Once Upon A Planet

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Once Upon A Planet

by J. J. Allerton

EN·~32 minutes·1 chapter

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ONCE UPON A PLANET - By J. J. ALLERTON

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Description

A tyrant known across the world for his relentless appetite for battle finds his empire at a standstill when both soldiers and enemies simply drop their weapons. King Miotis, the fiercest warrior ever raised, sits restless in his palace, plagued by a boredom that no cruelty or conquest can dispel. When his aging vizier, Kannot, suggests an unknown force has shifted the very nature of war, the ruler orders a desperate investigation, granting his counsel just a week to uncover a remedy.

The tale follows the uneasy partnership of the war‑driven monarch and his cautious adviser as they scour a planet reshaped by an unsettling calm. Their search pulls them into strange encounters and philosophical debates about power, purpose, and the lure of conflict. Listeners will be drawn into a vivid, otherworldly court where the usual clang of battle is replaced by a haunting silence, prompting a mighty king to question what truly fuels his desire for domination.

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Language

en

Duration

~32 minutes (31K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net

Release date

2010-06-12

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

About the author

JJ

J. J. Allerton

A mysterious pulp-era writer, remembered mainly through a small cluster of mid-20th-century science fiction and western stories. What survives suggests a brief, curious career tied closely to the lively magazine world around editor Ray A. Palmer.

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