Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 Read online

  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)