Ray Cummings

The White Invaders

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Produktbeschreibung

Embark on a thrilling space adventure with Raymond King Cummings' "The White Invaders," a classic of science fiction. Journey into the future as humanity confronts the unknown challenges of interplanetary travel. This vintage science fiction novel, filled with action and suspense, explores the timeless themes of exploration and the encounter with the alien. Experience a captivating space opera, meticulously prepared for print republication, that showcases the early days of the genre. Perfect for readers interested in classic science fiction, "The White Invaders" offers a glimpse into the future as envisioned by one of the genre's pioneering voices. Delve into a world of ray guns and distant planets in this enduring tale. 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: 108
• Erscheinungstermin: 28. März 2025
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 6mm
• Gewicht: 163g
• ISBN-13: 9781023084352
• ISBN-10: 102308435X
• Artikelnr.: 73935944

Autorenporträt

Ray Cummings (byname of Raymond King Cummings; 1887 - 1957) was an American author of science fiction, rated one of the "founding fathers of the science fiction pulp genre". He was born in New York City and died in Mount Vernon, New York. Cummings worked with Thomas Edison as a personal assistant and technical writer from 1914 to 1919. His most highly regarded work was the novel The Girl in the Golden Atom published in 1922, which was a consolidation of a short story by the same name published in 1919 (where Cummings combined the idea of Fitz James O'Brien's The Diamond Lens with H. G. Wells's The Time Machine) and a sequel, The People of the Golden Atom, published in 1920. His career resulted in some 750 novels and short stories, using also the pen names Ray King, Gabrielle Cummings, and Gabriel Wilson.