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the Conqueror, by Raymond King Cummings
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Title: Tarrano the Conqueror
Author: Raymond King Cummings
Release Date: May 29, 2007 [EBook #21638]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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TARRANO
THE CONQUEROR
BY RAY CUMMINGS
COPYRIGHT, 1930, BY A. C. McCLURG & CO. CHICAGO
IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE PAN AMERICAN UNION.
Printed in the United States of America
To Hugo Gernsback, scientist, author and publisher, whose constant efforts in behalf of scientific fiction have contributed so largely to its present popularity, this tale is gratefully dedicated.
FOREWORD
In "Tarrano the Conqueror" is presented a tale of the year 2430 A.D.--a time somewhat farther beyond our present-day era than we are beyond Columbus' discovery of America. My desire has been to create for you the impression that you have suddenly been plunged forward into that time--to give you the feeling Columbus might have had could he have read a novel of our present-day life.
To this end I have conceived myself a writer of that future time, a