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Quest of Thig

by Basil Wells

EN·~26 minutes·1 chapter

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1 total

Quest of Thig

26:57

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An imposing scout from the distant world of Ortha lands on a quiet Connecticut shoreline, intent on probing Earth’s worth for future colonization. Towering, muscle‑bound and almost bare of clothing, he stalks the forest for a native specimen, planning to extract its mind and turn the planet into a stepping

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~26 minutes (25K characters)

Publisher of text edition

Project Gutenberg

Credits

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

Release date

May 22, 2020

Rights

Public domain in the USA.

Source

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/62198

Subjects

Science fiction Short stories Long Island (N.Y.) -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS

About the author

Basil Wells

1912–2003

A part-time writer with a full-time job and a vivid imagination, Basil Wells built a lively body of science fiction, fantasy, western, and detective stories. His tales of alien worlds, mind-swapping, parallel dimensions, and space adventure appeared widely in mid-century pulp magazines.

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