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The Hammer of Thor, by Charles Willard Diffin
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Title: The Hammer of Thor
Author: Charles Willard Diffin
Release Date: June 22, 2009 [EBook #29202]
Language: English
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This etext was produced from Astounding Stories March 1932. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
[Illustration: He could see, above them, the belly of a white ship]
The Hammer of Thor
By Charles Willard Diffin
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[Sidenote: Like the Hammer of Thor was the clash of Danny O'Rourke with the mysterious giant of space.]
The Director General of District Three, Ural Division of the Russian States, was a fool. Danny O'Rourke had reached that conclusion some time before--a conclusion, however, that he was most careful to keep unexpressed.
And then Danny not only thought it; he knew the Director was a fool; and the amazing incident that proved it took place in Stobolsk, the Governmental Headquarters of District Three. Although Danny's regular station was on a lonely peak in the Sierra Nevada Mount