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Into Space
What was the extraordinary connection between Dr. Livermore's sudden disappearance and the coming of a new satellite to the Earth?..
A short story first published in Astounding Stories of Super-Science in February 1930.
Sterner St. Paul Meek was a US military chemist, and SF and children's book author. He published as Capt. S.P. Meek, Major S.P. Meek, and Col. S.P. Meek. He retired as a Colonel in 1947 and took up writing full time. His first published story was in "Field and Stream" in 1928, and he was a prolific contributor to SF pulp magazines like "Amazing" and "Astounding" between 1929 and 1933, appearing alongside Ray Cummings and Murray Leinster. He stopped writing SF in 1933, turning to children's fiction, and published twenty children's books between 1932 and 1956.
A short story first published in Astounding Stories of Super-Science in February 1930.
Sterner St. Paul Meek was a US military chemist, and SF and children's book author. He published as Capt. S.P. Meek, Major S.P. Meek, and Col. S.P. Meek. He retired as a Colonel in 1947 and took up writing full time. His first published story was in "Field and Stream" in 1928, and he was a prolific contributor to SF pulp magazines like "Amazing" and "Astounding" between 1929 and 1933, appearing alongside Ray Cummings and Murray Leinster. He stopped writing SF in 1933, turning to children's fiction, and published twenty children's books between 1932 and 1956.
22 pages, ebook
First published February 1, 1930
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S.P. Meek
99 books10 followersSterner St. Paul Meek was a US military chemist, early science fiction author, and children's author. He published much of his work first as Capt. S.P. Meek, then, briefly, as Major S.P. Meek and, after 1933, as Col. S.P. Meek. He also published one story as Sterner St. Paul.
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March 22, 2019
A me è piaciuto diverso da quello che mi aspettavo anche se la trama è molto ingenua e va letto con altrettanta ingenuità.
February 18, 2023
"Consider for a moment that the laws of magnetism, insofar as concerns the relation between distance and power of attraction, are exactly matched by the laws of gravitation."
Told in the first person, Into Space follows an adventure Tom Faber has beginning from the University of Calava where he earned a degree in electrical engineer to a job as a reporter with the San Francisco Graphic. The key element here is that the narrator still had a connection to Dr. Livermore of the University of Calvada, and the professor is now “developed an electrical method of neutralizing the gravity of a body while it is within the field of the earth, and also, by a slight extension, a method of entirely reversing its polarity."
Wow! Outta sight, man! That’s cosmic!
Livermore further explains to Tom Faber the theories and principles and plan of this fascinating experiment of his. Soon, Faber finds himself participating on one experiment with Livermore, before Livermore decides to go solo.
This short science fiction story, told in the first person, has an interestingly fun plot and equally fun and noteworthy characters:
"No ketchum letter, no ketchum Doctor," said the Indian laconically as he pumped another shell into his gun.
That Indian is just one of a cast of several other characters, and he is memorable, though he only has a bit part.
This adventure Into Space was first published in Astounding Stories of Super-Science: February 1930.
The dénouement was a surprise to me, and so very apropos to the plot of the story. I could not help but feel a little joy for Professor Livermore. That is all I can say as I look up Into Space.
I enjoyed this short fiction story because it had the humor and a to-the-point plot I enjoy. It is one of my favorite short science fiction stories to date. My goal is to find and read all that S.P. Meek (Sterner St. Paul Meek) wrote in the science fiction/fantasy genre as I am able to find.
🟣Kindle version.
🟤 Read via Gutenberg Project.
Told in the first person, Into Space follows an adventure Tom Faber has beginning from the University of Calava where he earned a degree in electrical engineer to a job as a reporter with the San Francisco Graphic. The key element here is that the narrator still had a connection to Dr. Livermore of the University of Calvada, and the professor is now “developed an electrical method of neutralizing the gravity of a body while it is within the field of the earth, and also, by a slight extension, a method of entirely reversing its polarity."
Wow! Outta sight, man! That’s cosmic!
Livermore further explains to Tom Faber the theories and principles and plan of this fascinating experiment of his. Soon, Faber finds himself participating on one experiment with Livermore, before Livermore decides to go solo.
This short science fiction story, told in the first person, has an interestingly fun plot and equally fun and noteworthy characters:
"No ketchum letter, no ketchum Doctor," said the Indian laconically as he pumped another shell into his gun.
That Indian is just one of a cast of several other characters, and he is memorable, though he only has a bit part.
This adventure Into Space was first published in Astounding Stories of Super-Science: February 1930.
The dénouement was a surprise to me, and so very apropos to the plot of the story. I could not help but feel a little joy for Professor Livermore. That is all I can say as I look up Into Space.
I enjoyed this short fiction story because it had the humor and a to-the-point plot I enjoy. It is one of my favorite short science fiction stories to date. My goal is to find and read all that S.P. Meek (Sterner St. Paul Meek) wrote in the science fiction/fantasy genre as I am able to find.
🟣Kindle version.
🟤 Read via Gutenberg Project.
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