The Masked World
The Masked World

The Masked World

The Masked WorldAt ten million miles, it was a sullen yellow eye. At one million, a scarred...
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Author: Williamson, Jack,1908-2006
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The Masked World

The Masked World

$106.54 $53.24
The Masked World

The Masked World

$106.54 $53.24
Author: Williamson, Jack,1908-2006
Format: eBook
Language: English
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The Masked World

At ten million miles, it was a sullen yellow eye. At one million, a scarred and evil leer. Outside the smoking circle our landing-jets had sterilized, it was a hideous veil of hairy black tentacles and huge sallow blooms, hiding the riddle of its sinister genes. On most worlds that we astronauts have found, the life is vaguely like our own. Similar nucleotides are linked along similar helical chains of DNA, carrying similar genetic messages. A similar process replicates the chains when the cells divide, to carry the complex blue-prints for a particular root or eye or wing accurately down across ten thousand generations. We had come to read it, with our new genetic micro-probe. A hundred precious tons of microscopic electronic gear, it was designed to observe and manipulate the smallest units of life. It could reach even those strange genes. His wife had been pilot of the ship before us. When we knew that, we began to hear the hidden tension in his tired voice, monotonously calling on every band: "Come in, Six.... Come in Six...." ......Buy Now (To Read More)

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Ebook Number: 53045
Author: Williamson, Jack
Release Date: Sep 13, 2016
Format: eBook
Language: English

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Illustrator: Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971

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