item: #1 of 44 id: 19027 author: Rockwell, Carey title: The Revolt on Venus date: None words: 54871 flesch: 87 summary: Roger saw Tom heading for the tunnel and made a sudden dash for Sinclair. After Tom introduced Connel to the couple, the major questioned them closely about their absence during the attack by the shock troops. keywords: astro; base; big; boys; building; cadet; connel; corbett; door; feet; ground; guard; gun; hand; head; jet; jungle; major; man; men; polaris; ray; right; roger; ship; sinclair; sir; solar; space; strong; time; tom; tyrannosaurus; unit; venus; venusian; voice; walters; way cache: 19027.txt plain text: 19027.txt item: #2 of 44 id: 22590 author: Fontenay, Charles L. title: Wind date: None words: 5922 flesch: 89 summary: Jan needed all his Dutch stubbornness, and a good deal of pure physical strength besides, to maneuver the roach-flat groundcar across the tumbled terrain of Den Hoorn into the teeth of the howling gale that swept from the west. The huge wheels twisted and jolted against the rocks outside, and Jan bounced against his seat belt, wrestled the steering wheel and puffed at his _pijp_. keywords: boy; groundcar; heemskerk; jan; men; oostpoort; platform; sanchez; wind cache: 22590.txt plain text: 22590.txt item: #3 of 44 id: 29181 author: De Courcy, Dorothy title: Foundling on Venus date: None words: 3307 flesch: 96 summary: This is colonized Venus, where one may walk without the threat of sudden death--except from other men--the most bitterly fought for, the dearest, bloodiest, most worthless land in the solar system. Poor little thing! keywords: boy; jane; pete; venus cache: 29181.txt plain text: 29181.txt item: #4 of 44 id: 31307 author: Hasse, Henry title: One Purple Hope! date: None words: 6866 flesch: 95 summary: Joel Latham, wasn't it? Latham swayed and clutched at the bar. They watched Latham hurrying, stumbling, not looking back. keywords: eyes; joel; josmian; kueelo; latham; man; penger; tsith cache: 31307.txt plain text: 31307.txt item: #5 of 44 id: 31326 author: Loomis, Noel M. title: The Wealth of Echindul date: None words: 7392 flesch: 90 summary: And if Grant had had any forlorn hope that he might be able to slip through The Pass, he gave it up, for he knew now that his movements were reported hourly and that his possession of the fabulous stones was undoubtedly known to Relegar, the Uranian. * * * Grant had thought about that a good many times on his long trip across the swamp, but he had worried more about how to dispose of his own stones before Relegar got hold of him. keywords: grant; netse; pass; relegar; stones; swamp; venus; water cache: 31326.txt plain text: 31326.txt item: #6 of 44 id: 31686 author: Smith, Evelyn E. title: Collector's Item date: None words: 14040 flesch: 86 summary: [Sidenote: _Being trapped in the steaming h--l of Venus is no excuse for forgetting one's manners--but anyone abducted, marooned, tricked, kept from tea might well crack under the strain!_] What I should like to know, Professor Bernardi said, gazing pensively after the lizard-man as he bore the shrieking form of Miss Anspacher off in his scaly arms, is whether he is planning to eat her or make love to her. Don't tell me you have a--a fondness for Miss Anspacher, Captain, Professor Bernardi exclaimed, genuinely surprised. keywords: anspacher; bernardi; captain; jrann; miss; mortland; mrs; mud; professor; pttt; right; ship; vine cache: 31686.txt plain text: 31686.txt item: #7 of 44 id: 32161 author: Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.) title: Tangle Hold date: None words: 20237 flesch: 90 summary: [Sidenote: Jadiver objected to being the greatest influence for good on Venus ... because what was good for Venus was bad for Jadiver!] Mmmm, said Jadiver. keywords: autobath; body; burlingame; circuit; face; good; gun; jadiver; man; police; robot; skin; tangle; time; voice; way; work cache: 32161.txt plain text: 32161.txt item: #8 of 44 id: 32544 author: Reynolds, John Murray title: The Golden Amazons of Venus date: None words: 35946 flesch: 90 summary: * * * Gerry knelt down on the damp floor and put his head close