Wandl the Invader, by Raymond King Cummings

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Title: Wandl the Invader

Author: Raymond King Cummings

Release Date: March 20, 2007 [EBook #20859]

Language: English

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WANDL THE INVADER

by RAY CUMMINGS

ACE BOOKS, INC. 23 West 47th Street, New York 36, N.Y.

Magazine version serialized in Astounding Stories, Copyright, 1932, by Clayton Publications, Inc.

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"It's a planet," I said. "A little world."

"How little?" Venza demanded.

"One-fifth the mass of the Moon. That's what they've calculated now."

"And how far is it away?" Anita asked. "I heard a newscaster say yesterday...."

"Newscasters!" Venza broke in scornfully. "Say, you can take what they tell you about any danger or trouble and cut it in half; and even then you'll be on the gloomy side. See here, Gregg Haljan."

"I'm not giving you newscasters' blare," I retort

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