Book description
🚀 A Thrilling Journey Into Classic Space Adventure Awaits
The Revolt on Venus
Written by Carey Rockwell
Science Fiction • First Published 1954
Step back into the golden age of science fiction — an era of bold imagination, daring heroes, and boundless frontier spirit. The Revolt on Venus captures everything…
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Tom Corbett, Space Cadet remains my favorite young adult series. What’s not to like? Fights ending in fellowship, villains, and perils defeated, all in a dazzling 24th-century world of atomic spaceflight, electric wristwatches, high-speed slidewalks, hard-nosed Solar Guard officers with hearts of gold, and – remember this was written 70 years ago – brilliant women who are full professors of astrophysics at Space Academy (I’ll always love you, Dr. Joan Dale). Oh yes, and the Paralo-Ray: a weapon that immobilizes but does not kill. Of the eight Corbett books, The Revolt on Venus is the best: tense and…
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