item: #1 of 39 id: 19141 author: Serviss, Garrett Putman title: Edison's Conquest of Mars date: None words: 65603 flesch: 70 summary: Let it suffice to say that when it broke up, in the small hours of the morning, it had been unanimously resolved that as many thousands of men as Mr. Edison might require should be immediately placed at his disposal; that as far as possible all the great manufacturing establishments of the country should be instantly transformed into factories where electrical ships and disintegrators could be built, and upon the suggestion of Professor Sylvanus P. Thompson, the celebrated English electrical expert, seconded by Lord Kelvin, it was resolved that all the leading men of science in the world should place their services at the disposal of Mr. Edison in any capacity in which, in his judgment, they might be useful to him. The signal was given, and the circle of electrical ships closed in upon the asteroid. keywords: aina; air; asteroid; atmosphere; beneath; car; colonel; course; direction; disintegrators; distance; earth; edison; electrical; eyes; fact; feet; flagship; girl; land; mars; martians; men; miles; moment; moon; new; order; planet; point; ships; sight; smith; space; squadron; sun; surface; time; way; world cache: 19141.txt plain text: 19141.txt item: #2 of 39 id: 21670 author: Serviss, Garrett Putman title: Edison's Conquest of Mars date: None words: 69129 flesch: 70 summary: Let it suffice to say that when it broke up, in the small hours of the morning, it had been unanimously resolved that as many thousands of men as Mr. Edison might require should be immediately placed at his disposal; that as far as possible all the great manufacturing establishments of the country should be instantly transformed into factories where electrical ships and disintegrators could be built, and upon the suggestion of Professor Sylvanus P. Thompson, the celebrated English electrical expert, seconded by Lord Kelvin, it was resolved that all the leading men of science in the world should place their services at the disposal of Mr. Edison in any capacity in which, in his judgement, they might be useful to him. The signal was given, and the circle of electrical ships closed in upon the asteroid. keywords: aina; air; asteroid; atmosphere; beneath; car; colonel; course; day; direction; disintegrators; distance; earth; edison; electrical; eyes; fact; feet; flagship; girl; ground; half; land; mars; martians; men; miles; moment; moon; new; order; planet; point; professor; ships; sight; smith; space; squadron; sun; surface; time; way; work; world cache: 21670.txt plain text: 21670.txt item: #3 of 39 id: 27400 author: Du Maurier, George title: The Martian: A Novel date: None words: 133235 flesch: 80 summary: Don't you adore pretty women, you naughty little Barty? _à la hussarde_--head first. keywords: afternoon; archibald; barty; barty josselin; beauty; bed; bien; big; black; blue; bonzig; books; boy; boys; brossard; business; c'est; caroline; charming; children; class; course; daughter; day; days; dear; des; dinner; earth; english; est; evening; eye; eyes; face; family; father; fellow; fond; france; french; friend; gibson; good; great; half; hand; handsome; happy; head; heart; home; hour; house; illustration; immense; julia; kind; lady; laferté; leah; left; les; life; little; london; look; lord; love; man; martia; maurice; men; middle; mind; moi; mon; monsieur; morning; mother; mrs; music; new; night; north; nous; paris; pas; people; person; place; play; poor; pretty; que; qui; rest; room; round; sang; school; self; sister; sleep; story; street; talk; things; think; thought; time; voice; vous; way; white; wife; wish; woman; work; world; years; young cache: 27400.txt plain text: 27400.txt item: #4 of 39 id: 29504 author: Leiber, Fritz title: What's He Doing in There? date: None words: 2090 flesch: 85 summary: the Professor said while his wife added, Yes, you can't be sure what-- and caught herself. He went where no Martian ever went before--but would he come out--or had he gone for good? keywords: martian; professor; wife cache: 29504.txt plain text: 29504.txt item: #5 of 39 id: 30454 author: Jones, Bascom title: Blind Spot date: None words: 2207 flesch: 88 summary: My husband and I are familiar with the advantages and disadvantages listed under the section pertaining to intermarriage in the new law, Mr. Stark. Everyone supported the Martian program--until it struck home!