Asteroid of the Damned by Dirk Wylie and Frederik Pohl
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"Asteroid of the Damned" by Dirk Wylie is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 1940s. The story is set on a lawless asteroid known as Pallas, which serves as a refuge for outlaws and an infamous gambling den populated by a peculiar race called the Kiddies. The narrative revolves around a protagonist named MacCauley, who is on a mission to track down a crime lord involved in the narcotics
trade flooding the inner planets with a dangerous drug called narcophene. The plot unfolds as MacCauley navigates the chaotic life on Pallas, encountering various alien species and the close-knit, odd inhabitants known as Kiddies, who have a bizarre obsession with metal. After being robbed by one of them, MacCauley faces numerous challenges, including the treachery of a fellow TPL (Tri-Planet Law) agent named Kittrell, who is revealed to be part of the narcophene operation. The story builds up to a tense climax where MacCauley cleverly uses his knowledge of the Kiddies' affinity for metal, ultimately using it to negotiate his escape and seize control of the situation, setting up for a potential future empire on the asteroid. The concluding twist highlights themes of ambition and the unexpected ways one can turn adversity into an opportunity for success. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Wylie, Dirk, 1920-1949 |
|---|---|
| Author | Pohl, Frederik, 1919-2013 |
| Title | Asteroid of the Damned |
| Series Title | Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1942 |
| Note | Attributed to Pohl and Wylie by the Internet Speculative Fiction Database: www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?1417015 |
| Credits |
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 75.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Detective and mystery stories |
| Subject | Drug traffic -- Fiction |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Fiction |
| Subject | Asteroids -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 62168 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-62168-5 |
| Release Date | May 18, 2020 |
| Last Update | Oct 18, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 377 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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