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    The Wailing Asteroid
    The Wailing Asteroid
    The Wailing Asteroid
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    The Wailing Asteroid

    By Murray Leinster

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    This carefully crafted ebook: "The Wailing Asteroid" is formatted for your eReader with a functional and detailed table of contents.
    "The Wailing Asteroid" is a science-fiction novel written by Murray Leinster. It presents the theme of the lone inventor who saves Earth from cosmic danger and introduces Humanity to an unknown civilization. The novel was adapted for film as "The Terrornauts" in 1967.
    LanguageEnglish
    Publishere-artnow
    Release dateJun 14, 2018
    ISBN9788026895091
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    Murray Leinster

    Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins (June 16, 1896 – June 8, 1975), an American science fiction and alternate history writer. He was a prolific author with a career spanning several decades, during which he made significant contributions to the science fiction genre.

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