The Secret of the Ninth Planet: Classic Book Guide and Free Edition
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The Secret of the Ninth Planet is catalogued by Project Gutenberg with author credits for Wollheim, Donald A. (1914–1990).
Catalogue synopsis
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"The Secret of the Ninth Planet" by Donald A. Wollheim is a science-fiction novel published in 1959. When the Sun's light mysteriously begins to dim across Earth, threatening a new ice age, young Burl Denning discovers alien machinery in the Peruvian Andes. As calculations reveal the Sun may explode within years, Burl joins a desperate expedition aboard an experimental antigravity spaceship to hunt down similar installations throughout the solar system and confront an alien force from Pluto.
Book and edition facts
- Title: The Secret of the Ninth Planet
- Author credits: Wollheim, Donald A. (1914–1990)
- Catalogue language: English
Catalogue subjects
- Pluto (Dwarf planet) -- Fiction
- Science fiction
Gutenberg collections
- Category: Adventure
- Category: American Literature
- Category: Novels
- Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy
- Science Fiction
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