_ Johnny Stark, director of the department of Interplanetary Relations for Mars' Settlement One, reread the final paragraph of the note which he had found on his desk, upon returning from lunch earlier in the day. keywords: carol; girl; martian; stark cache: 30454.txt plain text: 30454.txt item: #6 of 39 id: 30539 author: Hill, Arthur G. title: The Terrible Answer date: None words: 3382 flesch: 91 summary: After he backed into the circle of his fellows, Cleve dropped the cruel overseer manner and turned with satisfaction to Larkin. Cleve glanced up at Larkin. keywords: cleve; empire; larkin; martians; smith cache: 30539.txt plain text: 30539.txt item: #7 of 39 id: 31736 author: Shea, Robert title: Star Performer date: None words: 4836 flesch: 91 summary: Gentlemen, my mother, Sylvie Davery. A Senile Delinquent! thought Gavir. Hoppy Davery coughed and Sylvie winked at Gavir. keywords: davery; gavir; hoppy; malcomb; song; spurling; sylvie cache: 31736.txt plain text: 31736.txt item: #8 of 39 id: 32054 author: Gallun, Raymond Z. title: Stamped Caution date: None words: 12041 flesch: 88 summary: Miller gave Etl a chance to say no. Go only if you really want to, Etl, Miller said. keywords: air; cage; craig; earth; etl; kind; klein; mars; martians; miller; nolan; ship; space; tendrils; things; time; way cache: 32054.txt plain text: 32054.txt item: #9 of 39 id: 32284 author: McCain, Vernon L. title: The Hitch Hikers date: None words: 4458 flesch: 76 summary: Inside, many Rell, suddenly intoxicated by the heady moisture-laden air, commenced uniting with each other then splitting away, each such union resulting in another unit of Rell, naturally. But one afternoon a rare physical phenomenon was reported by a bank of observer Rell. keywords: bank; brown; interpretive; rell; | | cache: 32284.txt plain text: 32284.txt item: #10 of 39 id: 32487 author: Holden, Fox B. title: A Gift For Terra date: None words: 6914 flesch: 90 summary: Strong men, with the light of the stars in your eyes. Men had died alone before. keywords: earth; earthman; johnny; men; sand; ship; thing; thought; time cache: 32487.txt plain text: 32487.txt item: #11 of 39 id: 40992 author: Glasser, Allen title: The Martian date: None words: 10766 flesch: 90 summary: They were tremendous in size--fully three times human stature; yet their heads were smaller than men's. At the same time, but only semi-consciously, he heard the loud shouts of men. keywords: blumberg; door; eyes; head; light; man; martian; room; time; world cache: 40992.txt plain text: 40992.txt item: #12 of 39 id: 50826 author: Evans, Dean title: The Moons of Mars date: None words: 6581 flesch: 96 summary: You could be very sure of that, for Earth little boys have earlobes while Martian little boys do not--and he most certainly didn't. To little boys, whistling is as natural as breathing. keywords: boy; eyes; little; look; martian; tell; whistling cache: 50826.txt plain text: 50826.txt item: #13 of 39 id: 50877 author: Shallit, Joseph title: Education of a Martian date: None words: 4231 flesch: 93 summary: Gregrill can speak Earthling as well as I can, Joyce said. Joyce had to sign half a dozen affidavits at the Earthling consulate, all certifying in one way or another that she intended to marry Gregrill as soon as they reached Earth, and that she guaranteed he wouldn't become a public charge. keywords: earthling; gregrill; joyce; martian; people; way cache: 50877.txt plain text: 50877.txt item: #14 of 39 id: 51650 author: Anderson, Poul title: Innocent at Large date: None words: 7356 flesch: 90 summary: But since you came on an official courier boat of your planet, Mr. Matheny, regulations force me to ask your business. They wouldn't be able to see the Teamsters Hour on Mars, would they? Oh, we don't expect immigration, said Matheny shyly. keywords: course; doran; earth; gus; man; mars; martian; matheny; people; peri; pete; sam; time