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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... minutes the offer had jumped to five thousand dollars , made by another paper . Plainly , the knowledge that there was a secret of utmost importance had spread swiftly ! The offer remained at five thousand for twenty minutes ; indeed ...
... minutes the offer had jumped to five thousand dollars , made by another paper . Plainly , the knowledge that there was a secret of utmost importance had spread swiftly ! The offer remained at five thousand for twenty minutes ; indeed ...
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... minutes . The barometer went out of business too . You could almost feel what was happening to the earth . I had ... minute I 89.
... minutes . The barometer went out of business too . You could almost feel what was happening to the earth . I had ... minute I 89.
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... minutes earlier than formerly . Eve stood up stiffly and stretched . " Maybe I'd better leave . I have some work ... minute they heard the rise and fall of a churning motor - remote , soft , yet unmistakable . " It's coming ! " Eve said ...
... minutes earlier than formerly . Eve stood up stiffly and stretched . " Maybe I'd better leave . I have some work ... minute they heard the rise and fall of a churning motor - remote , soft , yet unmistakable . " It's coming ! " Eve said ...
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