| The People That Time Forgot: Large Print Contributor(s): Burroughs, Edgar Rice (Author) |
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ISBN: ISBN-13: 9798563033061 Publisher: Independently Published OUR PRICE: $8.99 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2020 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
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| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Science Fiction - Hard Science Fiction - Fiction | Science Fiction - Action & Adventure - Fiction | Romance - Fantasy |
| Physical Information: 0.15" H x 8.5" W x 11.02" (0.43 lbs) 74 pages |
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| Publisher Description: I'll never forget my first impressions of Caspak as I circled in, high over the surroundingcliffs. From the plane I looked down through a mist upon the blurred landscape beneathme. The hot, humid atmosphere of Caspak condenses as it is fanned by the cold Antarcticair-currents which sweep across the crater's top, sending a tenuous ribbon of vapor far outacross the Pacific. Through this the picture gave one the suggestion of a colossalimpressionistic canvas in greens and browns and scarlets and yellows surrounding thedeep blue of the inland sea-just blobs of color taking form through the tumbling mist.I dived close to the cliffs and skirted them for several miles without finding the leastindication of a suitable landing-place; and then I swung back at a lower level, looking for aclearing close to the bottom of the mighty escarpment; but I could find none of sufficientarea to insure safety. I was flying pretty low by this time, not only looking for landing placesbut watching the myriad life beneath me. I was down pretty well toward the south end ofthe island, where an arm of the lake reaches far inland, and I could see the surface of thewater literally black with creatures of some sort. I was too far up to recognize individuals, but the general impression was of a vast army of amphibious monsters. The land wasalmost equally alive with crawling, leaping, running, flying things. It was one of the latterwhich nearly did for me while my attention was fixed upon the weird scene below.The first intimation I had of it was the sudden blotting out of the sunlight from above, and as I glanced quickly up, I saw a most terrific creature swooping down upon me. It musthave been fully eighty feet long from the end of its long, hideous beak to the tip of its thick, short tail, with an equal spread of wings. It was coming straight for me and hissingfrightfully-I could hear it above the whir of the propeller. It was coming straight downtoward the muzzle of the machine-gun and I let it have it right in the breast; but still it camefor me, so that I had to dive and turn, though I was dangerously close to earth.The thing didn't miss me by a dozen feet, and when I rose, it wheeled and followed me, but only to the cooler air close to the level of the cliff-tops; there it turned again anddropped. Something-man's natural love of battle and the chase, I presume-impelled meto pursue it, and so I too circled and dived. The moment I came down into the warmatmosphere of Caspak, the creature came for me again, rising above me so that it mightswoop down upon me. Nothing could better have suited my armament, since my machinegun was pointed upward at an angle of about 45 and could not be either depressed orelevated by the pilot. If I had brought someone along with me, we could have raked thegreat reptile from almost any position, but as the creature's mode of attack was alwaysfrom above, he always found me ready with a hail of bullets. The battle must have lasted aminute or more before the thing suddenly turned completely over in the air and fell to theground. |
