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by Elaine Wilber
The Hero
  • Fiction
  • 1958
  • Autor: Elaine Wilber
There was no doubt that Willy was a hero. The biggest difficulty was different: it was almost impossible to decide which side he was on ......
Number of pages: ~ 15 pages

by Tom Godwin
The Nothing Equation
The ship went into hyperspace, and he was left alone in the observation bubble, ten thousand light-years from the solar system itself. He looked out the window at the gigantic sea of emptiness around him and again wondered what danger had so frightened people before. He was sure of one thing; outside the bubble there is nothing that could kill it....
Number of pages: ~ 11 pages

by Neil R. Jones
The Jameson Satellite
  • Fiction
  • 1931
  • Autor: Neil R. Jones
The scientist decided to save his body after death forever, but it turned out that after 40 million years, aliens found him and revived his brain by inserting this brain into a robot. As a result, the scientist was given the opportunity to explore the new worlds of the Galaxy along with aliens. (Later this story inspired Asimov to write all his works on the topic of robotics)....
Number of pages: ~ 20 pages

On the Trail of the Space Pirates
  • Fiction
  • 1952
  • Autor: Carey Rockwell
The story of the adventures of the cadets is a story that you will love. We mean Space Pirates! Space Pirates! How cool can it be? There is an Energy Castle Formula that allows Space Pirates (shake, space explorers!) To rob spaceships. The Polaris team must go underground to find the stolen formula ...!...
Number of pages: ~ 105 pages

by Ward Moore
Greener Than You Think
Greener Than You Think, a classic novel by Ward Moore presents a world with endless grass in Bermuda that strangles any other plant and destroys stocks of animals and humanity. The book was first printed in 1947....
Number of pages: ~ 185 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the Golden Lion
  • Fiction
  • 1922—1923
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
A lion with a golden mane, an orphan, was picked up by Tarzan in the jungle. Brought up by a man - a monkey, he turned into a mighty and stately lion, a reliable companion who accompanied Tarzan in his adventures. The lord of the jungle called him "Jal - Ball - Ja" - the Golden Lion....
Number of pages: ~ 115 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The Return of Tarzan
  • Fiction
  • 1913
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan renounces his rights to the woman he loved. Civilization did not bring him any pleasure. After a period of torment and life among people, he returns to the African jungle, where he grew up and matured. He learns about Opara, a city full of gold brought from the legendary Atlantis. It was a city of scary men and beautiful, wild women ruled by Le, the high priestess of the God of Fire. His altars were stained with the blood of many victims. Ignoring the dangers, Tarzan led a line of wild warriors to the ancient crypts and the ancient evil of Opara ......
Number of pages: ~ 112 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan and the jewels of Opar
  • Fiction
  • 1916
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
The African jungle is full of dangers and adventures. Going to Opar to replenish his treasury, by chance, Tarzan forgets about that part of his life that he lived as Lord Greystock, and again becomes a monkey man ......
Number of pages: ~ 83 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The chessmen of Mars
  • Fiction
  • 1922
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tara from Helium, the daughter of John Carter and Dei Toris, receives potential suitors at the court of her father, including Jor Kantos, the son of Kantos Kan. She especially did not like the ruler of the distant Gatola - Jed Gahan, in diamond-decorated armor. The whim of the princess was an air walk in which she fell into a hurricane. The hurricane brought Tara to the country of Bantum, inhabited by terrible creatures....
Number of pages: ~ 105 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan of the Apes
  • Fiction
  • 1912
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
British Lord John Clayton Sent to Africa to Investigate Cases of Abuse of British Officers by Black British Citizens. The Lord and his pregnant wife, Alice Rutherford, set off on the Fuwald ship. An unfortunate set of circumstances leaves them far from civilization on the deserted coast of Africa, where they have to settle down and give birth to a child. Shortly after giving birth, the lady dies, and the lords are killed by monkeys. A female named Kala takes the baby to itself, in return for the recently deceased own cub....
Number of pages: ~ 133 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The land that time forgot
  • Fiction
  • 1917
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
The German U-33 submarine, captured by the British, drifts in southern latitudes without supplies and fuel because of treason. Only chance helps sailors survive. And this case is the mainland of Kespek not marked on any map. Determined to survive and return home, brave sailors set foot on the land of cave rage and primitive cruelty....
Number of pages: ~ 44 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The People That Time Forgot
  • Fiction
  • 1917
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
Upon learning of the fate of the missing Bowen Tyler, Tom Billings organizes a rescue expedition. He does not know that he will not only have to help out a friend, but to survive in the jungle of Kespek himself and, along with a local girl, go through the difficult path to civilization....
Number of pages: ~ 42 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
The gods of Mars
  • Fiction
  • 1912
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
10 years pass before John Carter is again on Mars. He is waiting for meetings with old friends, captivity, battles and a meeting with his beloved Daya Toris ......
Number of pages: ~ 110 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Out of Time's Abyss
  • Fiction
  • 1917
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
This story tells of the adventures of Bradley, who left Fort Dinosaur on the west coast of the inland sea of Lake Kespeka on September 4, 1916. This time, E.R. Burroughs came up with an island with unusual inhabitants and absolutely amazing nature, and the adventures of the heroes on this island turn out to be absolutely amazing....
Number of pages: ~ 46 pages

by Edgar Rice Burroughs
Tarzan the untamed
  • Fiction
  • 1920
  • Autor: Edgar Rice Burroughs
The novel takes place in the jungle and deserts of East Africa in the fall of 1914 during the German occupation of the English colonies. Marauders plundered Tarzan's farm. No one survived. He discovered a corpse with his wife's ring. Silently, he buried the bodies and vowed revenge on those who did it. And Tarzan went to hunt them down....
Number of pages: ~ 125 pages