cache: 51650.txt plain text: 51650.txt item: #15 of 39 id: 51663 author: West, Wallace title: Dawningsburgh date: None words: 2873 flesch: 87 summary: Eligible bachelors shunned Dawningsburgh as they did other expensive tourist traps. * * Liars! Cheats! whimpered Betsy O'Reilly as she tossed on the lumpy bed of her third class room and recalled the sky poster that had hypnotized her. keywords: betsy; dawningsburgh; guides; martians; tourists; wind cache: 51663.txt plain text: 51663.txt item: #16 of 39 id: 52009 author: Williams, Robert Moore title: New Lamps date: None words: 11342 flesch: 92 summary: Now tell me what you are doing on Mars, Dr. Ronson? Ronson glanced hastily at the waiter, to make certain that he was out of earshot. Ronson came to the Red Planet on the strangest mission of all ... he only knew he wanted to see Les Ro, but he didn't know exactly why. keywords: crick; eyes; face; girl; human; jennie; jim; les; mars; martian; place; ronson cache: 52009.txt plain text: 52009.txt item: #17 of 39 id: 59376 author: Fontenay, Charles L. title: The Patriot date: None words: 4456 flesch: 82 summary: There were half a dozen of the Friends of Mars, besides Cornel and Javan, in the meeting room. There are three on Mars, Cornel pointed out. keywords: concert; cornel; corporation; earth; lorensse; mars; meta; music; people cache: 59376.txt plain text: 59376.txt item: #18 of 39 id: 59556 author: Fontenay, Charles L. title: Communication date: None words: 830 flesch: 88 summary: * * * Von Frisch, Riley and Smith watched the half dozen Martians approach, and their watching was not without some trepidation. We're being approached by Martians! How do they act? asked Captains Powers back at the G-boat, immediately. keywords: martians; von cache: 59556.txt plain text: 59556.txt item: #19 of 39 id: 604 author: Arnold, Edwin Lester Linden title: Gulliver of Mars date: None words: 71574 flesch: 73 summary: But there was little time or inclination to think of those things now. I have known men tell more truth in that state than in any other. keywords: air; arms; black; blue; chance; city; coming; day; dead; doubt; eyes; face; feet; forest; friend; girl; good; half; hand; hap; hath; head; heart; heru; king; lady; life; light; little; long; look; man; martian; mind; minute; moment; morning; new; outside; people; place; poor; princess; red; rose; round; sea; set; stranger; things; thought; time; town; water; way; white; woman; world; yellow cache: 604.txt plain text: 604.txt item: #20 of 39 id: 60649 author: Bunch, David R. title: In the Jag-Whiffing Service date: None words: 1237 flesch: 83 summary: Imagine having to buy all that chrome and steel, guaranteed to go over one hundred miles per hour, just to get four little black rings of whiff. And when our face spines and head tubes would go into that special sharp buzz of contentment, we'd know we were on our jag, full and warm and happy with as much pleasure as any Martian is ever supposed to know. keywords: jag; whiff cache: 60649.txt plain text: 60649.txt item: #21 of 39 id: 61744 author: Rocklynne, Ross title: The Tantalus Death date: None words: 6185 flesch: 89 summary: Wished water only. The Tantalus Death By ROSS ROCKLYNNE Give us water, or we perish! keywords: earth; face; olduk; people; speaker; sphere; surface; water cache: 61744.txt plain text: 61744.txt item: #22 of 39 id: 61759 author: Wiggin, John title: Cave-Dwellers of Saturn date: None words: 20855 flesch: 83 summary: Centurion Dynamon is requested to come to the control room. Whatever Dynamon was going to answer to that, it was interrupted by the loud-speaker booming: Centurion Dynamon is requested at the control room. keywords: borion; carrier; centurion; dynamon; earth; eyes; feet; hand; keltry; martians; men; mortoch; queen; room; saturn; thamon; time cache: 61759.txt plain text: 61759.txt item: #23 of 39 id: 61843 author: James, D. L. (Daniel Lewis) title: Exit From Asteroid 60 date: None words: 5770 flesch: 82 summary: Destiny had indeed provided them both with a strange exit from Echo, for in that split second Bormon realized that he was being hurled squarely