Through infinite deeps of space Jerry Foster hurtles to the Moononly to be trapped by a barbaric race and offered as a living sacrifice to Oong their loathsome hypnotic god.

The sky was alive with winged shapes, and high in the air shone the glittering menace, trailing five plumes of gas. When Cyrus R. Thurston bought himself a single-motored Stoughton job he was looking for new thrills. Flying around the east coast had lost its zest: he wanted to join that jaunty group who spoke so easily of hopping off for Los Angeles. The Earth lay powerless beneath those loathsome, yellowish monsters that, sheathed in comet like globes, sprang from the skie...

Listen to Astounding Stories with a movie-style soundtrack and amplify your audiobook experience. This issue contains "The Dark Side of Antri" by Sewell Peaslea Wright, "The Sunken Empire" by H. Thompson Rich, "The Gate to Xoran" by Hal K. Wells, "The Eye of Allah" by C. D. Willard, "The Fifth-Dimension Catapult" by Murray Leinster, and "The Pirate Planet[' by Charles W. Diffin.

Once more Chet, Walt and Diane are united in a wild ride to the Dark Moon - but this time they go as prisoners of their deadly enemy Schwartzmann. An incredible science fiction tale, woven by a master of the genre, Charles Diffin!

"The Finding of Haldgren" by Charles Willard Diffin is a captivating science fiction adventure that embarks readers on a thrilling interstellar journey. Set against a futuristic backdrop of space exploration, this novel follows a courageous crew on a high-stakes rescue mission, blending elements of mystery and scientific speculation. As they traverse the cosmos, encountering alien civilizations and technological marvels, the crew confronts the enigma of extraterrestrial life while showcasi...

Brood Of The Dark Moon by Charles Willard Diffin.

Captured, betrayed, and plunging toward a deadly uncharted world—one pilot’s shattered spaceship is his only prison... and his only hope.Master Pilot Chet Bullard is finally recovering from a near-fatal space mission when a deceptive message lures him into a brutal ambush. Taken hostage by the ruthless and greedy billionaire Schwartzmann, Chet watches helplessly as his own revolutionary spacecraft is stolen, along with his best friends, Walt and Diane. Forced to na...

A science fiction novel that was originally produced in four parts in the publication: Astounding Stories in June, September, November 1932, January 1933. The main character is Dean Rawson, who plans on discovering a way of mining power from a dead volcano, but ends up discovering more than he bargained for.

A strange light blinks on Vensus and over Earth hovers a mysterious visitantdread harbinger of interplanetary war.

When the Mountain Came to Miramar is a science fiction novella by American author Charles W. Diffin.It is magic against magic as Garry Connell bluffs for his life with a prehistoric savage in the heart of Sentinel Mountain.When the Mountain Came to Miramarwas first published in Astounding Stories, March 1931.Charles W. Diffin (1884-1966) was a US engineer, airplane salesman and science fiction writer. He w...

And I would have been the greatest man in the world

The Pirate Planet is a science fiction novel by American author Charles W. Diffin.The Pirate Planet is a story of alien invasion, kidnapping, space travel, weird ugly creatures on a distant planet, and of course a beautiful woman. Two of our three heroes battle it out on the pirate planet itself, and the third faces some mind-boggling manufacturing obstacles back home. Can he accomplish his goal in time to save the Earth? And then there's that semi-crazy hermit sci...