Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 5043101946
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 28,97 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 5043101946
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 368 pages
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Category : Education
ISBN : 5043101903
Author : Various Authors
Publisher : Library of Alexandria
Page : 714 pages
File Size : 18,70 MB
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Category : Fiction
ISBN : 146551791X
He smiled his quiet smile and led the way to what had been the billiard room of "The Billows," but which was the laboratory of "The Monstrosity." The first thing my eyes fell upon were two gleaming metal objects suspended from chains let into the ceiling. "Diving suits," explained Mercer. "Rather different from anything you've ever seen." They were different. The body was a perfect globe, as was the head-piece. The legs were cylindrical, jointed at knee and thigh with huge discs. The feet were solid metal, curved rocker-like on the bottom, and at the ends of the arms were three hooked talons, the concave sides of two talons facing the concave side of the third. The arms were hinged at the elbow just as the legs were hinged, but there was a huge ball-and-socket joint at the shoulder. But Mercer!" I protested. "No human being could even stand up with that weight of metal on and around him!" "You're mistaken, Taylor," smiled Mercer. "That is not solid metal, you see. And it is an aluminum alloy that is not nearly as heavy as it looks. There are two walls, slightly over an inch apart, braced by innumerable trusses. The fabric is nearly as strong as that much solid metal, and infinitely lighter. They work all right, Taylor. I know, because I've tried them." "And this hump on the back?" I asked, walking around the odd, dangling figures, hanging like bloated metal skeletons from their chains. I had thought the bodies were perfect globes; I could see now that at the rear there was a humplike excrescence across the shoulders. "Air," explained Mercer. "There are two other tanks inside the globular body. That shape was adopted, by the way, because a globe can withstand more pressure than any other shape. And we may have to go where pressures are high." "And so," I said, "we don these things and stroll out into the Atlantic looking for the girl and her friends?" "Hardly. They're not quite the apparel for so long a stroll. You haven't seen all the marvels yet. Come along!" He led the way through the patio, beside the pool in which our strange visitor from the depths had lived during her brief stay with us, and out into the open again. As we neared the sea, I became aware, for the first time, of a faint, muffled hammering sound, and I glanced at Mercer inquiringly.
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 43,81 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 5043101954
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 10,49 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 5043101938
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 374 pages
File Size : 45,72 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 504310192X
Author : Jim Steele
Publisher : Heritage Capital Corporation
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 26,3 MB
Release : 2010-04
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ISBN : 9781599674582
Author : Various
Publisher : Litres
Page : 381 pages
File Size : 49,94 MB
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Category : Education
ISBN : 5043101962
Author : Harry Bates
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,4 MB
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Author : Christopher M. O’Brien
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 35,40 MB
Release : 2012-09-20
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 0786449845
Although he is most remembered for his vast collection of science fiction memorabilia; his influential magazine, Famous Monsters of Filmland; and his frequent sci-fi convention appearances, Forrest J Ackerman (1916-2008) also left a sizeable body of work in print. An introductory biographical section traces Ackerman's early enthusiasm for pulp magazines and film productions of a fantastic nature, his rise to prominence in "fandom," his acquisition of memorabilia, his work as a literary agent, the founding of his landmark magazine in 1958, and his friendship with a number of performers and personnel from genre films. The extensive bibliography includes listings of books, published letters, articles, fiction, verse, speeches, screenplays, comics, discography, liner notes, and periodicals edited and published by Ackerman. A thorough filmography, a selected listing of nationally televised appearances, and rare photographs of Ackerman throughout his lifetime complete this definitive catalog of one of science fiction's most interesting personalities.