{"product_id":"2940013684966","title":"ASTOUNDING STORIES OF SUPER-SCIENCE AUGUST 1930","description":"VOL. III, No. 2 CONTENTS AUGUST, 1930\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCOVER DESIGN      H. W. WESSOLOWSKI\u003cbr\u003e    _Painted in Water-colors from a Scene in \"The Planet of Dread.\"_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE PLANET OF DREAD      R. F. STARZL           147\u003cbr\u003e    _A Stupid Blunder--and Mark Forepaugh Faces a Lifetime of Castaway\u003cbr\u003e     Loneliness in the Savage Welter of the Planet Inra's Monster-ridden\u003cbr\u003e     Jungles._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE LORD OF SPACE        VICTOR ROUSSEAU        158\u003cbr\u003e    _A Black Caesar Had Arisen on Eros--and All Earth Trembled at His\u003cbr\u003e     Distant Menace._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE SECOND SATELLITE     EDMOND HAMILTON        175\u003cbr\u003e    _Earth-men War on Frog-vampires for the Emancipation of the Human Cows\u003cbr\u003e     of Earth's Second Satellite._ (A Novelet.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSILVER DOME              HARL VINCENT           192\u003cbr\u003e    _In Her Deep-buried Kingdom of Theros, Phaestra Reveals the Amazing\u003cbr\u003e     Secret of the Silver Dome._\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEARTH, THE MARAUDER      ARTHUR J. BURKS        210\u003cbr\u003e    _Deep in the Gnome-infested Tunnels of the Moon, Sarka and Jaska Are\u003cbr\u003e     Brought to Luar the Radiant Goddess Against Whose Minions the\u003cbr\u003e     Marauding Earth Had Struck in Vain._  (Part Two of a Three-Part\u003cbr\u003e     Novel.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMURDER MADNESS           MURRAY LEINSTER        237\u003cbr\u003e    _Bell Has Fought through Tremendous Obstacles to Find and Kill The\u003cbr\u003e     Master, Whose Diabolical Poison Makes Murder-mad Snakes of the Hands;\u003cbr\u003e     and, as He Faces the Monster at Last--His Own Hands Start to Writhe!_\u003cbr\u003e     (Conclusion.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FLYING CITY          H. THOMPSON RICH       260\u003cbr\u003e    _From Space Came Cor's Disc-city of Vada--Its Mighty, Age-old Engines\u003cbr\u003e     Weakening--Its Horde of Dwarfs Hungry for the Earth!_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE READERS' CORNER      ALL OF US              279\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,\u003cbr\u003e$2.00\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIssued monthly by Publishers' Fiscal Corporation, 80 Lafayette St.,\u003cbr\u003eNew York, N. Y. W. M. Clayton, President; Nathan Goldmann, 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--Men's\u003cbr\u003eList. For advertising rates address E. R. Crowe \u0026amp; Co., Inc., 25\u003cbr\u003eVanderbilt Ave., New York; or 225 North Michigan Ave., Chicago.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e       *       *       *       *       *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Planet of Dread\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e_By R. F. Starzl_\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Illustration: _This time Forepaugh was ready for it._]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e[Sidenote: A stupid blunder--and Mark Forepaugh faces a life of\u003cbr\u003ecastaway loneliness in the savage welter of the planet Inra's\u003cbr\u003emonster-ridden jungles.]\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere was no use hiding from the truth. Somebody had blundered--a\u003cbr\u003efatal blunder--and they were going to pay for it! Mark Forepaugh\u003cbr\u003ekicked the pile of hydrogen cylinders. Only a moment ago he had broken\u003cbr\u003ethe seals--the mendacious seals that certified to the world that the\u003cbr\u003eflasks were fully charged. And the flasks were empty! The supply of\u003cbr\u003ethis precious power gas, which in an emergency should have been\u003cbr\u003esufficient for six years, simply did not exist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHe walked over to the integrating machine, which as early as the year\u003cbr\u003e2031 had begun to replace the older atomic processes, due to the\u003cbr\u003eshortage of the radium series metals. It was bulky and heavy compared\u003cbr\u003eto the atomic disintegrators, but it was much more economical and very\u003cbr\u003edependable. Dependable--provided some thick-headed stock clerk at a\u003cbr\u003eterrestrial supply station did not check in empty hydrogen cylinders\u003cbr\u003einstead of full ones. Forepaugh's unwonted curses brought a smile to\u003cbr\u003ethe stupid, good-natured face of his servant, Gunga--he who had been\u003cbr\u003ebanished for life from his native Mars for his impiety in closing his\u003cbr\u003esingle round eye during the sacred Ceremony of the Wells.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Earth man was at this steaming hot, unhealthful trading station\u003cbr\u003eunder the very shadow of the South Pole of the minor planet Inra for\u003cbr\u003ean entirely different reason. One of the most popular of his set on\u003cbr\u003ethe Earth, an athletic hero, he had fallen in love, and the devoutly\u003cbr\u003ewished-for marriage was only prevented by lack of funds. The\u003cbr\u003eopportunity to take charge of this richly paid, though dangerous,\u003cbr\u003eoutpost of civilization had been no sooner offered than taken. In\u003cbr\u003eanother week or two the relief ship was due to take him and his\u003cbr\u003evaluable collection of exotic Inranian orchids back to the Earth, back\u003cbr\u003eto a fat bonus, Constance, and an assured future.","brand":"SAP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47070200725744,"sku":"2940013684966","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013684966_p0.jpg?v=1763584350","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013684966","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}