Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

Astounding Stories. January 1931.: Volume 5, No. 1.  January, 1931
Astounding Stories. January 1931.: Volume 5, No. 1.  January, 1931
Astounding Stories. January 1931.: Volume 5, No. 1.  January, 1931
Ebook267 pages4 hours

Astounding Stories. January 1931.: Volume 5, No. 1. January, 1931

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars

()

Read preview

About this ebook

Science Fiction has always drawn some of our most creative writers to its form. Back in the early decades of the twentieth century events conspired to propel the whole genre forward from the earlier works of Jules Verne and other luminaries.

New media technologies were coming to the fore with radio and television to add to new industrial processes and ideas. Hollywood’s golden years were creating ‘escapist fare’ as the world battled with war and depression where the impossible seemed possible. On the streets pulp magazines were becoming the dominant form of mass market reading. The real world had shrunk and other worlds were sought.

Writers were able to fuse ideas with technical ‘know how’ and create fabulous inventions of other worlds and other times. These inspired other writers to re-imagine almost everything in the search for new situations and environments.

A Golden Age was upon us. These are their stories…….

THE DARK SIDE OF ANTRI by SEWELL PEASLEE WRIGHT

Commander John Hanson Relates an Interplanetary Adventure Illustrating the Splendid Service Spirit of the Men of the Special Patrol.

THE SUNKEN EMPIRE by H. THOMPSON RICH

Concerning the Strange Adventures of Professor Stevens with the Antillians on the Floor of the Mysterious Sargasso Sea.

THE GATE TO XORAN by HAL K. WELLS

A Strange Man of Metal Comes to Earth on a Dreadful Mission.

THE EYE OF ALLAH by C. D. WILLARD

On the Fatal Seventh of September a Certain Secret Service Man Sat in the President's Chair and Looked Back into the Eye of Allah.

THE FIFTH-DIMENSION CATAPULT by MURRAY LEINSTER

The Story of Tommy Reames' Extraordinary Rescue of Professor Denham and his Daughter Marooned in the Fifth Dimension. (A Complete Novelette.)

FOREWORD, CHAPTER I, CHAPTER II, CHAPTER III, CHAPTER IV, CHAPTER V

THE PIRATE PLANET by CHARLES W. DIFFIN

Two Fighting Yankees―War-Torn Earth's Sole Representatives on Venus―Set Out to Spike the Greatest Gun of All Time. (Part Three of a Four-Part Novel.)

WHAT HAS GONE BEFORE, CHAPTER XIII, CHAPTER XIV, CHAPTER XV

MYSTERIOUS CARLSBAD CAVERN

ABOUT THE AUTHORS

LanguageEnglish
Release dateFeb 8, 2018
ISBN9781787377677
Astounding Stories. January 1931.: Volume 5, No. 1.  January, 1931
Author

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.

Read more from Murray Leinster

Related to Astounding Stories. January 1931.

Related ebooks

Science Fiction For You

View More

Related articles

Reviews for Astounding Stories. January 1931.

Rating: 0 out of 5 stars
0 ratings

0 ratings0 reviews

What did you think?

