Lucky Starr 2 - The Pirates of the Asteroids by Isaac Asimov

Author:Isaac Asimov
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: ePub Bud (www.epubbud.com)
Published: 2011-06-17T18:30:00+00:00

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THE LUCKY STARR SERIES by Isaac Asimov

PREFACEBack in the 1950s, I wrote a series of six derring-do novels about David "Lucky" Starr and his battles against malefactors within the Solar System. Each of the six took place in a different region of the system and in each case I made use of the astonomical facts-as they were then known.Now, a quarter-century later, Gregg Press is bringing out the novels in new hardcover editions; but what a quarter-century it has been! More has been learned about the worlds of our Solar System in this last quarter-century than in all the thousands of years of earlier observations.Prior to the 1950s, you see, we could only look from Earth's surface; since then, we have been able to send out rocket probes to take photographs and make studies at close range.The only one of the six Lucky Starr novels that has remained untouched by this-at least so far-is LUCKY STARR AND THE PIRATES OF THE ASTEROIDS, which was written in 1953. There is evidence that many of the asteroids may be a little darker and just a little larger than had been thought earlier, but that makes very little difference.Therefore, Lucky can fight the pirates and engage in his deadly duels right now just as he did a quarter-century ago, when this book was written. It I had to write the novel today, I would hardly have to change a word.isaac asimov

DEDICATIONTo Frederik Pohl,That contradiction in terms—A lovable agent.CONTENTSchapter 1 The Doomed Shipchapter 2 Vermin of Space

chapter 3 Duel in Word

chapter 4 Duel in Deedchapter 5 The Hermit on the Rockchapter 6 What the Hermit Knew

chapter 7 To Ceres

chapter 8 Bigman Takes Overchapter 9 The Asteroid That Wasn'tchapter 10 The Asteroid That Was

chapter 11 At Close Quarters

chapter 12 Ship versus Shipchapter 13 Raid!chapter 14 To Ganymede via the Sun

chapter 15 Part of the Answer

chapter 16 All of the Answer

CHAPTER 1THE DOOMED SHIPFifteen minutes to zero time! The Atlas waited to take off. The sleek, burnished lines of the spaceship glittered in the bright Earthlight that filled the Moon's night sky. Its blunt prow pointed upward into empty space. Vacuum surrounded it and the dead pumice of the Moon's surface was under it. The number of its crew was zero. There wasn't a living person aboard.Dr. Hector Conway, Chief Councilor of Science, said, "What time is it, Gus?"He felt uncomfortable in the Moon offices of the Council. On Earth he would have been at the very top of the stone and steel needle they called Science Tower. He would have been able to look out the window toward International City.Here on the Moon they did their best. The offices had mock windows with brilliantly designed Earth scenes behind them. They were colored naturally, and lights within them brightened and softened during the day, simulating morning, noon, and evening. During the sleep periods they even shone a dim, dark blue.It wasn't enough, though, for an Earthman like Con-way. He knew that if he broke

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