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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aWollheim, Donald A.,
_d1914-1990
245 1 0 _aPogo Planet
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2024
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aAjax Calkins 1
490 1 _aProduced from Future combined with Science Fiction October 1941.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-03-11
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Pogo Planet" by Martin Pearson is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story introduces Ajax Calkins, an ambitious individual who desires to become a pioneer in space exploration. He sets out to claim a newly discovered planet, Midplanet, and embarks on a comical adventure filled with unexpected challenges and bizarre creatures. In the narrative, Ajax crashes on Midplanet only to discover a vibrant world where the atmosphere has trapped light, creating an intriguing environment. As he explores, he encounters intelligent kangaroo-like beings and a giant flea named Bosco, who aids him in an escape from captivity with the kangaroo inhabitants. The tension escalates as Ajax and Nadia Landor, an Earth girl, must navigate their way back to safety amidst whimsical circumstances, including Ajax's attempts to assert his dominance as a self-proclaimed ruler. Ultimately, the story blends humor and adventure as Ajax learns that grandiose ambitions can be hindered by unpredictable realities. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Columbia Publications, Inc., 1941
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aInterplanetary voyages -- Fiction
653 _aOuter space -- Exploration -- Fiction
700 1 _aBok, Hannes,
_d1914-1964
830 0 _aAjax Calkins 1
830 0 _aProduced from Future combined with Science Fiction October 1941.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/73148
999 _c113873
_d113873