to the base of the wall. [Sidenote: Dakta death, horrible beyond the weirdest fever-dreams of Earth-men, faced Space Ship Commander Gerry Norton. keywords: air; angus; city; closana; door; earth; eyes; face; feet; gerry; gerry norton; golden; green; hand; lansa; light; man; mctavish; men; metal; ones; place; ray; room; scaly; ship; space; steve; time; venus; walls; water cache: 32544.txt plain text: 32544.txt item: #9 of 44 id: 32901 author: Phelps, A. H. title: The Merchants of Venus date: None words: 5446 flesch: 87 summary: Rod clung to his job throughout. Reluctantly, Rod Workham picked it up. keywords: jaimie; man; men; people; project; rod; venus cache: 32901.txt plain text: 32901.txt item: #10 of 44 id: 40993 author: Jones, Neil R. title: Spacewrecked on Venus date: None words: 8559 flesch: 87 summary: Hantel! Captain Cragley steadied himself on the threshold of my room. Captain Cragley turned the matter over in his mind. keywords: brady; c-49; captain; cragley; jasper; man; men; passengers; quentin; ship; space cache: 40993.txt plain text: 40993.txt item: #11 of 44 id: 49779 author: Williams, Robert Moore title: Publicity Stunt date: None words: 5663 flesch: 89 summary: Go out and bluff Shad Brisbee now! Molock also took a deep breath and rose to his feet. Lifting hands as big as hams, he looked Shad Brisbee square in all of the Venusian's eyes that happened to be turned toward him at the moment. keywords: brisbee; dance; dancing; molock; shad; ship; wilkerson cache: 49779.txt plain text: 49779.txt item: #12 of 44 id: 50702 author: Sutton, Lee title: Venus Boy date: None words: 40821 flesch: 98 summary: More marva than any other person had ever seen surrounded Johnny. Most of the time Baba clicked it, but when he got tired Johnny took over for a while. keywords: arrow; baba; bear; claws; colony; door; eyes; friend; head; johnny; man; marva; men; rhinosaur; rick; right; rock; tank; time; tree; venus; voice; way cache: 50702.txt plain text: 50702.txt item: #13 of 44 id: 51203 author: Ludwig, Edward W. title: A Coffin for Jacob date: None words: 10991 flesch: 93 summary: I--I guess I didn't think, Ben. Venusians can't really read your mind, but they see your feelings, your emotions. Here and there, Ben saw moving figures. keywords: ben; city; dust; earth; eyes; face; hands; jacob; maggie; man; simon; space; thought; venusian; wind cache: 51203.txt plain text: 51203.txt item: #14 of 44 id: 51681 author: Smith, George O. (George Oliver) title: Amateur in Chancery date: None words: 5094 flesch: 88 summary: Does Harla know zinc? He may, said Teresa very haltingly. Tell Harla that Doctor Carter's awkward position is a direct result of our ability to reduce the tunnel effect to operate on gross matter. keywords: harla; holly; right; teresa; tunnel; venus; wallach cache: 51681.txt plain text: 51681.txt item: #15 of 44 id: 51768 author: Sheckley, Robert title: Prospector's Special date: None words: 8547 flesch: 90 summary: Fourteen hundred dollars, Mr. Morrison. Here we are, Mr. Morrison, Williams 4 said. keywords: goldenstone; krandall; morrison; robot; sandcar; telephone; venus; water; williams cache: 51768.txt plain text: 51768.txt item: #16 of 44 id: 5703 author: Flint, Homer Eon title: The Lord of Death and the Queen of Life date: None words: 48002 flesch: 83 summary: Know you, Strokor, that the survival of the fittest is a rule which governs man as well as men. Said Van Emmon: It just occurred to me that the cube might look pretty good to these people. keywords: air; billie; doctor; door; earth; emmon; estra; eyes; face; feet; geologist; good; head; klow; life; look; maka; man; men; people; place; planet; right; saw; smith; strokor; thing; thought; time; van; venusian; voice; way cache: 5703.txt plain text: 5703.txt item: #17 of 44 id: 58735 author: Henig, Stanley title: Peace date: None words: 3620 flesch: 72 summary: (THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION IS REPRODUCED FROM THE AUTO-TAPE RECORDING OF THE MEETING) Earth Spokesman: _ This metal was essential for the construction of Earth's space ships, the alumiryten alloy being used in the