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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aHamilton, Edmond,
_d1904-1977
245 1 4 _aThe universe wreckers
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 _aProduced from Amazing Stories May, June, July 1930.
500 _aRelease date is 2024-08-23
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Universe Wreckers" by Edmond Hamilton is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story centers around the imminent threat posed to Earth as the sun begins to spin increasingly faster, threatening to break apart and devastate the solar system. The main character, Walter Hunt, finds himself embroiled in a desperate mission to journey to Neptune and confront the extraterrestrial forces behind this catastrophic event. The opening of the novel introduces us to a world on the brink of panic due to alarming astronomical phenomena. Scientists, led by Dr. Herbert Marlin, report that the sun's rotational speed has been accelerating, with dire implications for Earth and its neighboring planets. Hunt, now involved with Marlin's team, learns that the cause of this threat originates from Neptune, where intelligent beings appear to be manipulating the sun's rotational dynamics. As panic spreads and societal order crumbles, efforts to construct a spacecraft capable of reaching Neptune begin. The chapter establishes the stakes by highlighting the urgency of the mission and setting in motion the adventures that follow. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cJamaica, NY: Experimenter Publications Inc., 1930
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aNeptune (Planet) -- Fiction
700 1 _aMorey, Leo,
_d1889-1965
700 1 _aWessolowski, Hans Waldemar,
_d1894?-1948
830 0 _aProduced from Amazing Stories May, June, July 1930.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/74302
999 _c115027
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