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    The Beast of Space
    The Beast of Space
    The Beast of Space
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    The Beast of Space

    By F.E. Hardart

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      The Beast of Space - F.E. Hardart

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      Title: The Beast of Space

      Author: F.E. Hardart

      Release Date: November 16, 2007 [EBook #23509]

      Language: English

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      The BEAST of SPACE

      A tale of the prospectors of the starways—of dangers—

      by F. E. HARDART

      He staggered back from the lapping pool—the gas—the weight of the girl's body—the dog—

      Here the dark cave, along which Nat Starrett had been creeping, broadened into what his powerful searchlight revealed to be a low, wide, smoothly circular room. At his feet lapped black, thick-looking waves of an underground lake, a pool of viscous substance that gave off a penetrating, poignant odor of acid, sweetish and intoxicating, unlike any acid he knew. The smell rolled up in a sickening, sultry cloud that penetrated his helmet, made him cough and choke. Near its center projected from the sticky stuff what appeared to be the nose of a spaceship.

      He looked down near his feet at the edge of the pool where thick, slowly-moving tongues of the liquid appeared to reach up toward him, as if intent on pulling him into its depths. As each hungry wave fell back, it left a slimy, snake-like trail behind.

      Now came a wave of strange music, music such as he had never heard before. Faintly it had begun some time back, so faintly he was barely aware of it. Now it swelled into a smooth, impelling wail lulling him into drowsiness. He did not wonder why he could hear through the soundproof space helmet he wore; he ceased to wonder about anything. There was only the strange sweetness of acid and the throbbing music.

      Abruptly the spell was broken by something shrilling in his brain, sending little chills racing up and down his spine. Digger! A small,

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