan's conviction that the submarine of the deep-sea fishes had not been able to prevail against Nerado's formidable engines of destruction. For da...