Science Fiction Cummings, Ray: Wandl The Invader. v1, 24 Sept 2008

Dr. Drib · 09-24-2008, 12:01 PM

Another great Ray Cummings novel, an early master of Sci-Fi. This was originally serialized in Astounding Stories, 1932.

Are you,

1) tired of fat, pretentious Sci-Fi novels?
2) tired of wallowing in the mire?
3) tired of reading yet another writer writing inpenetrable jargonese?
4) tired and bored silly because of #3?

Ok, then, HANG ONTO YOUR RAY BLASTERS! - because you're going back to the Golden Age of Sci-Fi, when writing was exciting and -- GET THIS, WONDER OF WONDERS! - writers could actually write interesting stories!!!!

This isn't great literature and it's not meant to be. It's just fun reading and nothing more.

Here's a quote from chapter 13:

"Insects? I suppose I should call them that. With a glance I saw that they were of many sizes and shapes; tiny little things with eyes like lanterns; things of many legs, finger-length, hand-length, and some as long as my forearm. Brown-shelled things, with eyes glowing on stems. There was one quite near us, a smooth, brown-shelled body; a round head on top, as big as my fist. And these things had heads like little distended brains."

Like all books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment.

I hope you enjoy it.

Don

tsgreer · 10-15-2008, 04:34 PM

Holy crap! I just wondered onto this posting and this sounds like a mighty good read. Thanks for the pulp!

09-24-2008, 12:01 PM	#1
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 44,748 Karma: 55645321 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: Kindle: Oasis 3, Voyage WiFi; Kobo: Libra 2, Aura One	Cummings, Ray: Wandl The Invader. v1, 24 Sept 2008 Another great Ray Cummings novel, an early master of Sci-Fi. This was originally serialized in Astounding Stories, 1932. Are you, 1) tired of fat, pretentious Sci-Fi novels? 2) tired of wallowing in the mire? 3) tired of reading yet another writer writing inpenetrable jargonese? 4) tired and bored silly because of #3? Ok, then, HANG ONTO YOUR RAY BLASTERS! - because you're going back to the Golden Age of Sci-Fi, when writing was exciting and -- GET THIS, WONDER OF WONDERS! - writers could actually write interesting stories!!!! This isn't great literature and it's not meant to be. It's just fun reading and nothing more. Here's a quote from chapter 13: "Insects? I suppose I should call them that. With a glance I saw that they were of many sizes and shapes; tiny little things with eyes like lanterns; things of many legs, finger-length, hand-length, and some as long as my forearm. Brown-shelled things, with eyes glowing on stems. There was one quite near us, a smooth, brown-shelled body; a round head on top, as big as my fist. And these things had heads like little distended brains." Like all books I assemble on MobileRead, this too was assembled to reflect human intervention and artistic judgment. I hope you enjoy it. Don

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10-15-2008, 04:34 PM	#2
tsgreer Lovin' the e-book life... Posts: 633 Karma: 2509 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Colorado Device: Ebookwise 1150, Sony PRS-505, Amazon Kindle, BeBook (with OpenInkpot)	Holy crap! I just wondered onto this posting and this sounds like a mighty good read. Thanks for the pulp!

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