into the gaping orifice of the cyclotron. But when Calbur failed to show up in time for a return voyage to Earth, Bormon had taken up the search. keywords: basket; bormon; calbur; echo; mars; martian; ore; space cache: 61843.txt plain text: 61843.txt item: #24 of 39 id: 61942 author: Ackermann, Henry Andrew title: South to Propontis date: None words: 4457 flesch: 92 summary: It was that southern rim, a mere uneven thread of rust, to which Don had raised his eyes so many times that day, his heart light with the thought that he was going to Propontis. Don had been seven when they struck the Suzie lode. keywords: boy; don; eyes; martians; pete; uncle; water cache: 61942.txt plain text: 61942.txt item: #25 of 39 id: 62078 author: Wells, Basil title: Queen of the Blue World date: None words: 5007 flesch: 88 summary: I do not wonder that Jokar Ged was in love with you, Rurak Dun said boldly. Jokar Ged? demanded Rurak. keywords: elko; ged; insect; jokar; nitha; rurak; tis; yzaps cache: 62078.txt plain text: 62078.txt item: #26 of 39 id: 62085 author: Kummer, Frederic Arnold title: Pied Piper of Mars date: None words: 7540 flesch: 86 summary: Take Mr. Ranson. Good evening, Mr. Ranson, Elath Taen smiled. keywords: door; elath; eyes; flame; gun; haller; mars; martian; music; ranson; taen cache: 62085.txt plain text: 62085.txt item: #27 of 39 id: 62097 author: Van Houten, Ray title: The Last Martian date: None words: 6938 flesch: 82 summary: Peetn drew his cloak more firmly about his furry shoulders as the sun began to sink through the Martian sky and the wind throbbed a deeper note in the gathering darkness. He tumbled into the central hollow and lay exhausted, his lungs sucking in and out-- The cry of a Martian _odlat_ would not be audible to human ears, but the screech which emanated within an inch of Peetn's ear-cupulas sent paralyzing waves of terror washing to the tip of his spiny tail. keywords: clark; day; mars; martian; metal; peetn; stranger; valve; water cache: 62097.txt plain text: 62097.txt item: #28 of 39 id: 62218 author: Hasse, Henry title: City of the Living Flame date: None words: 17562 flesch: 90 summary: As Jim hurried on, or tried to hurry, to the place where he would find Conley and Spurlin and the score of other men, he knew that one man could not hope to stand against that awful power. Jim Landor found the fabulous green flame, found it sentiently, evilly alive--and that its living meant death for all mankind. keywords: bhruulo; conley; dim; ing; jim; kaarji; m'tonak; martian; men; mind; spurlin; thing; time cache: 62218.txt plain text: 62218.txt item: #29 of 39 id: 62241 author: Abernathy, Robert title: Peril of the Blue World date: None words: 4189 flesch: 73 summary: ] There are those who have criticized the wisdom of the members of the First Earth Expedition in returning to Mars so precipitately, without completing the observations and explorations which it had been intended they should make. In the 75th day of the 242nd year of the invention of the steam engine, (Signed) Shapplo with the Long Proboscis, Interpreter, First Earth Expedition. keywords: captain; earth; earthman; metal; planet; zesmo cache: 62241.txt plain text: 62241.txt item: #30 of 39 id: 62258 author: Kline, Otis Adelbert title: Meteor-Men of Mars date: None words: 11451 flesch: 88 summary: Hammond clung to the struggling saboteur he had floored. The fate of a world rested in Hammond's hands--and his wrists were fettered at his sides. keywords: ardinã; boat; eyes; face; gena; girl; hammond; moment; room; sediphron; ship; storm; zuggoth cache: 62258.txt plain text: 62258.txt item: #31 of 39 id: 62357 author: Simak, Clifford D. title: Message From Mars date: None words: 10062 flesch: 92 summary: Hugh! yelled Scott. yelled Scott. keywords: bugs; building; earth; hugh; jimmy; man; mars; martians; rocket; scott; ship; space cache: 62357.txt plain text: 62357.txt item: #32 of 39 id: 62426 author: Farrell, Joseph title: Black-out date: None words: 1502 flesch: 85 summary: _] You continue to speak of their superior wisdom, _Mor_ Thak, said Rofan. It was as fine a telescope as Mars could produce, and only Thak's assurances