This eBook edition of «The Galaxy Tales» has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. «Stories from the Solar System» is series of short stories which are set upon various planets and moons of the Solar System. The stories are marked by attention to the detail of the alien ecosystems with which Weinbaum equips his planets. Though only a few of the stories share protagonists, there is enough shared detail between the stories to show that they belong to a common fictional universe.Contents: A Martian Odyssey (Mars)Valley of Dreams (Mars)Flight on Titan (Titan) Parasite Planet (Venus)The Lotus Eaters (Venus)The Planet of Doubt (Uranus) The Red Peri (Pluto)The Mad Moon (Io)Redemption Cairn (Europa)Tidal Moon (Ganymede)
Оглавление
Stanley G. Weinbaum. The Galaxy Tales
The Galaxy Tales
Reading suggestions
Table of Contents
A Martian Odyssey (Mars)
Chapter I
Chapter II. Tweel of Mars
Chapter III. The Pyramid Being
Chapter IV. The Dream-Beast
Chapter V. The Barrel-People
Valley of Dreams (Mars)
Ibis-Headed Thoth
Paradise and Hell
Flight on Titan (Titan)
I
II
III
IV
Parasite Planet (Venus)
I
II
III
IV
The Lotus Eaters (Venus)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
The Planet of Doubt (Uranus)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
The Red Peri (Pluto)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
The Mad Moon (Io)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Redemption Cairn (Europa)
I
II
III
IV
V
VI
Tidal Moon (Ganymede)
Отрывок из книги
Stanley G. Weinbaum
Valley of Dreams (Mars)
.....
"Oui!" confirmed the biologist. "Comme l'Egypte!"
"I see, all right," said Harrison. "You think the Martians paid a visit to the earth, and the Egyptians remembered it in their mythology. Well, you're off, then; there wasn't any Egyptian civilization fifteen thousand years ago."