manufacture of the tough outer shell of these ships. keywords: earth; government; ser; ship; space; venus; war cache: 58735.txt plain text: 58735.txt item: #18 of 44 id: 61283 author: Banta, Frank title: The Dragon Slayers date: None words: 1750 flesch: 89 summary: I just hope the neighborhood dragon doesn't come around while you're in that weakened condition, Bliss, Pole worried as he totaled up the month's production on his reports. A few minutes later, at a distance of a thousand yards, Pole and Bliss, loaded with all their portable possessions, watched their cabin burst into flames as a roaring, forty-foot lizard, with fifty-foot flames gouting from his mouth, ambled through their clearing. keywords: bliss; chief; pole cache: 61283.txt plain text: 61283.txt item: #19 of 44 id: 61499 author: Roberts, Scott title: Monopoly date: None words: 9827 flesch: 91 summary: Brian faltered to a stop and Crystal James pushed past him. Brian followed Crystal into the smaller of the two ships and the rest of the rebels manned the other. keywords: brian; crystal; door; hanson; mchague; police; rebels; serono; ship; venus; voice; zeburzac cache: 61499.txt plain text: 61499.txt item: #20 of 44 id: 61696 author: Repp, Ed Earl title: Martian Terror date: None words: 10325 flesch: 91 summary: When all were quiet, Prince Lolan stood up. Beside Lolan the wall shuddered slightly and a trickle of rocks slid down it. keywords: arzt; atarkus; door; eyes; face; feet; irak; lolan; lugo; man; martian; mora; room; venusian cache: 61696.txt plain text: 61696.txt item: #21 of 44 id: 61798 author: Selwyn, Carl title: Venus Has Green Eyes date: None words: 6017 flesch: 97 summary: Venusian women were the beauties of the Universe and this woman had surpassed them all, but in her dull beauty, thought Flip, there was nothing feminine. Flip had reasons. keywords: charlie; eyes; flip; gun; mist; mud; swamp; woman cache: 61798.txt plain text: 61798.txt item: #22 of 44 id: 61826 author: Bond, Nelson S. title: Beyond Light date: None words: 8033 flesch: 92 summary: What have you got against me? What, growled Captain Lane. * * * Captain Lane did not need her warning. keywords: captain; dorothy; eyes; gun; heat; lane; mallory; man; space; thing; tim; time cache: 61826.txt plain text: 61826.txt item: #23 of 44 id: 61844 author: Brackett, Leigh title: The Stellar Legion date: None words: 6087 flesch: 92 summary: They were ranged in a solid mass along the edges of the moat, and the fort's guns were silent MacIan wondered why, until he saw that the dam that furnished power for the turbine had been broken down. Bhak the Titan hesitated, his queerly bright, blank eyes darting from Thekla to Lehn, and back to MacIan. keywords: bhak; eyes; face; lehn; macian; nahali; swamp; thekla cache: 61844.txt plain text: 61844.txt item: #24 of 44 id: 61863 author: Jameson, Malcolm title: 4-1/2B, Eros date: None words: 7777 flesch: 89 summary: Captain Hank Karns, the Lone Trader, sank back in his seat and watched idly with mild blue eyes as first one grass hut and then another appeared momentarily through rifts of rain. Captain Karns had berthed his own old trading tub not an hour earlier and as he registered the arrival of his _Swapper_ he noted that under the date of three days before there was the entry: _Wanderer_, Captain Wilkerson, en route Mercury to Luna. keywords: atkins; captain; day; door; hank; hank karns; karns; man; mercury; place; ship; time; venus cache: 61863.txt plain text: 61863.txt item: #25 of 44 id: 61884 author: Cummings, Ray title: The War-Nymphs of Venus date: None words: 20120 flesch: 89 summary: The things of actuality which happened to me, to Jack Allen, to little Nereid--with those things only am I concerned here. And what they might try to do-- Her words evoked a grim picture of powerful little men, with minds like children suddenly enraged to frenzy; and the half-drunken youths at the festival, ready enough to kill any worker, with the Ruler encouraging them. keywords: allen; arron; city; dark; earth; eyes; feet; garga; girls; leh; men; metal; nereid; peters; rhool; sea; tollgamo; venus; water; woman