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100 1 _aBond, Nelson S.,
_d1908-2006
245 1 4 _aThe scientific pioneer returns
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 _aLancelot Biggs, 6
490 1 _aHorse-Sense Hank, [unnumbered]
490 1 _aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1940.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-08-10
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Scientific Pioneer Returns" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction narrative written in the early 20th century. The story features a mix of humor and adventure as it follows the character Lancelot Biggs, who, alongside his friend Horse-sense Hank Cleaver, navigates the perplexities of time travel and strange disappearances at Midland University. The book engages with themes of fate, the potential of scientific discovery, and the intertwining of past and future. The plot unfolds from a series of mysterious vanishings of university faculty members, leading to a frantic search by Blakeson, a publicity expert. He ultimately recruits Hank Cleaver, a seemingly simple yet remarkably insightful farmer with an uncanny knack for fixing problems. As they delve into the mystery, they face unexpected phenomena that propel them into the future aboard the space freighter, the Saturn. Characters from both the present and future clash, and they discover a malfunctioning speed accelerator has hurled them into a bizarre universe where normal physical laws are inverted. The narrative culminates in a race against time and fate as Hank devises a clever solution, ultimately saving all involved and revealing connections to future generations. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cNew York, NY: Ziff-Davis Publishing Company, 1940
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aTime travel -- Fiction
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
700 1 _aKrupa, Julian S.,
_d1913-1989
830 0 _aLancelot Biggs, 6
830 0 _aHorse-Sense Hank, [unnumbered]
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories November 1940.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74227
999 _c114952
_d114952