{"product_id":"2940013684812","title":"ASTOUNDING STORIES JULY 1931","description":"VOL. VII, No. 1               CONTENTS               JULY, 1931\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOVER DESIGN                  H. W. WESSO\u003cbr\u003e     _Painted in Water-Colors from a Scene in \"The Doom from Planet 4.\"_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DOOM FROM PLANET 4        JACK WILLIAMSON                         5\u003cbr\u003e     _A Ray of Fire, Green, Mysterious, Stabs Through the Night to\u003cbr\u003e      Dan on His Ship. It Leads Him to an Island of Unearthly Peril._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE HANDS OF ATEN             H. G. WINTER                           20\u003cbr\u003e     _Out of the Solid Ice Craig Hews Three Long-Frozen Egyptians\u003cbr\u003e      and Is at Once Caught Up into Amazing Adventure._ (A Complete\u003cbr\u003e      Novelette.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE DIAMOND THUNDERBOLT       H. THOMPSON RICH                       46\u003cbr\u003e     _Locked in a Rocket and Fired into Space! Such Was the Fate\u003cbr\u003e      which Awaited Young Stoddard at the End of the Diamond Trail!_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SLAVE SHIP FROM SPACE     A. R. HOLMES                           68\u003cbr\u003e     _Three Kidnapped Earthlings Show Xantra of the Tillas How\u003cbr\u003e      \"Docile\" Earth Slaves Can Be._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE REVOLT OF THE MACHINES    NAT SCHACHNER AND ARTHUR L. ZAGAT      86\u003cbr\u003e     _Something in the Many-Faceted Mind of the Master Machine Spurs\u003cbr\u003e      It to Diabolical Revolt Against the Authority of Its Human\u003cbr\u003e      Masters._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE EXILE OF TIME             RAY CUMMINGS                          109\u003cbr\u003e     _Only Near the End of the World Does Fate Catch Up with Tugh,\u003cbr\u003e      the Cripple Who Ran Amuck Through Time._ (_Conclusion._)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE READERS' CORNER           ALL OF US                             129\u003cbr\u003e     _A Meeting Place for Readers of Astounding Stories._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSingle Copies, 20 Cents In Canada, 25 Cents Yearly Subscription, $2.00\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssued monthly by The Clayton Magazines, Inc., 80 Lafayette Street,\u003cbr\u003eNew York, N. Y. W. M. Clayton, President; Francis P. Pace, Secretary.\u003cbr\u003eEntered as second-class matter December 7, 1929, at the Post Office at\u003cbr\u003eNew York, N. Y., under Act of March 3, 1879. Title registered as a\u003cbr\u003eTrade Mark in the U. S. Patent Office. Member Newsstand Group. For\u003cbr\u003eadvertising rates address The Newsstand Group, Inc., 80 Lafayette\u003cbr\u003eStreet, New York; or The Wrigley Bldg., Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Doom from Planet 4\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_By Jack Williamson_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: _For long seconds he was plunging down through space._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sidenote: A ray of fire, green, mysterious, stabs through the night\u003cbr\u003eto Dan on his ship. It leads him to an island of unearthly peril.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"S O S. S O S. S O S.\" Three short, three long, three short, the\u003cbr\u003eflashes winked from the dark headland. Dan McNally, master and owner\u003cbr\u003eof the small and ancient trading schooner, _Virginia_, caught the\u003cbr\u003efeeble flickering light from the island as he strode across the\u003cbr\u003efore-deck. He stopped, stared at the looming black line of land\u003cbr\u003ebeneath the tropical stars. Again light flashed from a point of rock\u003cbr\u003efar above the dim white line of phosphorescent surf, spelling out the\u003cbr\u003esignal of distress.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Somebody bane callin' with a flashlight, I t'ank,\" the big Swede,\u003cbr\u003eLarsen, rumbled from the wheel.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan thought suddenly of a reply. He rushed into the charthouse, to\u003cbr\u003ereturn in a moment with a lighted lantern and a copy of the _Nautical\u003cbr\u003eAlmanac_ which would serve to hide the flame between flashes. He\u003cbr\u003eflashed an answer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAgain the pale light flickered from the dark mass of land, spelling\u003cbr\u003ewords out rather slowly, as if the sender were uncertain in his\u003cbr\u003eknowledge of Morse. Surprised as Dan had been by the signal from an\u003cbr\u003eisland marked on the charts as uninhabited, he was astonished at the\u003cbr\u003emessage that now came to him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"You are in terrible danger,\" he read in the flashes. \"Dreadful thing\u003cbr\u003ehere. Hurry away. Radio for warships. I am--\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe winking light suddenly went out. Dan strained his eyes to watch\u003cbr\u003ethe point where it had been, and a few seconds later he saw a curious\u003cbr\u003ething. A darting, stabbing lance of green fire flashed out across the\u003cbr\u003ebarren, rocky cliff, lighting it fleetingly with pale green radiance.\u003cbr\u003eIt leapt out and was gone in an instant, leaving the shoulder of the\u003cbr\u003eisland dark as before.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDan watched for long minutes, but he saw nothing more brilliant than\u003cbr\u003ethe pale gleam of phosphorescence where the waves dashed against the\u003cbr\u003esheer granite wall of the island.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"What you t'ank?\" Larsen broke in upon him.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070200430832,"sku":"2940013684812","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013684812_p0.jpg?v=1763583971","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013684812","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}