Action on Azura
- Author
- Robertson Osborne and H. R. [Illustrator] Van Dongen
- Language
- English
- Subjects
- Science fiction · Human-alien encounters · Extrasolar planets · Communication · Linguists
- Shelves
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy · Category: Novels
The opening, in English.
The Others--the Nameless Ones--had tried to conquer this fair and gentle world, searing the very sky with vicious flame, drenching the natives with death. They failed. Then came the Terrans, with a new idea ... a different weapon....
[Transcriber's Note: This etext was produced from Planet Stories Fall 1949. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
On the thirty-third day out of Earth Central, the _Special Agent_ heterodyned itself out of w-space and re-entered the normal continuum. The little 1400-ton vessel fell free toward the fifth planet of Procyon for half an hour before planetary drive was applied to slow it into an orbit.
