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A World is Born [MultiFormat]
by Leigh Brackett
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The romantic, fictionalized solar system of Leigh Brackett's works provides a lush, steamy world in Mercury, where Mel Gray is working to build a home for veterans of the Second Interplanetary War. But Gray has no idea of the romance and adventure that awaits on this savage young world... A thrilling planetary adventure from the legendary COMET pulp magazine! (Published: 1941)
Words: 8076 - Reading Time: 23-32 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Lorelei of the Red Mist [MultiFormat]
by Ray Bradbury, Leigh Brackett
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Hugh Starke, space-rat and convict, was being pursued by spacecraft into the unknown parts of Venus. He had just pulled off the largest lone wolf heist in the history of that planet. But now it looked like he was going to pay the ultimate price for his misdeeds. But fate had a strange twist on Starke's life when he woke up in a different body. A body that was strong and powerful. In a body of a Venusian barbarian named Conan. But was Starke anything more than a puppet in this new body? For he so... more info>> (Published: 1946)
Words: 22469 - Reading Time: 64-89 min.
Category: Science Fiction/Fantasy
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Planets Of Adventure #4 [MultiFormat]
by Emmett McDowell, Leigh Brackett
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Two Complete Book-Length Novels of Strange Aventures on Other Worlds in the Universe of Future Centuries reprinted from the pages of the legendary pulp magazine of colorful, poetic space opera, Planet Stories! In Emmett McDowell's gripping adventure, death was Jaro Moynahan's stock in trade, and every planet had known his touch. But now, on Mercury, he was selling his guns into the weirdest of all his exploits, gambling his life against the soft touch of a woman's lips - the fearful Red Witch o... more info>>
Words: 33469 - Reading Time: 95-133 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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Planets Of Adventure #5 [MultiFormat]
by Gardner Fox, Leigh Brackett
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Two Novels of Supermen and Cosmic Peril from the Greatest of Space Opera Pulps! From the famous Superman, Batman, and Justice League writer Gardner F. Fox comes a tale of an amazing superman - The Man the Sun Gods Made. Original magazine blurb: To the vassal remnants of Lyallar, this man was a God. They called him a god and worshipped him. He neither ate nor drank, nor breathed the wild free air, yet he was mighty beyond belief. To the Ardth hordes he was Tyr the Terrible. But grief bowed thos... more info>>
Words: 40500 - Reading Time: 115-162 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Planetary Adventures of Eric John Stark [MultiFormat]
by Leigh Brackett
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He is Eric John Stark, known far and wide around the galaxy because of his many exploits and unparalleled fearlessness. But he is also called N'Chaka, Man-Without-a-Tribe. Born and raised in the savage surroundings of Mercury, and then reclaimed by his fellow Earthmen after they have destroyed his tribe and home, Stark spends his life wandering, not staying in one place for long, yet ever and always leaving his mark. From dry and arid Mars with its vampiric Ramas, to red and lush Venus with its ... more info>>
Words: 83929 - Reading Time: 239-335 min.
Category: Science Fiction
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The Vanishing Venusians [MultiFormat]
by Leigh Brackett
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Matt Harker and his people have journeyed for far too long. A rag-tag group of Earthmen and Venusians floating on the Sea of Morning Opals. Floating without a home and with very little hope. Victimized by hostile natives, burning fevers, bad soil, and bad luck. When land is sighted Harker makes the decision to scale the mountainous terrain in the dim hopes of finding a new home. With two companions they ascend to encounter unknown malevolent alien beings. Harker thought he'd be lucky if they ... more info>> (Published: 1945)
Words: 10930 - Reading Time: 31-43 min.
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