cache: 61884.txt plain text: 61884.txt item: #26 of 44 id: 61907 author: Winterbotham, R. R. (Russell Robert) title: Genesis! date: None words: 6738 flesch: 83 summary: Captain Arlen quit trying to classify himself and his passengers. Captain Arlen corked the bottle and put it aside. keywords: arlen; captain; gheal; mcferson; protoplasm; renzu; ship; venusian cache: 61907.txt plain text: 61907.txt item: #27 of 44 id: 61943 author: Peacock, Wilbur S. title: The Victory of Klon date: None words: 2065 flesch: 83 summary: Klon stood proudly to one side, drinking in the hissing applause and hisses of surprise and awe that greeted his showing of the globe of light shadow. But it was a deadly triumph for Klon, wriggling, slimy lord of eternally-veiled Venus. keywords: klon; light; thing cache: 61943.txt plain text: 61943.txt item: #28 of 44 id: 61952 author: Walton, Harry title: Spawn of the Venus Sea date: None words: 6158 flesch: 91 summary: Kort nodded, and yet it seemed to him that Hodge's appraisal was wrong, in some vague way he couldn't himself put a finger on. Hodge shrugged, then stared in amazement at Kort, who stood by the door with a leveled electro-gun. keywords: blaster; deck; hodge; kort; man; mermaid; net; pratt; sea; thing cache: 61952.txt plain text: 61952.txt item: #29 of 44 id: 61978 author: Kuttner, Henry title: War-Gods of the Void date: None words: 13047 flesch: 93 summary: Venus, Mr. Vanning, is _not_ Earth. ] I Earth Consul, Goodenow, tossed a packet of microfilms to Vanning, and said, You're crazy. keywords: callahan; face; fever; hobbs; lysla; man; north; sanderson; ship; swamja; vanning; venus; way; zeeth cache: 61978.txt plain text: 61978.txt item: #30 of 44 id: 62076 author: Peacock, Wilbur S. title: The Thing of Venus date: None words: 9557 flesch: 85 summary: he barked, Elise, you stay here; come on, Val! Val Kenton paused only long enough to slip newly charged loads into his guns, then swung through the port after the fleet patrolman. We dropped through the clouds, following, he nodded at Val Kenton, your directions. keywords: andrews; body; elise; eyes; hand; kenton; patrolman; ship; tony; val; val kenton; water cache: 62076.txt plain text: 62076.txt item: #31 of 44 id: 62137 author: Wellman, Manly Wade title: Venus Enslaved date: None words: 17398 flesch: 91 summary: Say, ventured Max, Mr. Planter, he's gone. You in trouble, Mr. Planter? He put out a hand to help. keywords: crossbow; disbro; earth; face; feet; girl; hand; head; man; mara; max; pistol; planter; right; ship; skygors; thing; time; venus; water; way cache: 62137.txt plain text: 62137.txt item: #32 of 44 id: 62170 author: Cummings, Ray title: The Star-Master date: None words: 10318 flesch: 95 summary: Jim and Venta and little Meeta were here with me, but our little Midges were struggling to keep aloft. But there was the spaceship; and Jim, Venta, and little Meeta. keywords: city; curtmann; earth; forest; jim; meeta; men; midges; prytan; venta; venus cache: 62170.txt plain text: 62170.txt item: #33 of 44 id: 62261 author: Peacock, Wilbur S. title: Planet of No-Return date: None words: 7464 flesch: 87 summary: They laughed then, Old Kerry Blane and young Splinter Wood, and the warmth of their friendship was a tangible thing in the small control-room of the cruiser. ] Old Kerry Blane exploded. keywords: blane; cruiser; eyes; gun; head; kerry; kerry blane; port; ship; splinter; water cache: 62261.txt plain text: 62261.txt item: #34 of 44 id: 62314 author: Bok, Hannes title: Stranger From Space date: None words: 4521 flesch: 94 summary: One of the voices mourned, in the twittering Venusian speech, How I envy you, Koroby! I wish I were being married tonight, like you! Koroby stared defiantly at the laughing faces of her bridesmaids. keywords: koroby; light; litter; man; robert; yasak cache: 62314.txt plain text: 62314.txt item: #35 of 44 id: 62316 author: Brackett, Leigh title: Citadel of Lost Ships date: None words: 12938 flesch: 96 summary: Give me your hand, Mister Campbell. Beyond the open hut door, Campbell could see the _liha_-trees swaying a little in the hot, slow