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The Pygmy Planet, by John Stewart Williamson
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Title: The Pygmy Planet
Author: John Stewart Williamson
Release Date: June 20, 2009 [EBook #29177]
Language: English
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This etext was produced from Astounding Stories February 1932. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
The Pygmy Planet
By Jack Williamson
[Sidenote: Down into the infinitely small goes Larry on his mission to the Pygmy Planet.]
[Illustration: It paused, seeming to regard them with malevolent eyes.]
"Nothing ever happens to me!" Larry Manahan grumbled under his breath, sitting behind his desk at the advertising agency which employed his services in return for the consideration of fifty a week. "All the adventure I know is what I see in the movies, or read about in magazines. What wouldn't I give for a slice of real life!"
Unconsciously, he tensed the muscles of his six feet of lean, hard body. His crisp, flame-colored hair seemed to bristle; his blue eyes blazed. He clenched a brown