The Shadow People

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John Russell Fearn. The Shadow People

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For Dave Gibson

In 1943 British writer John Russell Fearn decided to quit writing for the American pulp science fiction magazines, and to concentrate instead on books for the English market. Within a very few years he became established as a leading novelist in several genres, not only science fiction, but also mystery and detective fiction, and westerns.

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The Amazon gave a sharp glance. “Alternatives? What alternatives? There aren’t any.”

“There have got to be,” Abna responded calmly. “You must have realized the position as clearly as anybody. Either we cruise around here in this ultra-atomic space until our food gives out and we pass away, or else we think up some way of blowing ourselves back into the normal space from which we came. Lastly, we have the alternative of increasing our size to that of the colossi. It may be dangerous to meet them; equally, it may not. But it won’t be the first time we’ve taken a chance.”

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