Space Platform Serapis Classics

Author : Murray Leinster
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2017-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783963134500

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Space Platform (Serapis Classics) by Murray Leinster Pdf

Reaching for the Stars.... Ever since ancient man first gazed in wonder at the stars, humanity has dreamed of traveling to outer space. Now scientists agree that space-flight may very soon become a reality. Space Platform tells of man's first step into outer space ... of the difficulties and dangers of reaching for the stars. It is also an exciting adventure. When young Joe Kenmore came to Bootstrap to install pilot gyros in the Platform he hadn't bargained for sabotage or murder or love. But Joe learned that ruthless agents were determined to wreck the project. He found that the beautiful girl he loved, and men like The Chief, a rugged Indian steelworker, and Mike, a midget who made up for his size by brains, would have to fight with their bare hands to make man's age old dream of space travel come true!

Author : Frank Long
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-11-12
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783963134524

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Space Station 1 (Serapis Classics) by Frank Long Pdf

INTRIGUE IN EARTH'S OUTER ORBIT Tremendous and glittering, the Space Station floated up out of the Big Dark. Lieutenant Corriston had come to see its marvels, but he soon found himself entrapped in its unsuspected terrors. For the grim reality was that some deadly outer-space power had usurped control of the great artificial moon. A lovely woman had disappeared; passengers were being fleeced and enslaved; and, using fantastic disguises, imposters were using the Station for their own mysterious ends. Pursued by unearthly monsters and hunted with super-scientific cunning, Corriston struggles to unmask the mystery. For upon his success depended his life, his love and the future of Earth itself.

Author : Donald Wollheim
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962558116

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One Against the Moon (Serapis Classics) by Donald Wollheim Pdf

That morning began like all the preceding mornings of the past two years with the tinny jangling of the little alarm clock on Robin Carew's bureau. Opening his black eyes, he struggled into a sitting position on the narrow bed, reached out his hand and turned off the alarm. He yawned, swung his feet to the floor, rubbed his eyes. It was half past seven again of another workday morning. There was no inkling that this day would be any different from others. It was Monday again, which meant the start of the next five and a half days' stretch of work. Sunday had come and gone, now just a memory of a walk in the city's small park and sitting on a bench under the afternoon sun reading a library book on astronomy. Well, there was no getting around it, Robin thought. The stars, the glory of the heavens—for him perhaps they would always be just a daydream of his idle hours, never to be more than a vision of the imagination, a thrill to be shared only by the printed words of other men's observations and doings. He got up, yawned his entire five foot three, stared in the tarnished mirror over the worn bureau. He looked blankly at himself, then suddenly winked. Ah, he thought, while there's life there's hope—and besides, he had to get to work. He ran a brush through his tousled brown hair, took off his pajamas, and climbed into his work clothes. Grabbing his towel and his toothbrush, he opened the door and went out into the hall toward the washroom...

Author : John Campbell
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2017-10-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962559281

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Islands of Space (Serapis Classics) by John Campbell Pdf

As Earth's faster-than-light spaceship hung in the void between galaxies, Arcot, Wade, Morey and Fuller could see below them, like a vast shining horizon, the mass of stars that formed their own island universe. Morey worked a moment with his slide rule, then said, "We made good time! Twenty-nine light years in ten seconds! Yet you had it on at only half power...." Arcot pushed the control lever all the way to full power. The ship filled with the strain of flowing energy, and sparks snapped in the air of the control room as they raced at an inconceivable speed through the darkness of intergalactic space. But suddenly, far off to their left and far to their right, they saw two shining ships paralleling their course! They held grimly to the course of the Earth ship, bracketing it like an official guard. The Earth scientists stared at them in wonder. "Lord," muttered Morey, "where can they have come from?"

Author : Max Brand
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 315 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962558673

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Crossroads (Serapis Classics) by Max Brand Pdf

When he accidentally commits murder and is stalked by a dangerous assassin called El Tigre, Dix teams up with the dangerous and beautiful Jacqueline "Jack" Boone, who is rumored to have bested one of the most notorious gunmen in decades.

Author : Herman Melville
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962559731

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The Apple Tree Table and Other Sketches (Serapis Classics) by Herman Melville Pdf

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 - September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, writer of short stories, and poet from the American Renaissance period. The bulk of his writings was published between 1846 and 1857. Best known for his whaling novel Moby-Dick (1851), he is also legendary for having been forgotten during the last thirty years of his life. Melville's writing is characteristic for its allusivity. "In Melville's manipulation of his reading," scholar Stanley T. Williams wrote, "was a transforming power comparable to Shakespeare's."

