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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

冥王星附近出現一艘巨艦。太空警察軍官巴克·肯德爾在冥王星附近巡邏。一艘巨大的太空船突然出現,向他發動攻擊。巴克死裡逃生。他親眼看見那艘船以超光速離去。長官們認為那是太空海盜所為。但巴克也是一位科學家:在他看來,這些敵人來自另一顆恆星。

The world of the book

人類遍布各大行星。在這個未來,人類生活在地球、火星和金星上,木星的衛星也有基地駐守。在極遠的地方,另一個種族生活在米拉周圍——那是一顆真實存在的巨星。它的熱量變化無常:他們的行星先是冰封,繼而灼燒。這個種族正在尋找一顆更平靜的太陽。

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