The Secret of the Ninth Planet
A Science Fiction Novel
By Donald A. Wollheim
Jacket design by James Heugh
[Transcriber note: Extensive research did not uncover any evidence thatthe U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]
Cecile Matschat, Editor
Carl Carmer, Consulting Editor
THE JOHN C. WINSTON COMPANY
Philadelphia Toronto
Copyright, 1959
By Donald A. Wollheim
FIRST EDITION
Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 59-5328
Manufactured in the United States of America
For—
Three denizens of this minor planet:
Eleanor, Bill, and of course Janet.
Contents
The Mysterious Ninth World
Chapter 1. Special Delivery—by Guided Missile
Chapter 2. The Valley of Stolen Sunlight
Chapter 3. The Secret of A-G 17
Chapter 4. The Hidden Skyport
Chapter 5. Up the Rope of Space
Chapter 6. Sunward Ho!
Chapter 7. Hot Spot on Mercury
Chapter 8. The Veil of Venus
Chapter 9. The Ocean Primeval
Chapter 10. The Dying Planet
Chapter 11. Martians Don't Care
Chapter 12. At Rope's End
Chapter 13. The Pole of Callisto
Chapter 14. Rockets Away!
Chapter 15. Ice Cold on Oberon
Chapter 16. In Orbit Around Pluto
Chapter 17. Stronghold of the Lost Planet
Chapter 18. Sacrifice on the Sacred Moon
Chapter 19. The Museum of Galactic Life
About the Author
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