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The Secret of the Ninth Planet
Donald Wollheim
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An alien race has put a station on Earth and other planets in order to steal the rays of the sun, possible causing the sun to nova within two years. Burl Denning, a high school student, is the only person who has the power to stop the alien project. Can he and the crew of the experimental space ship Magellan act in time to save the earth?
An alien race has put a station on Earth and other planets in order to steal the rays of the sun, possible causing the sun to nova within two years. Burl Denning, a high school student, is the only person who has the power to stop the alien project. Can he and the crew of the experimental space ship Magellan act in time to save the earth?
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Caton nodded, but before he could continue the discussion, Lockhart rounded them all up, packed them into a couple of station wagons, guards and all, and they were off.
The next days were hectic ones. By car and plane the group was transferred to the large, closely guarded base in Wyoming where the secret anti-gravity ship was waiting. Burl did not see this ship right away. First, he was introdu. . . Read More
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Hogy is harangozta be George Lucas az új Star Wars trilógia nyitó epizódját? "Every generation has a legend" - ez a betűsor ragyogott fel a Baljós árnyak első trailer-ének kezdő képkockáin. Nos, amint a Csillagok Háborúja (szigorúan saját kezűleg kiszínezett!) képregényei egy folytonosan táguló fant
Back in pre Star Wars days, before Industrial Light and Magic, before actual space flights and basically before anything person born after 2012 would recognize an modern, a lot of books were written to include a kid, usually a teenager, most often a male. The notion was to create a 'you are there fe
An alien race has put a sun tapping device on Earth. Burl Denning and his father find, Burl being imbued with an energy that allows him to shut down the device. Now he's a crew member of an experimental ship visiting all the planets looking for these machines.
As they destroy each one and move farthe
Wollheim has provided a mix of fairly typical 1950s sci-fi and planetary romance - it has a pretty strong pulp influence. Typical of the period, the heroes are all male and (assumed, but not explicitly stated) all white. I don't recall there being a named female character in the book - the hero visi
What an excellent book. Definitely a bit of a Young adult book but I enjoyed it immensely. This ranks up there with "The Secret of the Martian Moons" by Wollheim, and is far better than "The Secret of Saturn's Rings."
A great fun adventure.
Donald A. Wollheim is mostly known for being a mid-century science-fiction editor and publisher. His dispute with J.R.R. Tolkien is legendary. Wollheim was so in love with Tolkien’s writings that he wanted to publish themas paperbacks. But the great fantasy author had better judgment about writing
Wollheim was an important figure in the science fiction field, famed as an editor at Avon and Ace and as the founder of DAW, of course, but he was also a writer of many works that I've enjoyed. Sadly, the science in this one is just abysmal. It was published as an adventure for younger readers in 19