When Worlds CollidePaperback Library, 1962 - 192 páginas The concept of Earth being struck by a large body from space has been a popular plot in several films. This 1932 volume, however, was possibly the first to present that scenario. Here, humankind races to complete a spacecraft--an airborne ark--that will carry an assortment of people to begin the population over again as a rogue planet on a collision course with Earth speeds toward a cataclysmic end. |
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... Kyto , tell her I'm being a good boy and still wearing woolen socks against a cold snap . I must have sleep , to be ... Kyto had brought him the paper . Kyto himself , it was plain , had been puzzling over the news , and did not ...
... Kyto , tell her I'm being a good boy and still wearing woolen socks against a cold snap . I must have sleep , to be ... Kyto had brought him the paper . Kyto himself , it was plain , had been puzzling over the news , and did not ...
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... KYTO , who usually effaced himself , did not do so this morning . Kyto , having the untasted coffee for an excuse , called attention to himself and ventured : " Mister , of course , comprehends the news ? " " Yes , Kyto ; I understand ...
... KYTO , who usually effaced himself , did not do so this morning . Kyto , having the untasted coffee for an excuse , called attention to himself and ventured : " Mister , of course , comprehends the news ? " " Yes , Kyto ; I understand ...
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... Kyto sprang to his feet . " I take your presence , " Kyto said , " with extravagant grati- tude . " Tony laughed . " A bath , Kyto , a dinner jacket , something in the way of a highball - I haven't had a drink since I left . Good Lord ...
... Kyto sprang to his feet . " I take your presence , " Kyto said , " with extravagant grati- tude . " Tony laughed . " A bath , Kyto , a dinner jacket , something in the way of a highball - I haven't had a drink since I left . Good Lord ...
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