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The Ultimate Weapon

by John W. Campbell

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A routine patrol near Pluto turns urgent when a miner's broken radio message reports an immense armed vessel. Buck Kendall, a gifted scientist serving in the Interplanetary Patrol after taking a friend's bet, commands the small cruiser sent to investigate. Beyond this first alarm lies a much larger threat: the Mirans, seeking a steadier sun than their variable star Mira, have chosen the solar system as their new home and arrive with a powerful fleet.

John W. Campbell builds this science fiction adventure around the contest between scientific knowledge and overwhelming force. Conversations about mining costs give way to instrument readings, improvised defenses and battles around Jupiter's moons. Kendall and his colleagues must study unfamiliar technology while events move faster than their understanding.

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John W. Campbell Jr. (1910-1971) was an American science fiction writer and, more lastingly, the editor of Astounding Science Fiction, where he shaped the genre's Golden Age. His early space operas ran under his own name, while darker stories such as Who Goes There? appeared as Don A. Stuart.

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