The Wizard of Linn
Oct 2016 · Hauraki Publishing
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Earth was helpless after the atomic holocaust—ready prey for the worst threat of all, the invaders from an alien galaxy...
WAS MAN DOOMED FOREVER TO SENDING MESSAGES BY SMOKE SIGNALS?
The Earth, after the atomic holocaust, had reverted to a strange kind of barbarism where men could build space ships but could not communicate except by the most primitive means.
So it was a sickening shock to Lord Clane Linn when he captured one of the alien invader's space ships and discovered that their central headquarters in another galaxy was sending them messages and getting answers.
There was no possibility of sneak attack against such an enemy. With this weapon alone the aliens could win the war—unless Earthmen discovered the secret and how to use it...before the next assault.
ALONE AGAINST THE UNIVERSE
The alien Riss were coming to destroy Earth. Everyone knew it, but they did nothing. They were too busy fighting among themselves, planning bigger spectacles for the arena and engaging in petty intrigues to gain petty power.
Only the mutant, Clane, knew how to fight the Riss. But he could count on no support from his fellow Earthmen. This was a task he must perform unaided...
WAS MAN DOOMED FOREVER TO SENDING MESSAGES BY SMOKE SIGNALS?
The Earth, after the atomic holocaust, had reverted to a strange kind of barbarism where men could build space ships but could not communicate except by the most primitive means.
So it was a sickening shock to Lord Clane Linn when he captured one of the alien invader's space ships and discovered that their central headquarters in another galaxy was sending them messages and getting answers.
There was no possibility of sneak attack against such an enemy. With this weapon alone the aliens could win the war—unless Earthmen discovered the secret and how to use it...before the next assault.
ALONE AGAINST THE UNIVERSE
The alien Riss were coming to destroy Earth. Everyone knew it, but they did nothing. They were too busy fighting among themselves, planning bigger spectacles for the arena and engaging in petty intrigues to gain petty power.
Only the mutant, Clane, knew how to fight the Riss. But he could count on no support from his fellow Earthmen. This was a task he must perform unaided...
Earth was helpless after the atomic holocaust—ready prey for the worst threat of all, the invaders from an alien galaxy...
WAS MAN DOOMED FOREVER TO SENDING MESSAGES BY SMOKE SIGNALS?
The Earth, after the atomic holocaust, had reverted to a strange kind of barbarism where men could build space ...
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Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 - January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular, influential, and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the Golden Age of the genre. He was the recipient of the "Casper Award" (precursor to the Canadian Prix Aurora Awards) for Lifetime Achievement in 1980, and in 1995 The Science Fiction Writers of America named him its 14th Grand Master. He also received a Special Award from the World Science Fiction Convention "for six decades of golden age science fiction" in 1996, and was inducted into the Science Fiction and Fantasy Hall of Fame that same year.
Alfred Elton van Vogt (April 26, 1912 - January 26, 2000) was a Canadian-born science fiction author regarded as one of the most popular, influential, and complex science fiction writers of the mid-twentieth century: the Golden Age of the genre. He was the recipient of the "Casper Award" (precurs...
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