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  Transcriber Notes

  Typographical inconsistencies have been changed and are listed below.

  Hyphenation standardized.

  Archaic and variable spelling is preserved.

  Authors' punctuation style is preserved.

  Passages in italics indicated by _underscores_.

  Passages in bold indicated by =equal signs=.

  Transcriber Changes

  The following changes were made to the original text:

  Page 298: Changed =work= to =wreck= (wish to know whether anyone has visited the scene of the =wreck=)

  Page 299: Changed =focussed= to =focused= (This means that we have =focused= or concentrated cold)

  Page 317: Added beginning quotes (Its name-grid glowed with the letters: ="_Anita Prince._"=)

  Page 321: Changed =eavesdroopper= to =eavesdropper= (sitting in the smoking room when the =eavesdropper= fled past)

  Page 321: Changed =pressure-cick= to =pressure-sick= (We missed you at breakfast. Not =pressure-sick=, I hope?)

  Page 323: Changed =linquists= to =linguists= (people are by heritage extraordinary =linguists=)

  Page 324: Added end quote (Did you have Prince's cabin =searched?"=)

  Page 328: Changed =elipse= to =ellipse= (Blackstone had roughly cast its orbital elements)

  Page 339: Changed =focussed= to =focused= (connected its little battery; =focused= its projector)

  Page 339: Changed =syncronized= to =synchronized= (as I crouched in the darkness behind the cylinder-case, I =synchronized=)

  Page 340: Removed extra quote after leaped (Miko doubtless saw it, and the Martian's hot anger =leaped=)

  Page 344: Changed =Mika= to =Miko= ("Wait a minute!" I called to =Miko=. "Navigate--where?")

  Page 344: Changed =catapaulted= to =catapulted= (The force =catapulted= me across the space of the room like a volplane)

  Page 345: Changed =Halian= to =Haljan= ("If you fire, =Haljan=, and kill me--Miko will kill you then, surely.")

  Page 346: Changed =focussed= to =focused= (the image of the lounge interior presently =focused=)

  Page 357: Changed =terriffic= to =terrific= (Perry beat a =terrific= tattoo on the ancient door)

  Page 362: Removed comma (for the news crew and editorial force of the =paper= were a carefully selected body of men indeed)

  Page 367: Changed =villian= to =villain= (Could the old =villain= be playing possum?)

  Page 367: Removed 'the' (With dexterous =hands O'Hara= swiftly went through the old man's pockets)

  Page 367: Changed =similiar= to =similar= (an ugly looking pistol of large caliber, a blackjack =similar= to his own and a small bottle)

  Page 369: Changed =and= to =any= (If you search my car and find =any= red liquor in the left back door pocket, I don't know a thing about it)

  Page 372: Changed =Hanlon= to =Handlon= (could be recognized as those of Horace Perry and Skip =Handlon=)

  Page 372: Changed =focussed= to =focused= (All eyes were now =focused= on Professor Kell)

  Page 373: Changed =Kel= to =Kell= (Hurry up and get =Kell= downstairs so we can see who he is)

  Page 374: Changed =Rotton= to =Rotten= ("=Rotten=," was the reply from the lips of Kell)

  Page 393: Changed =ecstacy= to =ecstasy= (Fear, despair, reckless abandon, mirth, doubt, religious =ecstasy= and all the other nuances in the gamut of human emotions)

  Page 394: Changed =scandals= to =sandals= (On her tiny feet she wore =sandals= which were spun of webby filaments)

  Page 395: Changed =knew= to =know= (fairly close to it in my plane and I =know= what I am speaking about)

  Page 397: Changed =Igna= to =Inga= (Dirk and =Inga= seated close together and Stanton, at a distance)

  Page 397: Changed =part= to =parts= (a proclamation of martial law, to become effective at once in all =parts= of the world)

  Page 399: Changed =melifluous= to =mellifluous= ("Good morning," the other replied in a soft and =mellifluous= voice)

  Page 401: Changed =Steinhold= to =Steinholt= ("It's colossal!" =Steinholt= then exclaimed, lost in scientific admiration)

  Page 412: Changed =fulgerant= to =fulgurant= (High up into the heavens it tossed the =fulgurant= fires that betokened its wealth and power)

  Page 412: Changed =head= to =hand= (with one of the deadly ray-tubes of the Lodorians in his =hand=)

  Page 413: Changed =Lizarre= to =Lazarre= (walked over to where Fragoni and =Lazarre= were being guarded by two of the conquerors)

  Page 413: Changed =Igna= to =Inga= ("And =Inga=?" questioned Dirk.)

  Page 414: Changed =stacatto= to =staccato= (flailing back and forth between each one of his =staccato= commands.)

  Page 417: Removed extra quote before =There= ("is in the Worldwide Tower. =There= we can keep track of what is transpiring and try to decide what to do.")

  Page 417: Changed =irresisible= to =irresistible= (Other cities in America had felt the devastating effects of its =irresistible= and molten heat)

 


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