Author : Mark Clifton,Alex Apostolides,C. M. Kornbluth,Jerome Bixby,Russell Burton,Walter Bupp,Raymond Jones,Arthur Feldman,Murray Leinster,Allan Danzig,Bradner Buckner,Stephen Barr,Mack Reynolds,Milton Lesser,Sterner Meek,Frank Banta,Frank Herbert,H. Beam Piper,Francis Stevens,Fritz Leiber,James Schmitz,Robert Abernathy
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 901 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9783963130953

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The Science Fiction Omnibus #2 (Serapis Classics) by Mark Clifton,Alex Apostolides,C. M. Kornbluth,Jerome Bixby,Russell Burton,Walter Bupp,Raymond Jones,Arthur Feldman,Murray Leinster,Allan Danzig,Bradner Buckner,Stephen Barr,Mack Reynolds,Milton Lesser,Sterner Meek,Frank Banta,Frank Herbert,H. Beam Piper,Francis Stevens,Fritz Leiber,James Schmitz,Robert Abernathy Pdf

The second volume of the Science Fiction Omnibus! Featuring the following masterpieces of sci-fi: WE'RE CIVILIZED!, by Mark Clifton & Alex Apostolides WITH THESE HANDS, by C.M. Kornbluth WHERE THERE'S HOPE, by Jerome Bixby WEAK ON SQUARE ROOTS, by Russell Burton VIGORISH, by Walter Bupp THE MEMORY OF MARS, by Raymond Jones THE MATHEMATICIANS, by Arthur Feldman THE INVADERS, by Murray Leinster THE GREAT NEBRASKA SEA, by Allan Danzig THE DAY TIME STOPPED MOVING, by Bradner Buckner I AM A NUCLEUS, by Stephen Barr GUN FOR HIRE, by Mack Reynolds THE GRAVEYARD OF SPACE, by Milton Lesser THE GREAT DROUGHT, by Sterner Meek HANDYMAN, by Frank Banta NAUDSONCE, by H. Beam Piper THE FEELING, by Roger Dee MY FAIR PLANET, by Evelyn E. Smith FRIEND ISLAND, by Francis Stevens THE CARNIVORE, by G.A. Morris A GIFT FROM EARTH, by Manly Banister LET THERE BE LIGHT, by Horace Fyfe RIYA'S FOUNDLING, by Algis Budrys SPACE STATION 1, by Frank Long BULLET WITH HIS NAME, by Fritz Leiber I'M A STRANGER HERE MYSELF, by Mack Reynolds THE AMBASSADOR, by Sam Merwin, Jr. GONE FISHING, by James Schmitz JUNIOR, by Robert Abernathy HALL OF MIRRORS, by Frederic Brown GRAVEYARD OF DREAMS, by H. Beam Piper OPERATION HAYSTACK, by Frank Herbert

Author : Wadsworth Camp,Arthur Rees,E. Philllips Oppenheim,Frank Packard,Meredith Nicholson,Anna Katharine Green,Edith Lavell
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 1798 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783963130960

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The Mystery Omnibus #1 (Serapis Classics) by Wadsworth Camp,Arthur Rees,E. Philllips Oppenheim,Frank Packard,Meredith Nicholson,Anna Katharine Green,Edith Lavell Pdf

An incredible collection of the world's best classic mystery novels, proudly presented by Serapis Classics! Featuring: THE ABANDONED ROOM, by Wadsworth Camp THE SHRIEKING PIT, by Arthur Rees THE NEW TENANT, by E. Phillips Oppenheim THE ADVENTURES OF JIMMIE DALE, by Frank Packard THE HOUSE OF A THOUSAND CANDLES, by Meredith Nicholson THE DOCTOR HIS WIFE AND THE CLOCK, by Anna Katharine Green THE MYSTERY OF THE SECRET BAND, by Edith Lavell

Author : Algernon Swinburne
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2017-10-22
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9783963130137

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The Age of Shakespeare (Serapis Classics) by Algernon Swinburne Pdf

The first great English poet was the father of English tragedy and the creator of English blank verse. Chaucer and Spenser were great writers and great men: they shared between them every gift which goes to the making of a poet except the one which alone can make a poet, in the proper sense of the word, great. Neither pathos nor humor nor fancy nor invention will suffice for that: no poet is great as a poet whom no one could ever pretend to recognize as sublime. Sublimity is the test of imagination as distinguished from invention or from fancy: and the first English poet whose powers can be called sublime was Christopher Marlowe...

