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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aMarlowe, Stephen,
_d1928-2008
245 1 4 _aThe Cosmic Snare
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2021
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy February 1956
500 _aRelease date is 2021-11-12
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Cosmic Snare" by Milton Lesser is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story is set against the backdrop of sub-space travel, exploring the vast emptiness that serves as a channel for instantaneous travel between distant star systems. Ultimately, the book delves into themes of survival and the interplay of danger within the unknown dimensions of space. The plot centers on Liddell and his wife, Linda, who are stationed at a sub-space transfer station. When a notorious escaped prisoner, Jason Short, materializes unexpectedly at their station, chaos ensues. Liddell confronts the killer, who takes Linda hostage and demands to be sent to a distant planet. In a daring move, Liddell deliberately alters their transfer coordinates to trap Short in sub-space along with Linda, thereby allowing him to rescue her. What follows is a tense confrontation in the featureless gray of sub-space, where Liddell must battle Short in a realm that defies the laws of physics. The story culminates in Liddell bringing them back to normal space while contemplating the intriguing possibilities for the future of sub-space travel. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Greenleaf Publishing Company, 1955
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aCriminals -- Fiction
653 _aInterstellar travel -- Fiction
653 _aSpouses -- Fiction
830 0 _aProduced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy February 1956
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/66714
999 _c107536
_d107536