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    The Sphere of Sleep
    The Sphere of Sleep
    The Sphere of Sleep
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    The Sphere of Sleep

    By Chester S Geier

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 25, 2013
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      The Sphere of Sleep - Chester S Geier

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Sphere of Sleep, by Chester S. Geier

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      Title: The Sphere of Sleep

      Author: Chester S. Geier

      Release Date: June 9, 2010 [EBook #32750]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK THE SPHERE OF SLEEP ***

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      The SPHERE of SLEEP

      By CHESTER S. GEIER

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Amazing Stories December 1942. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      I've got to kill you, Big Tim. I've just got to kill you! I want Laura—and you're standing in my way....

      Brad Nelson had a perfect way to kill Big Tim without any danger of being accused. Then his foot slipped and he was hurled into an unknown world.

      The thought beat urgently and continuously in Brad Nellon's mind. He was absorbed in it to the extent that the terrible Titanian gale which roared beyond the shelter of his thermalloy suit was forgotten.

      Beside him, the object of his deadly thoughts strode unknowing. His large, brown face crinkled in a grin of boyish enjoyment, Tim Austin was fighting his way through the fierce drive of wind and snow. That grin was always there. It was as much a part of him as his thick, tow hair, his gentle brown eyes and giant's frame. He was big and carefree, and life ran rich and full in his veins.

      On Brad Nellon's face there was no enjoyment in the battle against the storm. There was not even his usual resentment of the bitter cold and the thick, white snow. His grey eyes were covered with a heavy film of thought. He walked in a world where there was no storm save that of his emotions, no reality outside of the imagery constructed by his brain. His stocky, powerful form plodded along mechanically.

      They moved in a world of snow and ice and screaming wind. Great pinnacles and ridges, worn into fantastic shapes by the gale, towered on every side. The curtain of snow occasionally lifted to reveal white hills marching upon white hills, huge, glittering ice sheets, yawning chasms. And sometimes, farther in the distance, there would be awesome alien vistas.

      The dark thread of Brad Nellon's thoughts was broken abruptly by the sudden hum of his helmet earphones. He looked up with guilty quickness. Awareness of his companion, of the frigid hell of his Titanian surroundings, rushed back in a flood.

      On the watch, guy, the voice of Big Tim Austin cautioned. We're almost near Tower Point.

      Nellon moved his head in a jerky nod of understanding. His eyes probed momentarily into those of the other, then dropped quickly back to the snow. His earphones

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