that the work was of the greatest importance had secured him this luxury. keywords: lights; planet; thak cache: 62426.txt plain text: 62426.txt item: #33 of 39 id: 63429 author: Adams, James R. title: Joe Carson's Weapon date: None words: 6538 flesch: 83 summary: Quickly Harl and Kir-Um forced him into a chair and stared down at their victim with triumphant eyes. ] Joe Carson grinned broadly and again reread his letter to the editor of _Galactic Adventures_. keywords: carson; creature; earth; harl; joe; joke; kir; mind; thought; weapon cache: 63429.txt plain text: 63429.txt item: #34 of 39 id: 63432 author: Carter, Manfred A. title: Colony of the Unfit date: None words: 13896 flesch: 85 summary: John, could see the unconscious forms of old men carried past the ragged hole by helmeted figures and into another ship, through joined hulls. At last John could see through a six foot plate of hardened glass. keywords: air; door; earth; entrance; hand; hilda; jake; john; man; mars; mary; men; room; screen; ship; time; wall; zingar cache: 63432.txt plain text: 63432.txt item: #35 of 39 id: 63474 author: Smith, Richard Rein title: Alien Equivalent date: None words: 3193 flesch: 88 summary: The game between the Martians, it only took the loser a few seconds to pay the duchal! That's right, Farrell agreed. I'll pay this duchal in a few minutes; they'll let me free and I'll-- You don't realize, Farrell interrupted, Martians are sickly, sensitive people and they're adept at projecting sensations of agony from their brains. keywords: duchal; farrell; game; martian; tharp cache: 63474.txt plain text: 63474.txt item: #36 of 39 id: 63518 author: Wilson, Robert title: Vandals of the Void date: None words: 15931 flesch: 86 summary: Klalmar-lan, said Elene, as Art has already told you, we are immensely relieved to see you. I didn't want to make it too noticeable-- Wait, Art interrupted, how about this choker ray--that's the whole thing--that's what we want to know! I'll get to that, rebuked Klalmar-lan. keywords: art; city; denny; earth; elene; klalmar; lan; mars; martian; ray; right; ship; theller; thing; time; venus; voornizar; way cache: 63518.txt plain text: 63518.txt item: #37 of 39 id: 63523 author: Whitehorn, Chester title: Coming of the Gods date: None words: 7365 flesch: 98 summary: There were no fires, for the Oan were more beast than man and feared flame; but Ro could make out four prone figures. And Ro had seen the bones of luckless men vomited from the mouths of the Droo, the cannibal plants. keywords: carlson; man; men; oan; rat cache: 63523.txt plain text: 63523.txt item: #38 of 39 id: 63529 author: Whittington, George A. title: Mists of Mars date: None words: 12146 flesch: 89 summary: Straight to a cleverly concealed door she walked, through, and into the same type of room Barry Williams had seen before. But Special Investigator Barry Williams and Princess Deisanocta had other plans--plans that would bring destruction to the despoilers by releasing an age-old justice from the Crypts. keywords: barry; barry williams; deisanocta; earth; earthmen; eyes; grey; hand; mars; martian; men; mist; williams cache: 63529.txt plain text: 63529.txt item: #39 of 39 id: 72 author: Burroughs, Edgar Rice title: Thuvia, Maid of Mars date: None words: 47766 flesch: 83 summary: She knew, too, that many of them were used now by the nomadic tribes of green men, but that among them all was no city that the red men did not shun, for without exception they stood amidst vast, waterless tracts, unsuited for the continued sustenance of the dominant race of Martians. The fair-skinned warriors, armed only with their long bows and a kind of short-handled war-axe, were almost helpless beneath the savage mounted green men at close quarters; but at a distance their sharp arrows did fully as much execution as the radium projectiles of the green men. keywords: astok; barsoom; bowmen; carthoris; city; day; dead; dusar; eyes; face; father; flier; girl; green; helium; heliumite; jav; jeddak; kar; komak; kor; lothar; man; mars; men; moment; palace; prince; ptarth; red; sword; tario; thuvia; time; vas; warriors cache: 72.txt plain text: 72.txt