Tap to rate

Review must be at least 10 words

    Book preview

    Astounding Stories. January 1931. - Murray Leinster

    13^book_preview_excerpt.html|rIdj b[aGeUFIT )#R1 LdB?f;?_LB5۱jK_ӏ]ߦfӏqeק)f[bwQ!O?{g\|~nWwͻU10?^cQ\ݭجcZUj]Pé+6KXMا/m }c[>U/KaPTMbC[2C;>Uw t:5ݡjctn8Rml7C[6WT-}+~j6MY$\`_ce>wM_Lj׬Ӟ*:6UcXǪpU(rPsux(Oǔ߻b26 ȯn m4$.U 于;>WCg+.Yk70,t>ľվ](nL?_ԥaG=}q[w{7CM}Z%C.%1B"jAE48Hdӊjce[&'h hs\6ݞA&;~46sOO~Ybqұg 媅rퟋ+e:wW_>|(>]]}*.y]x{,;5}h:6.7Q,P&w<˺O]Sw:"J]l5? ">bϻC\ӗ>~vOw|u]\}v_o>~.no?ĽW5`ŧ6mIP]- 7\z 4 S:¼SAT4n  .EA}qD h&B%bMxK/ uR8xW_>||ϗ(K}{x;Eq}ܯ`x>"ޅ>'/.T> tYa-ݿvn =)|G~9@/otjK ~ڭ,fZꊷa Bڔl7@NoOSĿ\RcpL_^}Z_~}''='E-Ӈ+W~X{^xDŽay =Kh_ާ1coqoxfi~QF eh\=D}sE(ԇ$//Ow/7W+ \yFd^fNhҢ7`q^_?~^P#{}/?#@~I~+TS0nTp]o ''˃8foMt\LEjzg2>;jH@+SP疉@Mڶ[Aʅ7<=sRv ct:ƀߤ ZU\?pNG|V-m_1!9-DQ, (4]n*WDRj$DLDDE;]/?g-wak,8Pp}3 kmRO7sD{s?,{ _ "`PzQfs_jx D?U*O fՎÀ[" ):N>X qz n2>5$u%yDz.CUs[>ܾwŠƅP[CBBuhlb?/(zn@gUrI=]qn5+^(>0ʌVX!MobMe8dLx&Td]hXjW$xte7x J^bų1GnX5:ZzZ7+x? ܞK_$.`z] q H;:9:S!* {x" T'ʽ~aYeR{Ig#UNVDR q{)'[׺ 1; <KbGG,eE;(=Qr ٳGB(Y 0D 7as=~Ck<'bBjZ[ٍ#cC&{V## s=2BXYN?*(m`a,8~ol 3q m\bIW\<]B>tkaf2(Q')\|r x&]]_Hr32@uU}·%]E k(ς|(Ӥ[#a7~Qpap:iZQ'-ڮ~QN gL)8)pKb8[@_VK{ ;@bvשm BKEQ>0ɠܣSlȱ 㝁j,?{o]7۩\pB[_@vhg[{q+֤/tC}15oFKBi(g$"0S7X fZ%qJAI:tx~{ 7fD*D{\",Ѝ)uh鯨4"m%a~$ 7GpChMRðl~KoUL*eHS|_eL*{+CPO;l|S!LB_q3-bpu4W8D`Ta7;Ryxj鱝 3S8sZj3 N|K3<+dRrc2ºNf%߇rxY$V qAHꁠ6+-rDHh"D&Lp c\^1] ci u/ bPģ9#A;mD2KTɒC`!#iƂFpitAUn Szʖ uWIl6܋50_W[nwDy,n%G:1-,鐘kjh!:U= Ԉ-J)KT.Oo2g gyO|"3a7LKDGKy`~,vbṼ l( \vҩYِ<= U2/ v]G$ytvď&֖qTHlQy~ٓ:xj̾y"0?%ܱ2vJe`c1 z+VU Ie ,#{CK|U;3e(,.cC#btrrqcYsLy2@u5b-H7ޑ;kѯL^[ZAFPk/(!FO|Ii;H@1s X\o,*`Vju.bDZĈ?awDHso]ǖJ[!5gRfHxŒN"eFxRҘe^3d.D .]%[tj&+>}D٭itO&ȨJ]0N,$k2}JI:iΚYI yb*2aXx$)2fW 'hSmGUFDUuUU{nvY3kYDpetV2H!~6{#YQm NYH\mՑ}yJ;Om/hԝʡFeڅ˲:&\DtF2;_Ivh49,B}B ?󆚕=bE؜[%be&9ڐuh ii,qk ⎛" z:ntȎl Kkۏ*wc/%@L++f>x~phSབͳ䂉8ǰGlr/ۭ?ZIj&pL[X'܆Y^.m܃#I˺~a%u 8QS{ -紦F1Gk膤qrOAUѬEcQ-%Vt [֙qGO%D|q^:mXl^|n&Gbi^X2 ʵCO&K-gF|oQQSTu]$F!D8~R*3ugpj˦# )lq 6VສHt _ FzỚOgFjr (W>gtf|{SI͞4I,wՔD88ΒOQBF&"آ nl;VΚAva{ `^aS]rX>*-8iw^(i֢ë_6kYBIGCT֠$ C}x.YE*ba9SX`^sl\#&RA9pՎPY:0r'|{MT.GYzrD1'uގi478K^E? !-u8sL؜*' 74~S(C'M=8;a? /sh3~Jxȅ( )͇ u1"4^l:)iўOV=NWs NFԣËsGDUoշrŶ6}Pn߉ CmZq1ɜ kB*Y%`2Ċߦ3Nqʖg.bߏeU/)Ԝ;6bˑ ug]\v0I ԪM}]ug-nUef|y[O~Q}l7(2@l5vPb $2%?XɌ #xo|_"? Moq s~jTxuhsi^pJB~Йnv2Ϯrm3# XGVPw>FC7>꽷ryN8X^.hp>e86RSٍ^ [ӈnMW1 }š:|` 6/bQe>̝`vC$wSf@jDJC/JqlUL]>Z.LQG8'{y}B+[-4M9M}~Tz@4A}cSwzXS7Ae1:ϭ:ipd1j_R4+[Ag)@Uhƶ{ca90`jlh֏2T&pS鈷E5O qSSu<,њHVK|~k ~^)sevl% sĥTQ~@(ۇvF5mwN_46[U\H/ U)pW75ʛpbѡVӸ*'"1WG:%F+x%_8Dj`_\Y=Vet`<~8ź<\jGO(ykgomcR] QU$|ÒaDӹCF$C#!j6hc:0YV r ,rW(t$ Ϣ̇]$ބ%LgCB<5D6@ͥ{O擑1WBDU夛oem`3:Al)i>F'x44K&4a8dRqlL$zE4"i3HcbdOLN8 Mj'Z+ljiGȪW'r68?YI$= o2ʜP`8I΁ UK;.[>(:c?SszF w3VVy%fV +u{ b3Q"s:S" \E 0]] jgmCԵy0!i4"st`iM5ԅ1j$c9obzS>PS?pTI X{{)|Ѝ5dcw|ɡmK}c y:F:gyAa`A"4rjhɻ:ǔՓ(IZ{5t>|\CF8\ُh[&RcS;G!Dv7HŘ̳Suuuׂgz;k×|Im";g:*ckəMN73w +OfxxNU"$m͜3>0o /tQ Uy鋰e{)dXhgx@<[S]k̘5Og `[-<dbST<2 ]eߵAPIN5J|bwx܎ B|6Ngt |9%g"Sd6ōL, -a ҏb1"l/@22Sl;z3lkݰlh$2H w8Cウ?Zxl5'$G)[;Qg*>\'grYy[6liG6)ӒΩo몏~@gnzsY!)|<;b1Yf?O7 %:^x}U
    Enjoying the preview?
    Page 1 of 1