THE ALIEN A Gripping Novel of Discovery and Conquest in Interstellar Space by Raymond F. Jones A Complete ORIGINAL Book, UNABRIDGED WORLD EDITIONS, Inc. 105 WEST 40th STREET NEW YORK 18, NEW YORK WORLD EDITIONS, Inc. 105 WEST 40th STREET Copyright 1951 by WORLD EDITIONS, Inc. WORLD EDITIONS, Inc. PRINTED IN THE U.S.A. THE GUINN CO., Inc. New York 14, N.Y. THE GUINN CO., Inc. New York 14, N.Y. [Transcriber's Note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.] Just speculate for a moment on the enormous challenge to archeology when interplanetary flight is possible ... and relics are found of a race extinct for half a million years! A race, incidentally, that was scientifically so far in advance of ours that they held the secret of the restoration of life! One member of that race can be brought back after 500,000 years of death.... That's the story told by this ORIGINAL book-length novel, which has never before been published! You can expect a muscle-tightening, sweat-producing, mind-prodding adventure in the future when you read it! Contents CHAPTER ONE Out beyond the orbit of Mars the Lavoisier wallowed cautiously through the asteroid fields. Aboard the laboratory ship few of the members of the permanent Smithson Asteroidal Expedition were aware that they were in motion. Living in the field
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