Author : Arthur Roberts
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962558130

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Operation Interstellar (Serapis Classics) by Arthur Roberts Pdf

Paul Grayson walked the city street slowly. He was sauntering towards the spaceport, but he was in no hurry. He had allowed himself plenty of time to breathe the fresh spring air, to listen to the myriad of sounds made by his fellow men, and to revel in the grand freedom that being out in the open gave him. Soon enough he would be breathing canned air, pungent with the odor of compressor oil and the tang of the greenery used to replenish the oxygen, unable to walk freely more than a few dozen steps, and unable to see what lies beyond his viewports. Occasionally his eyes looked along the low southern sky towards Alpha Centauri. Proxima, of course, could not be resolved by the naked eye, much less the stinking little overheated mote that rotated about Proxima. Obviously unfit for human life and patently incapable of spawning life of its own, it was Paul Grayson's destination, and would be his home for a few days or a few weeks depending entirely upon whether things went good or bad. Only during the last four out of two thousand millions of years of its life had this planet been useful. Man needed a place to stand; not to move the earth with Archimedes's lever but to survey the galaxy. Proxima Centauri I was the only planet in the trinary and as bad as it was, it was useful for a space station. In an hour, Paul Grayson would be locked in a capsule of metal hurling himself through space towards Proxima I. He was looking forward to ten days cooped up in a spacecraft of the type furnished by the Bureau of Astrogation to its engineers which was a far cry from the sumptuous craft run by the Big Brass. His confines would be lined with functional scientific equipment; his air supply would be medically acceptable but aesthetically horrible; and his vision limited to the cabin, for beyond the viewports would be only the formless, endless, abysmal blackness of absolutely nothing while the ship mounted into multiples of the speed of light...

Author : Murray Leinster
Publisher : Serapis Classics
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-10-02
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9783962558147

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Operation Outer Space by Murray Leinster Pdf

Jed Cochrane tried to be cynical as the helicab hummed softly through the night over the city. The cab flew at two thousand feet, where lighted buildings seemed to soar toward it from the canyons which were streets. There were lights and people everywhere, and Cochrane sardonically reminded himself that he was no better than anybody else, only he'd been trying to keep from realizing it. He looked down at the trees and shrubbery on the roof-tops, and at a dance that was going on atop one of the tallest buildings. All roofs were recreation-spaces nowadays. They were the only spaces available. When you looked down at a city like this, you had cynical thoughts. Fourteen million people in this city. Ten million in that. Eight in another and ten in another still, and twelve million in yet another ... Big cities. Swarming millions of people, all desperately anxious—so Cochrane realized bitterly—all desperately anxious about their jobs and keeping them...

Author : Murray Leinster
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Science fiction, American
ISBN : 1620126648

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Space Platform by Murray Leinster Pdf

Long before extended space travel became a reality, prolific science fiction author Murray Leinster created a richly detailed scenario in which a project that bears a striking resemblance to the International Space Station is being planned and executed. However, several nefarious factions want the planned expedition to fail. Can unlikely hero Joe Kenmore salvage the project?

Author : MC ILL LEE JEST
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-06-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781304097170

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Jesus Pimped Serapis-Sermon on the Black Christ by MC ILL LEE JEST Pdf

A collection of essays about how economics and religion have affected Western Civilization.

Author : Gabriel Bodard,Matteo Romanello
Publisher : Ubiquity Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2016-04-28
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781909188471

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Digital Classics Outside the Echo-Chamber by Gabriel Bodard,Matteo Romanello Pdf

Edited by organisers of “Digital Classicist” seminars in London and Berlin, this volume explores the impact of computational approaches to the study of antiquity on audiences other than the scholars who conventionally publish it. In addition to colleagues in classics and digital humanities, the eleven chapters herein concern and are addressed to students, heritage professionals and “citizen scientists”. Each chapter is a scholarly contribution, presenting research questions in the classics, digital humanities or, in many cases, both. They are all also examples of work within one of the most important areas of academia today: scholarly research and outputs that engage with collaborators and audiences not only including our colleagues, but also students, academics in different fields including the hard sciences, professionals and the broader public. Collaboration and scholarly interaction, particularly with better-funded and more technically advanced disciplines, is essential to digital humanities and perhaps even more so to digital classics. The international perspectives on these issues are especially valuable in an increasingly connected, institutionally and administratively diverse world. This book addresses the broad range of issues scholars and practitioners face in engaging with students, professionals and the public, in accessible and valuable chapters from authors of many backgrounds and areas of expertise, including language and linguistics, history, archaeology and architecture. This collection will be of interest to teachers, scientists, cultural heritage professionals, linguists and enthusiasts of history and antiquity.

Author : Sir William Smith
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1894
Category : Biography
ISBN : YALE:39002024900400

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A Classical Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography, Mythology and Geography, Based on the Larger Dictonaries by Sir William Smith Pdf