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Terror from the Depths, by Sewell Peaslee Wright
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Title: The Terror from the Depths
Author: Sewell Peaslee Wright
Release Date: June 14, 2009 [EBook #29118]
Language: English
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The Terror from the Depths
By Sewell Peaslee Wright
[Transcriber's note: This etext was produced from Astounding Stories November 1931. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
Commander John Hanson challenges an appalling denizen of the watery world Hydrot.
[Illustration: His head reared itself from the ground.]
"Good afternoon, sir," nodded Correy as I entered the navigating room. He glanced down at the two glowing three-dimensional navigating charts, and drummed restlessly on the heavy frames.
"Afternoon, Mr. Correy. Anything of interest to report?"
"Not a thing, sir!" growled my fire-eating first officer. "I'm about ready to quit the Service and get a job on one of the passenger liners, just on the off chance that something exciting might eventually happen."
"You were born a few centuries too late," I chuckle