Only two young explorers stand in the way of a madman's horrible revenge--the releasing of his trillions of man-sized beetles upon an utterly defenseless world. The journey takes them through the South Pole into the hollow earth!

Victor Rousseau - The Beetle Horde and other stories An expedition charged with locating the south pole with precision comes upon marvels. Aviator Tommy Travers and scientist Jim Dodd find evidence of man-sized beetles near the pole. Then, their plane is sucked into a vortex and drawn inside the Earth... Bullets, shrapnel, shell - nothing can stop the trillions of famished, man-sized beetles which, led by a madman, sweep down over the human race.

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Complementing Science-Fiction: The Early Years, which surveys science-fiction published in book form from its beginnings through 1930, the present volume covers all the science-fiction printed in the genre magazines--Amazing, Astounding, and Wonder, along with offshoots and minor magazines--from 1926 through 1936. This is the first time this historically important literary phenomenon, which stands behind the enormous modern development of science-fiction, has been studied thoroughly and accurately. The heart of the book is a series of descriptions of all 1,835 stories published during this period, plus bibliographic information. Supplementing this are many useful features: detailed histories of each of the magazines, an issue by issue roster of contents, a technical analysis of the art work, brief authors' biographies, poetry and letter indexes, a theme and motif index of approximately 30,0000 entries, and general indexes. Science-Fiction: The Gernsback Years is not only indispensable for reference librarians, collectors, readers, and scholars interested in science-fiction, it is also of importance to the study of popular culture during the Great Depression in the United States. Most of its data, which are largely based on rare and almost unobtainable sources, are not available elsewhere.

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While exploring near the South Pole Tommy Travers and James Dodd, of the Travers Antarctic Expedition, crash in their plane and are seized by a swarm of man-sized beetles. They are carried down to Submundia, a world under the earth's crust, where the beetles have developed their civilization to an amazing point, using a wretched race of degenerated humans, whom they breed as cattle, for food. The insect horde is ruled by a human whose fiendish mind now plans to lead his unconquerable horde of monster insects forth to ravage the world, destroy the human race and establish a new era-the era of the insect.

Embark on a thrilling journey through the heart of the golden age of science fiction with Astounding Stories of Super-Science, February 1930. Prepare to be amazed as visionary authors transport you to distant planets, introduce mind-boggling technology, and explore the depths of the human imagination. From intergalactic adventures to scientific breakthroughs, this collection offers a captivating glimpse into a future that was once only a dream. Get ready to be inspired, challenged, and entertained by these pioneering tales that laid the foundation for modern science fiction.

Bullets, shrapnel, shell-nothing can stop the trillions of famished, man-sized beetles which, led by a madman, sweep down over the human race.

All three books in the bestselling Beetles series by M.G. Leonard! 'Truly great storytelling' Michael Morpurgo Darkus can't believe his eyes when a huge insect drops out of the trouser leg of his horrible new neighbour. It's a giant beetle - and it seems to want to communicate. But how can a boy be friends with a beetle? And what does a beetle have to do with the disappearance of his dad and the arrival of Lucretia Cutter, with her taste for creepy jewellery?

He smiled his quiet smile and led the way to what had been the billiard room of "The Billows," but which was the laboratory of "The Monstrosity." The first thing my eyes fell upon were two gleaming metal objects suspended from chains let into the ceiling. "Diving suits," explained Mercer. "Rather different from anything you've ever seen." They were different. The body was a perfect globe, as was the head-piece. The legs were cylindrical, jointed at knee and thigh with huge discs. The feet were solid metal, curved rocker-like on the bottom, and at the ends of the arms were three hooked talons, the concave sides of two talons facing the concave side of the third. The arms were hinged at the elbow just as the legs were hinged, but there was a huge ball-and-socket joint at the shoulder. But Mercer!" I protested. "No human being could even stand up with that weight of metal on and around him!" "You're mistaken, Taylor," smiled Mercer. "That is not solid metal, you see. And it is an aluminum alloy that is not nearly as heavy as it looks. There are two walls, slightly over an inch apart, braced by innumerable trusses. The fabric is nearly as strong as that much solid metal, and infinitely lighter. They work all right, Taylor. I know, because I've tried them." "And this hump on the back?" I asked, walking around the odd, dangling figures, hanging like bloated metal skeletons from their chains. I had thought the bodies were perfect globes; I could see now that at the rear there was a humplike excrescence across the shoulders. "Air," explained Mercer. "There are two other tanks inside the globular body. That shape was adopted, by the way, because a globe can withstand more pressure than any other shape. And we may have to go where pressures are high." "And so," I said, "we don these things and stroll out into the Atlantic looking for the girl and her friends?" "Hardly. They're not quite the apparel for so long a stroll. You haven't seen all the marvels yet. Come along!" He led the way through the patio, beside the pool in which our strange visitor from the depths had lived during her brief stay with us, and out into the open again. As we neared the sea, I became aware, for the first time, of a faint, muffled hammering sound, and I glanced at Mercer inquiringly.