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The Great Dome on Mercury, by Arthur Leo Zagat
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Title: The Great Dome on Mercury
Author: Arthur Leo Zagat
Release Date: June 21, 2009 [EBook #29190]
Language: English
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[Illustration: "Once more! Will you give me the recognition signal?"]
The Great Dome on Mercury
By Arthur L. Zagat
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[Sidenote: Trapped in the great dome, Darl valiantly defends Earth's outpost against the bird-man of Mars and his horde of pigmy henchmen.]
Darl Thomas mopped the streams of perspiration from his bronzed face and lean-flanked, wiry body, nude save for clinging shorts and fiber sandals. "By the whirling rings of Saturn," he growled as he gazed disconsolately at his paper-strewn desk. "I'd like to have those directors of ITA here on Mercury for just one Earth-month. I'll bet they wouldn't be so particular about their quarterly reports after th