The Moon Colony by William Dixon Bell
"The Moon Colony" by William Dixon Bell is a science fiction novel written in the late 1930s. The story follows Julian Epworth, who leads a convoy of planes transporting a significant gold shipment and confronts aerial pirates while uncovering a mysterious plot involving the moon. Alongside his friend Billy Sand, Epworth embarks on thrilling adventures that involve high-stakes air combat and unexpected discoveries about extraterrestrial activities. At the start of the narrative,the characters are introduced as they fly over the desert, protecting a valuable airship carrying a fortune in gold. Their mission is soon jeopardized as they encounter signals of distress from a fellow aircraft, leading to an intense aerial battle against a powerful pirate airship. This confrontation sets the stage for Julian and Billy to delve deeper into a world of secrecy and danger, including a hidden agenda related to the moon. The opening portion establishes not only the action-packed premise but also hints at the adventurous and perilous journey that awaits the characters as they grapple with threats both terrestrial and extraterrestrial. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Read now or download (free!)
| Choose how to read this book | Url | Size | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Read online (web) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.html.images | 336 kB | ||||
| EPUB3 (E-readers incl. Send-to-Kindle) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.epub3.images | 273 kB | ||||
| EPUB (older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.epub.images | 272 kB | ||||
| EPUB (no images, older E-readers) | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.epub.noimages | 238 kB | ||||
| Kindle | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.kf8.images | 354 kB | ||||
| older Kindles | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.kindle.images | 330 kB | ||||
| Plain Text UTF-8 | https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/47576.txt.utf-8 | 317 kB | ||||
| Download HTML (zip) | https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/47576/pg47576-h.zip | 235 kB | ||||
| There may bemore files related to this item. | ||||||
Similar Books
About this eBook
| Author | Bell, William Dixon, 1865-1951 |
|---|---|
| Title | The Moon Colony |
| Note | Reading ease score: 81.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Credits | Produced by Roger Frank and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PZ: Language and Literatures: Juvenile belles lettres |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Interplanetary voyages -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Space ships -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Moon -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Human-alien encounters -- Juvenile fiction |
| Subject | Life on other planets -- Juvenile fiction |
| Category | Text |
| EBook-No. | 47576 |
| Release Date | Dec 7, 2014 |
| Most Recently Updated | Jun 28, 2020 |
| Copyright Status | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 97 downloads in the last 30 days. |
| Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free! | |
