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100 1 _aCummings, Ray,
_d1887-1957
245 1 0 _aMonster of the Asteroid
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Winter 1941
500 _aRelease date is 2020-05-06
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Monster of the Asteroid" by Ray Cummings is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The narrative unfolds in a futuristic setting during the year 1965, following the adventures of Thomas Ralston and his fiancé, Dora Franklin, who become ensnared in a bizarre and perilous situation involving extraterrestrial beings. The book delves into themes of captivity, identity, and the struggle against an alien consciousness that embodies the planet, showcasing Cummings' speculative imagination of the possibilities of interplanetary life. In the story, Thomas and Dora encounter a mysterious man named Bragg who lures them into a trap, leading to their abduction into space. Their captors consist of a criminal group, who have come under the dominion of a formidable entity referred to as the Supreme One, which exists on a desolate asteroid. As they navigate this fearsome new world, Thomas learns that the Supreme One controls various headless physical manifestations of itself to enforce its will. Among the captives are humans from Earth, Mars, and Venus, who have been coerced into the Supreme One's twisted plan to establish a new society under its rule. With rising tensions and a brewing revolt among the captives, Thomas must devise a plan to escape this cautionary tale where survival hangs in the balance. The climax propels them into chaos as the humans unite against their captors, leading to a dramatic struggle for freedom. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aInventors -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aAsteroids -- Fiction
700 1 _aPaul, Frank R.
_q(Frank Rudolph),
_d1884-1963
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Winter 1941
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62040
999 _c102864
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