The Incredible Slingshot Bombs: Restored Classics to Go Edition

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In the hills above Ten Mile Valley, a routine manhunt turns into a nightmare of impossible science. Sheriff Tim Hoskins and newspaperman Ben Hopper are hunting Tommy Britten, a half-wild mountain boy known as Tommy Sonofagun, after a barn explosion—but when the compassionate relief worker Ellen Briscoe arrives, she refuses to believe the childlike boy is a killer. Then the sheriff's own car is blown apart, bloodhounds vanish in a flash of destruction, and Tommy's innocent-looking slingshot is revealed to fire pellets with catastrophic force. As Ben and Ellen try to protect Tommy from a panicked posse, they discover a hidden cave, a mysterious transmission tower, and a windowless building full of strange machinery that seems to manufacture the deadly pellets. The building vanishes, two stern strangers accuse them of theft, and the tower is destroyed in the chaos. Wounded and bewildered, Ben begins to suspect the truth is even stranger than sabotage: the "firecrackers" are tiny atomic bombs, and the impossible factory may belong to the future. Blending mystery, dark humor, and classic science fiction suspense, this fast-moving tale asks what happens when reason collides with time travel and technology beyond belief. This edition has been fully restored with modern typesetting, custom cover design.
In the hills above Ten Mile Valley, a routine manhunt turns into a nightmare of impossible science. Sheriff Tim Hoskins and newspaperman Ben Hopper are hunting Tommy Britten, a half-wild mountain boy known as Tommy Sonofagun, after a barn explosion—but when the compassionate relief worker Ellen B...

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Robert Moore Williams was an American science fiction writer whose career flourished during the energetic mid-20th century boom in pulp and magazine SF, a period when imaginative speculation was helping readers make sense of rapid scientific and social change. Born in 1907 and active for decades as a prolific storyteller, he built a reputation for fast-moving adventure, inventive premises, and a knack for turning big scientific ideas into accessible, entertaining fiction. His best-known stories often blend wonder, danger, and moral urgency, reflecting a writer deeply interested in the consequences of human ingenuity and the uneasy boundary between progress and destruction. Across his work, Williams returned to themes that still feel timely today: the double-edged nature of technology, the vulnerability of ordinary people in the face of enormous forces, and the resilience required to survive a changing world. His fiction helped shape the popular tradition of American science fiction by showing that speculative tales could be both thrilling and thought-provoking, and his legacy endures in the way modern readers continue to respond to stories about invention, risk, and responsibility. Readers who enjoy classic science fiction with momentum, bold ideas, and a distinctly vintage sense of wonder are likely to find his work especially rewarding.

Robert Moore Williams was an American science fiction writer whose career flourished during the energetic mid-20th century boom in pulp and magazine SF, a period when imaginative speculation was helping readers make sense of rapid scientific and social change. Born in 1907 and active for decades ...

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