Empire

Коллекция текстов · science fiction

Chapter One
Spencer Chambers frowned at the spacegram on the desk before him. John Moore Mallory. That was the man who had caused so much trouble in th…
Chapter Two
Russell Page squinted thoughtful eyes at the thing he had created—a transparent cloud, a visible, sharply outlined cloud of something. It w…
Chapter Three
Russ hunched over the keyboard set in the control room of the Comet and stared down at the keys. The equation was set and ready. All he had…
Chapter Four
The new apparatus was set up, a machine that almost filled the laboratory ... a giant, compact mass of heavy, solidly built metal work, tie…
Chapter Five
Pine roots burned brightly in the fireplace, snapping and sizzling as the blaze caught and flamed on the resin. Deep in an easy chair, Greg…
Chapter Six
"If we can get television reception with this apparatus of ours," asked Greg, "what is to prevent us from televising? Why can't we send as…
Chapter Seven
Ben Wrail was taking things easy. Stretched out in his chair, with his cigar lit and burning satisfactorily, he listened to a radio program…
Chapter Eight
A giant cylindrical hull of finest beryl steel, the ship loomed in the screen. A mighty ship, braced into absolute rigidity by monster cros…
Chapter Nine
Ludwig Stutsman pressed his thin, straight lips together. "So that's the setup," he said. Across the desk Spencer Chambers studied the man.…
Chapter Ten
"One of us will have to watch all the time," Greg told Russ. "We can't take any chances. Stutsman will try to reach us sooner or later and…
Chapter Eleven
The Paris-Berlin express thundered through the night, a gigantic ship that rode high above the Earth. Far below one could see the dim light…
Chapter Twelve
Scorio snarled at the four men: "I want you to get the thing done right. I don't want bungling. Understand?" The bulky, flat-faced man with…
Chapter Thirteen
The ship was silent now. Even the whisper of the cards had stopped. Reg and Max were on their feet, startled by the cries of Pete and Chizz…
Chapter Fourteen
The Invincible hung in space, an empty, airless hull, the largest thing afloat. Chartered freighters, leaving their ports from distant part…
Chapter Fifteen
John Moore Mallory sat on the single metal chair within his cell and pressed his face against the tiny vision port. For hours he had sat th…
Chapter Sixteen
A miracle came to pass in Ranthoor when a man for whom all hope had been abandoned suddenly appeared within the city's streets. But he appe…
Chapter Seventeen
It was a weird revolution. There were few battles, little blood shed. There seemed to be no secret plots. There were no skulking leaders, n…
Chapter Eighteen
Jupiter and the Jovian worlds leaped suddenly backward, turned swiftly green, then blue, and faded in an instant into violet. The Sun spun…
Chapter Nineteen
Craven watched the Invincible gather speed and tear swiftly through the black, saw it grow tiny and then disappear entirely, either swallow…
Chapter Twenty (1)
The revolution was over. Interplanetary officials and army heads had fled to the sanctuary of Earth. Interplanetary was ended ... ended for…
Chapter Twenty (2)
With a grunt of amazement, Greg slammed a beam straight into the heart of the amebas. They ate the beam and vanished as mistily as before,…
Chapter Twenty-One
Chambers lit his cigar and leaned back in his chair. "I wish you could see it my way, Manning," he said. "There's no place for me on Earth,…