Murray Leinster

The Mad Planet

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Produktbeschreibung

Venture into a far future on "The Mad Planet" by Murray Leinster, a thrilling adventure through a post-apocalyptic world. This classic science fiction tale explores a dystopian society struggling to survive on a transformed planet. Leinster, a master of the genre, crafts a world where the remnants of humanity face extraordinary challenges in a drastically altered environment. Discover a society reshaped by cataclysm, where survival hinges on adapting to a dangerous and unpredictable landscape. This meticulously prepared edition brings this timeless story to life, ensuring that Leinster's vision of a future fraught with peril continues to captivate readers. Journey to a planet unlike any other and experience a science fiction adventure that has resonated with readers for generations. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 44
• Erscheinungstermin: 29. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 2mm
• Gewicht: 77g
• ISBN-13: 9781023378208
• ISBN-10: 1023378205
• Artikelnr.: 74014037

Autorenporträt

Murray Leinster was the pen name of William Fitzgerald Jenkins, an American author of science fiction who lived from June 16, 1896, until June 8, 1975. More than 1,500 short stories, essays, 14 film scripts, hundreds of radio plays, and television plays were all written and published by him. Leinster was the son of George B. Jenkins and Mary L. Jenkins, he was born in Norfolk, Virginia; his father was an accountant. He dropped out of high school and started working as a freelance writer before World War I. When his first tale was published in H. L. Mencken's The Smart Set, he was two months away from turning 20. He served with the American Army and the Committee of Public Information both during and after the conflict. Science fiction author William F. Leinster was known for his prodigious output, and his 1956 short story "Exploration Team" earned him a Hugo Award. Men into Space and The Time Tunnel are only a couple of the science fiction TV shows that he created tie-in literature. He worked for the American Office of War Information during World War II. Both Galaxy Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction published his tales.