Download or read book The Planet Strappers written by Raymond Gallun and published by Jovian Press. This book was released on 2018-01-19 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nelson and Ramos sped on toward Mars in their tiny plastic-bubble spacecraft. They were on the alert - it didn't pay to take anything for granted in the Big Vacuum...The way between the worlds was mostly empty space - except for the outlaws of the void who drifted, patiently and vengefully waiting for a victim, then struck! Nelsen and Ramos tensed - blips on the radar screen! Maybe meteors... More blips - and fist-sized chunks of rock flicked through their fragile vehicles. Air puffed out... and Nelson and Ramos were fighting for their lives... A Million Miles Beyond the Moon!

Download or read book The Planet Strappers written by Raymond Z. Gallun and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an American science fiction writer.

Download or read book The Planet Strappers written by Z Gallun Raymond and published by Double 9 Books. This book was released on 2023-12 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Planet Strappers" is a classic science fiction novel written via Raymond Z. Gallun. Set in a future in which humanity has multiplied into the sun machine, the tale follows the adventures of the protagonist, Christopher "Kit" Karger. Kit is a younger, formidable, and idealistic space enthusiast who desires of becoming a "planet strapper," a term used for the rugged pioneers who discover and colonize the planets and moons of the solar machine. He joins a group of numerous people on a spaceship referred to as the Venture, embarking on a adventure that takes them to diverse celestial our bodies. Throughout their spacefaring adventures, the team faces numerous demanding situations, from antagonistic alien encounters to the harsh conditions of uncharted worlds. Kit's determination and resourcefulness are tested as he strives to prove himself as a succesful and brave planet strapper. Raymond Z. Gallun's novel paints a vivid image of a destiny in which space exploration is a manner of life, and the characters' struggles and triumphs mirror humanity's enduring spirit of exploration and discovery. "The Planet Strappers" is a interesting and galvanizing tale of adventure, braveness, and the pursuit of the unknown, making it a cherished traditional within the genre of technology fiction literature.

Download or read book The Planet Strappers written by Zinke Raymond Gallun and published by . This book was released on 2008-09-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book The Planet Strappers written by Raymond Z. Gallun and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-04 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Planet Strappers started out as The Bunch, a group of student-astronauts in the back room of a store in Jarviston, Minnesota. They wanted off Earth, and they begged, borrowed and built what they needed to make it. They got what they wanted--a start on the road to the stars--but no one brought up on Earth could have imagined what was waiting for them Out There! We are delighted to publish this classic book as part of our extensive Classic Library collection. Many of the books in our collection have been out of print for decades, and therefore have not been accessible to the general public. The aim of our publishing program is to facilitate rapid access to this vast reservoir of literature, and our view is that this is a significant literary work, which deserves to be brought back into print after many decades. The contents of the vast majority of titles in the Classic Library have been scanned from the original works. To ensure a high quality product, each title has been meticulously hand curated by our staff. Our philosophy has been guided by a desire to provide the reader with a book that is as close as possible to ownership of the original work. We hope that you will enjoy this wonderful classic work, and that for you it becomes an enriching experience.

Download or read book Asteroid of Fear written by Raymond Z. Gallun and published by VM eBooks. This book was released on 2016-01-22 with total page 52 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The space ship landed briefly, and John Endlich lifted the huge Asteroids Homesteaders Office box, which contained everything from a prefabricated house to toothbrushes for his family, down from the hold-port without help or visible effort. In the tiny gravity of the asteroid, Vesta, doing this was no trouble at all. But beyond this point the situation was—bitter. His two kids, Bubs, seven, and Evelyn, nine—clad in space-suits that were slightly oversize to allow for the growth of young bodies—were both bawling. He could hear them through his oxygen-helmet radiophones. Around him, under the airless sky of space, stretched desolation that he'd of course known about beforehand—but which now had assumed that special and terrible starkness of reality. At his elbow, his wife, Rose, her heart-shaped face and grey eyes framed by the wide face-window of her armor, was trying desperately to choke back tears, and be brave.

Download or read book Journey to Jupiter written by Hugh Walters and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2020-11-12 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chris and his friends are setting off on the first trip ever to be made to the planet Jupiter. One thing puzzles them - they have been given no details of the time the flight will take. But as the space ship continues on its journey they are told that they will travel at higher speeds than have ever been achieved before. The effects of the tremendous speed turn out to be much more serious than expected...

Download or read book The Classic Works of Raymond Z Gallun written by Raymond Z Gallun and published by . This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The 25th Golden Age of Science Fiction MEGAPACK Raymond Z Gallun written by Raymond Z. Gallun and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 577 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Raymond Zinke Gallun (1911 - 1994) was among the earliest pulp fiction writers who specialized in science fiction, and he sold many stories to magazines in the 1930s under his own name and several pseudonyms (such as Dow Elstar, E.V. Raymond and William Callahan). His first novel, "People Minus X" (included here) was published in 1957, followed by his second, "The Planet Strappers," in 1961 (also included here). He was honored with the I-CON Lifetime Achievement Award in 1985 at I-CON IV; the award was later renamed The Raymond Z. Gallun Award. THE REVOLT OF THE STAR MEN THE ETERNAL WALL ASTEROID OF FEAR BIG PILL RETURN OF A LEGEND COMET'S BURIAL STAMPED CAUTION PEOPLE MINUS X (novel) THE PLANET STRAPPERS (novel) The Collector If you enjoy this ebook, don't forget to search your favorite ebook store for "Wildside Press Megapack" to see more of the 250+ volumes in this series, covering adventure, historical fiction, mysteries, westerns, ghost stories, science fiction -- and much, much more!

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Download or read book Dawn of the Demi Gods written by Raymond Z. Gallun and published by Wildside Press LLC. This book was released on 2021-01-13 with total page 94 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As unheralded as ghosts, but as significant as a new dawn of history, there came to Earth from distant Ganymede's glowing crescent—three micro-androids, minuscule beings, carrying the treasure of immortality...

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