Books with author E.E. 'Doc' Smith

Dick Seaton accidentally discovers a workable space drive in combining pure copper with a newly discovered element "X." Having failed to re-create the effect, Seaton realizes that the missing component is a field generated by DuQuesne's particle accelerator, his arch-enemy, and thereafter sets up a business with his millionaire friend, Martin Crane, to build a spaceship...

When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's starship Arcturus took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned into a disastrous voyage. Attacked by a mysterious spaceship, the Arcturus crash-lands on Jupiter's moon Ganymede. The survivors must learn to master Ganymede's primeval terrors, construct a new spacecraft, and deal with the warring intelligences of the Jovian system. Of course, true spacehounds can do anything, given sufficient time, resources, and freedom from attack. A rousing interplanetary adventure in the classic tradition!

This work of science fiction by Edward Elmer Smith (""Doc Smith""), originally published in 1931, tells the story of Arcturus, the Inter-Planetary Corporation's top liner, and it's attempted voyage to Mars. Following an attack from a mysterious spaceship, they crash land on Ganymede, a planet of primeval terrors. The remaining crew build a new spacecraft and discover a way to survive amid the warring intelligences of the Jovian system. This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short introduction to the history of science fiction.

When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's (IPC) crack liner, IPV Arcturus, took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned out to be the beginning of an unexpected and long voyage. There had been too many reports of errors in ship's flight positions from the Check Stations and brilliant physicist Dr. Percival ("Steve") Stevens is aboard the Arcturus on a fact-finding mission to find out what's really happening...

When the Inter-Planetary Corporation's (IPC) crack liner, IPV Arcturus, took off on a routine flight to Mars, it turned out to be the beginning of an unexpected and long voyage. There had been too many reports of errors in ship's flight positions from the Check Stations and brilliant physicist Dr. Percival ("Steve") Stevens is aboard the Arcturus on a fact-finding mission to find out what's really happening...