
Derelicts of Uranus
Lonny Higgens, a former Earth explorer, now pilots a hulking mud‑submarine through the thick, squirming seas of Uranus. His days consist of drifting beneath perpetual mist, hauling mud‑fish nets, and trying to keep the bizarre, insect‑like Baron Munchy from turning every routine dive into chaos. The pair’s banter—part rivalry, part uneasy friendship—lights the bleak, slime‑filled world, while mysterious whirl‑rays swirl ominously around their vessel.
When a sudden disturbance rattles the sub’s hull, Lonny is forced to abandon his lazy routine. The tangled nets, ripped apart by unseen forces, hint at a hidden danger lurking beneath the mud. Together with Baron Munchy and a resourceful young woman who promises to cook a feast from the planet’s odd bounty, Lonny must confront the strange ecology of this alien ocean before the planet’s own currents swallow them whole.
Language
en
Duration
~45 minutes (43K characters)
Publisher of text edition
Project Gutenberg
Credits
Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Release date
Mar 20, 2021
Rights
Public domain in the USA.
1912–2001
A teenage contributor to the early science-fiction pulps, he brought big cosmic ideas and a working railroader’s practicality to stories of space travel, strange worlds, and futuristic machines. His fiction appeared in magazines like Wonder Stories and helped shape the lively magazine culture of early American sci-fi.
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