Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas
Title | Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas PDF eBook |
Author | Howard R. Garis |
Publisher | Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 2013-06-17 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1625790147 |
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Among the few young adult novels written by Howard R. Garis under his own name, the Rocket Rider series introduced thousands of readers to the concept of rocket-propelled vehicles---in spite of the fact that Garis' explanation of how rockets work was consistently wrong! At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas; Or, Trailing the Treasure Divers
Title | Rocket Riders in Stormy Seas; Or, Trailing the Treasure Divers PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Roger Garis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 246 |
Release | 1933 |
Genre | Motorboats |
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Rocket Riders Over the Desert
Title | Rocket Riders Over the Desert PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Roger Garis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 1933 |
Genre | Automobiles, Rocket-powered |
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Rocket Riders Across the Ice; Or, Racing Against Time
Title | Rocket Riders Across the Ice; Or, Racing Against Time PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Roger Garis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 268 |
Release | 1933 |
Genre | Armitage, Bert (Fictitious character) |
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"A new speed thrill story combining ... adventure and mystery...together with the fascination of working out, with the Rocket Riders, their experiments with ... rocket propulsion"--Dust jacket (back) for Rocket riders in stormy seas.
Rocket Riders in the Air; Or, A Chase in the Clouds
Title | Rocket Riders in the Air; Or, A Chase in the Clouds PDF eBook |
Author | Howard Roger Garis |
Publisher | |
Pages | 266 |
Release | 1934 |
Genre | Armitage, Bert (Fictitious character) |
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"A new speed thrill story combining ... adventure and mystery...together with the fascination of working out, with the Rocket Riders, their experiments with ... rocket propulsion"--Dust jacket (back) for Rocket riders in stormy seas.
Pioneers of Space
Title | Pioneers of Space PDF eBook |
Author | George Adamski |
Publisher | Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Pages | 236 |
Release | 2013-02-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1625790309 |
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Pioneers of Space (1949) was later reincarnated almost word-for-word as the "non-fiction" Inside the Space Ships, one of the books largely responsible for the UFO craze of the 1950s and 60s. Ghost-written by Adamski acolyte Lucy McGinnis, this novel contains some of the most inept scientific ideas imaginable. In the early 1950s, "Professor" George Adamski laid the groundwork for all subsequent UFO contactees. In Pioneers of Space he created many of the incidents and qualities he later attributed to the "actual" inhabitants of Venus, Mars and Saturn he later claimed to have met. In addition, we get a look at some of the strange "science" this self-proclaimed astronomer believed in. "Facts" such as there must be oxygen in space otherwise the sun could not burn... At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).
A Plunge into Space
Title | A Plunge into Space PDF eBook |
Author | Robert Cromie |
Publisher | Baen Publishing Enterprises |
Pages | 187 |
Release | 2013-03-15 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN | 1625790368 |
Now with an Historical Afterword by Ron Miller Featured in Ron Millers _The Conquest of Space Book Series.Ó Robert Cromie's 1890 novel contains a detailed description of a spacecraft, a realistic description of the deserts of Mars and some fascinating technological prophecies, such as televised broadcasts of concerts and plays. As most authors of interplanetary stories of his era did, Cromie uses the Martian civilization to comment on his own. Interestingly, the book contains an extremely well-drawn heroine in the form of a Martian girl, Mignonette. Foreword by Jules Verne, frontispiece and map. At the publisher's request, this title is sold without DRM (Digital Rights Management).