breeze. keywords: black; campbell; eyes; face; hands; kraylens; light; man; marah; people; romany; stella; time; tredrick; voice cache: 62316.txt plain text: 62316.txt item: #36 of 44 id: 62325 author: Gold, H. L. (Horace Leonard) title: Menace of the Mists date: None words: 7067 flesch: 89 summary: So long, and good luck! Limpy switched off and glanced inquiringly at Mac, his paralyzed grin a slash of seemingly pure evil. When Mac and his detachment were returning, Limpy opened a sluice from the central control tower. keywords: centaurpedes; fence; fishmen; limpy; mac; macaloon; pedes; swede; wall cache: 62325.txt plain text: 62325.txt item: #37 of 44 id: 62348 author: Jacobi, Carl title: Assignment on Venus date: None words: 5122 flesch: 85 summary: Abruptly Simms tensed. Abruptly Simms found his gaze focused on a larger conical building he had not noticed before. keywords: deleon; earth; halleck; kamali; mold; post; salts; simms; swamp cache: 62348.txt plain text: 62348.txt item: #38 of 44 id: 62349 author: Brackett, Leigh title: The Blue Behemoth date: None words: 11242 flesch: 100 summary: ] Bucky Shannon leaned forward across the little hexagonal table. Bucky Shannon settled his shoulders and hips like a dancer. keywords: beamish; bucky; cansins; eyes; gertrude; gow; green; guy; kapper; melak; mud; shannon cache: 62349.txt plain text: 62349.txt item: #39 of 44 id: 62377 author: Hasse, Henry title: Alcatraz of the Starways date: None words: 24383 flesch: 85 summary: The surprise stopped Mark Denning in his tracks, but fortunately, thanks to his training, he managed to keep his face impassive as they recognized each other simultaneously. You are demoted back to the lower order, Mark Denning, she said with a hint of the same mockery Mark had known in the Swamp. keywords: aladdian; aladdo; asteroid; carston; commander; council; cynthia; earth; eyes; face; fleet; luhor; mark; marnik; men; metal; space; swamp; time; venus; venusian; voice; vulcan cache: 62377.txt plain text: 62377.txt item: #40 of 44 id: 63062 author: Brackett, Leigh title: Terror Out of Space date: None words: 11495 flesch: 99 summary: A grim tale of brooding terror whirling out of space to drive men mad, of a menace without name or form, and of the man, Lundy, who fought the horror, his eyes blinded by his will. Lundy was flying the aero-space convertible by himself. keywords: black; cold; dark; eyes; farrell; lundy; net; open; smith; things; water cache: 63062.txt plain text: 63062.txt item: #41 of 44 id: 63304 author: Pohl, Frederik title: Double-Cross date: None words: 3558 flesch: 94 summary: The six conspirators in Svan's old ground car moved slowly along the main street of the native town. Svan was the leader making the final plans--plotting them a bit too well. keywords: car; earth; road; ship; svan cache: 63304.txt plain text: 63304.txt item: #42 of 44 id: 63309 author: Peacock, Wilbur S. title: Chimera World date: None words: 9643 flesch: 89 summary: Thank you, Captain, Jean Palmer said amusedly from behind Don Denton. Don Denton pressed the last of a series of studs on the control panel, cut in the robot-pilot, then grinned admiringly at Jean Palmer. keywords: denton; don; don denton; eyes; girl; jean; jim; men; palmer; ship; trouble cache: 63309.txt plain text: 63309.txt item: #43 of 44 id: 63516 author: Brackett, Leigh title: The Vanishing Venusians date: None words: 11137 flesch: 95 summary: For the first time since childhood Harker was cold. Matt Harker lay alongside the tiller and counted the trickles of sweat crawling over his nakedness, and stared with sullen, opaque eyes into the indigo night. keywords: black; button; eyes; face; flower; harker; matt; mclaren; people; sim; time; water cache: 63516.txt plain text: 63516.txt item: #44 of 44 id: 63683 author: Stearns, Charles A. title: Color Blind date: None words: 5138 flesch: 92 summary: Take Sukey, and-- That was the first and only time that Harry ever swung at me. But that was only half the story--just ask olive-skinned Sukey Jones._ keywords: campbell; harry; jones; marjud; mrs; sukey; time; venus cache: 63683.txt plain text: 63683.txt