The Skylark of Space

Name: The Skylark of Space
Author: Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

Smith, E. E. (Edward Elmer)

Science fiction; Space flight -- Fiction; Space ships -- Fiction

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      | Transcriber's note                                       |
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      | This etext was produced from Amazing Stories August,     |
      | September and October 1928. Extensive research did not   |
      | uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this     |
      | publication was renewed.                                 |
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      | Other notes and a list of corrections made will be found |
      | at the end of the book.                                  |
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THE SKYLARK OF SPACE

by

EDWARD ELMER SMITH

In Collaboration with

LEE HAWKINS GARBY







[Illustration: Cover Page]


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    | _Perhaps it is a bit unethical and   |
    | unusual for editors to voice their   |
    | opinion of their own wares, but when |
    | such a story as "The Skylark of      |
    | Space" comes along, we just feel as  |
    | if we must shout from the housetops  |
    | that this is the greatest            |
    | interplanetarian and space flying    |
    | story that has appeared this year.   |
    | Indeed, it probably will rank as one |
    | of the great space flying stories    |
    | for many years to come. The story is |
    | chock full, not only of excellent    |
    | science, but woven through it there  |
    | is also that very rare element, love |
    | and romance. This element in an      |
    | interplanetarian story is often apt  |
    | to be foolish, but it does not seem  |
    | so in this particular story._        |
    |                                      |
    | _We know so little about             |
    | intra-atomic forces, that this       |
    | story, improbable as it will appear  |
    | in spots, will read commonplace      |
    | years hence, when we have atomic     |
    | engines, and when we have solved the |
    | riddle of the atom._                 |
    |                                      |
    | _You will follow the hair-raising    |
    | explorations and strange ventures    |
    | into far-away worlds with bated      |
    | breath, and you will be fascinated,  |
    | as we were, with the strangeness of  |
    | it all._                             |
    |                                      |

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