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The Ultimate Weapon

John Wood Campbell

The Ultimate Weapon

Paper book: €16.99

Digital: €4.99

Original publication
1936
Monolingual
12 June 2026
Pages
250
Difficulty
Easy
Genres
Science Fiction
Moods
Imagine tomorrow
Translated from
English

Book summary

In a future where humans live on Earth, Mars and Venus, Buck Kendall patrols the outer edges of the solar system. Near Pluto, a giant ship attacks him, then flees faster than light. His superiors believe it is pirates. Kendall, who is also a physicist, understands that the enemy comes from another star, and that a whole fleet is advancing on the solar system.

This science fiction classic from the 1930s is a race against time to save humanity. To win, Kendall will have to invent a weapon no one has yet imagined.

Fast-paced from start to finish, it is easy to read in the language you are learning.

The plot

冥王星附近出现一艘巨舰。太空警察军官巴克·肯德尔在冥王星附近巡逻。一艘巨大的飞船突然出现,向他发起攻击。巴克死里逃生。他亲眼看见那艘飞船以超光速离去。上司们认为那是太空海盗所为。但巴克也是一位科学家:在他看来,这些敌人来自另一颗恒星。

The world of the book

人类遍布各大行星。在这个未来,人类生活在地球、火星和金星上,木星的卫星也有基地驻守。在极远的地方,另一个种族生活在米拉周围——那是一颗真实存在的巨星。它的热量变化无常:他们的行星先是冰封,继而灼烧。这个种族正在寻找一颗更平静的太阳。

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