Project Gutenberg 2007-12-10 Public domain in the USA. 129 Campbell, John W., Jr. (John Wood) 1910 1971 Stuart, Don A. Campbell, John Wood Campbell, John W. (John Wood) The Ultimate Weapon Reading ease score: 74.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Ultimate Weapon" by Jr. John W. Campbell is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story unfolds in a future where Earth is threatened by an armada from the planet Mira, led by Gresth Gkae, who seeks a more stable star system for his people. The protagonist, Buck Kendall, must discover and deploy a powerful defense mechanism to protect Earth from this impending cosmic invasion. The opening of the novel introduces the reader to the high-stakes conflict between Earth and the advanced, alien civilization from Mira. It begins with the Mirans, led by their commander, searching for a new home and plotting their takeover of the Solar System. Meanwhile, we meet Buck Kendall, an unconventional lieutenant of the Interplanetary Patrol, who stumbles upon the secret of the ultimate weapon that could thwart the Miran invasion. The tension escalates as we see the catastrophic battle between the ships of both sides, highlighting Kendall's determination to find a solution to the unprecedented threat posed by the Mirans and their advanced technology, including their devastating neutron weapons. This intriguing blend of adventure and technological speculation sets the foundation for an action-packed narrative that explores themes of survival and ingenuity in the face of overwhelming odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 221761 221769 2024-10-10T09:57:09.123830 2023-09-10T12:11:54.810702 text/html text/html 222482 2007-12-10T07:44:00 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 166964 2007-12-10T07:44:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245198 2024-10-10T09:57:16.261798 application/epub+zip 246147 2024-10-10T09:57:12.304818 application/epub+zip 149809 2024-10-10T09:57:10.937831 application/epub+zip 427289 2024-10-10T09:57:19.292804 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404138 2024-10-10T09:57:15.383890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261630 2022-09-11T07:12:04.735661 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 204473 204373 2024-10-10T09:57:08.552841 2023-09-10T12:11:54.360689 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 204350 2007-12-10T07:44:00 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 77999 2007-12-10T07:44:02 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 204341 2007-12-10T07:44:00 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77981 2007-12-10T07:44:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21698 2024-10-10T09:57:19.434776 application/rdf+xml 13691 2024-10-10T09:57:11.485834 image/jpeg 3421 2024-10-10T09:57:11.208822 image/jpeg 241296 2024-10-10T09:57:09.149861 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia