Author : Howard R. Garis
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 211 pages
File Size : 38,94 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790139
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Among the few young adult novels written by Howard R. Garis under his own name, the Rocket Rider series introduced thousands of readers to the concept of rocket-propelled vehicles---in spite of the fact that Garis' explanation of how rockets work was consistently wrong! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Howard Roger Garis
Publisher :
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 14,60 MB
Release : 1933
Category : Armitage, Bert (Fictitious character)
ISBN :
"A new speed thrill story combining ... adventure and mystery...together with the fascination of working out, with the Rocket Riders, their experiments with ... rocket propulsion"--Dust jacket (back) for Rocket riders in stormy seas.
Author : Howard R. Garis
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 31,90 MB
Release : 2013-06-17
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790155
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Among the few young adult novels written by Howard R. Garis under his own name, the Rocket Rider series introduced thousands of readers to the concept of rocket-propelled vehicles---in spite of the fact that Garis' explanation of how rockets work was consistently wrong! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Arthur Train
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 35,12 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790007
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó An atomic-powered spaceship on a mission to divert an asteroid from an impending collision with earth might sound like an up-to-date SF scenario...unless the book was written in 1916! Discoverer of the asteroid and passenger on the dangerous space mission is beautiful Rhoda Gibbs, an extraordinary woman 50 years ahead of her time. The novel's science is impeccable and remains accurate even by today's standards. Includes the prequel, The Man Who Rocked the Earth, which includes the first-ever realistic description of a nuclear explosion...right down to the gruesome effects of lingering radiation poisoning. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Otto Willi Gail
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 38,99 MB
Release : 2013-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790198
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations by Frank R. Paul Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó First published in English in 1929, Otto Willi Gail's little-known space travel novel is almost documentary in its realism. Based on the latest research by such pioneers in astronautics as Hermann Oberth and Max Valier, "The Shot Into Infinity" is not only an exciting and suspenseful novel but also an accurate mirror of the state of the art of space travel three-quarters of a century ago. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Jules Verne
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 34,87 MB
Release : 2013-07-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790430
Replaced previously deleted materialNewly edited textIncludes the original illustrationsNow with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó The Purchase of the North Pole is one of Verne's lesser-known works. A sequel to From the Earth to the Moon, it tells of the Gun Club's mad plans to tip the Earth on its axis in order to access the coal veins at the North Pole! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Anatole France
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 21,87 MB
Release : 2013-08-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1618249967
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations by Frank C. Pape Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Anatole France's satiric classic, opens with a Christian missionary monk who accidentally lands on the island and mistakes the native penguins for people and baptizes them. This mistake causes a problem for God who normally only allows people to be baptized, so he resolves it by converting the penguins to people and giving them a soul. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : W.C. Morrow
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 33,77 MB
Release : 2013-09-16
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790643
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Miller's The Conquest of Space Book Series. In this homage to H. Rider Haggard, author W.C. Morrow sets his adventure in the remote islands of Oceania, where a mysterious lost race is discovered, ruled by the beautiful barbarian queen, Lentala. Originally published in 1908. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : Akkad Pseudoman
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 12,29 MB
Release : 2013-04-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790244
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron MillerIncludes the original illustrations Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó One of the most obscure and fascinating of all pre-spaceflight books, this fictional "autobiography" by _Akkad Pseudoman (E.F. Northrup) includes detailed descriptions (with photos and a technical appendix) of the first-ever practical experiments with an electromagnetic railgun. Originally published in 1937. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Author : "Crystostom Trueman"
Publisher : Baen Publishing Enterprises
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 33,38 MB
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1625790341
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó The History of a Voyage to the Moon by the pseudonymous "Crystostom Trueman" preceded the publication of Jules Verne's classic space novels by only a few months. The story of a trip to the moon by an antigravity-powered spacecraft, the book contains one of the most detailed descriptions of a spaceship in the early literature...right down to including a garden for the generation of oxygen. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
