[COMPLETE] Tarrano the Conqueror- Ray Cummings-ans

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Tarrano the Conqueror by Ray Cummings (1887 - 1957).


This project is now complete! All audio files can be found on our catalog page: https://librivox.org/tarrano-the-conqueror-by-ray-cummings/
_In "Tarrano the Conqueror" is presented a tale of the year 2430 A.D.--a time somewhat farther beyond our present-day era than we are beyond
Columbus' discovery of America. My desire has been to create for you the impression that you have suddenly been plunged forward into that
time--to give you the feeling Columbus might have had could he have read a novel of our present-day life.

To this end I have conceived myself a writer of that future time, addressing his contemporary public. You are to imagine yourself reading
a present day translation of my original text--a translation so free that a thousand little colloquialisms will have crept into it that could
not possibly have their counterparts in the year 2430.
( From the author's preface)
  • Text source (only read from this text!): http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/21638
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    • Project Code: PKcW1dhQ
    • Link to author on Wikipedia (if available): (Ray Cummings) : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ray_Cummings
    • Link to title on Wikipedia (if available):
    • Number of sections (files) this project will have: 37
    • Does the project have an introduction or preface [y/n]: No
    • Original publication date (if known): 1930
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    Genres for the project: Fantastic Fiction/Science Fiction

    Keywords that describe the book: adventure, science fiction, futurology

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Post by tony123 »

There are 37 chapters, and each will count as one section. I hope to beat my target date of June 8th by quite a bit, averaging a chapter per day once I get started.

Here's the word count :D , thanks to Isana and her word count app (mainly as an example of what a cool thing it is): https://karikarito.com/wordcount

Ebook ID: 21638 Tarrano the Conqueror- Ray Cummings

001 CHAPTER I : 1649 words
first words: _The New Murders_
last words: Of what?

002 CHAPTER II : 2566 words
first words: _Warning_
last words: For Elza's maid was a Venus girl!

003 CHAPTER III : 2086 words
first words: _Spy in the House_
last words: and leaping to her feet, faced us, blazing and defiant.

004 CHAPTER IV : 2597 words
first words: _To the North Pole_
last words: on his white ruffled shirt, and Elza sobbing over him.

005 CHAPTER V : 2944 words
first words: _Outlawed Flight_
last words: us. We were in the presence of the dread Tarrano!

006 CHAPTER VI : 2446 words
first words: _Man of Destiny_
last words: might be her fate with such a man as this.

007 CHAPTER VII : 2200 words
first words: _Prisoners_
last words: moment more, and in our lounging apartment Tarrano faced us.

008 CHAPTER VIII : 2957 words
first words: _Unknown Friend_
last words: dissolving. Someone--something--was breaking it down, struggling to get at us!

009 CHAPTER IX : 802 words
first words: _Paralyzed!_
last words: silence. A wild, tumbling phantasmagoria of dreams. Then complete unconsciousness.

010 CHAPTER X : 2453 words
first words: _Georg Escapes_
last words: soon was speeding northward to Washington with its precious messenger.

011 CHAPTER XI : 2002 words
first words: _Recaptured_
last words: one saw it as it winged away into the night.

012 CHAPTER XII : 2177 words
first words: _Tara_
last words: she tore at me and screamed with hysterical, murderous frenzy.

013 CHAPTER XIII : 862 words
first words: _Love--and Hate_
last words: stood in the archway, with arms folded, regarding us sardonically.

014 CHAPTER XIV : 1396 words
first words: _Defying Worlds_
last words: down here and overwhelm me--it ought to be very easy!"

015 CHAPTER XV : 2055 words
first words: _Escape_
last words: We were in the realms of outer, inter-planetary space!

016 CHAPTER XVI : 1101 words
first words: _Playground of Venus_
last words: thinking that unless abused, their formula is better than ours.

017 CHAPTER XVII : 1327 words
first words: _Violet Beam of Death_
last words: sprang headlong, into and through the violet beam of death.

018 CHAPTER XVIII : 1524 words
first words: _Passing of a Friend_
last words: "Wolfgar! My friend--my wonderful, loyal friend--don't die, Wolfgar! Don't die!"

019 CHAPTER XIX : 1053 words
first words: _Waters of Eternal Peace_
last words: was speeding the soul of Wolfgar to its eternal peace.

020 CHAPTER XX : 1304 words
first words: _Unseen Menace_
last words: of pleasure and beauty as I had never even imagined.

021 CHAPTER XXI : 2008 words
first words: _Love, Music--and a Warning_
last words: drag me out into the grove by the scented pool.

022 CHAPTER XXII : 1956 words
first words: _Revolution!_
last words: Georg calling: "Loyalty, everyone, to your Princess Maida. Loyalty! Loyalty!"

023 CHAPTER XXIII : 2873 words
first words: _First Retreat_
last words: this brittle land of deadly cold--made Elza gasp with wonderment.

024 CHAPTER XXIV : 1279 words
first words: _Attack on the Palace_
last words: slid and fell--black plummets hurtling downward through the swirling snow-flakes.

025 CHAPTER XXV : 1159 words
first words: _Immortal Terror_
last words: we have found what only the Creator Himself can bestow!"

026 CHAPTER XXVI : 2630 words
first words: _Black Cloud of Death_
last words: Death to all the city! The black cloud of death!"_

027 CHAPTER XXVII : 1619 words
first words: _Tarrano the Man_
last words: frozen city which was all that remained of his empire.

028 CHAPTER XXVIII : 1340 words
first words: _Thing in the Forest_
last words: silently and plunged into the black depths of the forest.

029 CHAPTER XXIX : 1319 words
first words: _A Woman's Scream_
last words: Elza!

030 CHAPTER XXX : 854 words
first words: _The Monster_
last words: But my Elza loved _me_!...

031 CHAPTER XXXI : 924 words
first words: _Industriana_
last words: desk smoking endless arrant-cylinders. The dominating business brain of Industriana.

032 CHAPTER XXXII : 1839 words
first words: _Departure_
last words: save for one lone figure--Geno-Rhaalton standing sorrowfully gazing after us.

033 CHAPTER XXXIII : 582 words
first words: _First Assault_
last words: The mirror imaged the face of Tarrano. Tarrano grinning ironically!

034 CHAPTER XXXIV : 1562 words
first words: _Invisible Assailants_
last words: to make the travesty of human faces grim with menace!

035 CHAPTER XXXV : 875 words
first words: _Attack on the Power House_
last words: were winging their way back to the City of Ice.

036 CHAPTER XXXVI : 984 words
first words: _City of Ice Besieged_
last words: then at last, Geno-Rhaalton ordered us all to the attack.

037 CHAPTER XXXVII : 2928 words
first words: _Battle_
last words: Tarrano, the Conqueror!

038 The End. : UNDEFINED
first words:
last words: The End.

Total number of words: 64232
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Would enjoy being dpl if one is needed.
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I'll set this up - back soon

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:D Thanks again Anne; welcome back, Dave!
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1 ready.
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1 PL OK.
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rocket now leaving for Going Solo - hold tight

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Holding on.... I've... noticed.. a strange object, floating in the void.... It... it's chapter 2!! Ready!!!
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2 PL OK.

A successful landing!
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Finally. Chapter 3 is ready. Had to record it twice because of construction across the street-- tearing up old driveway, the victim of tree roots, in preparation for repaving. Sometimes I'm able to record over such noise because my recording volume is turned low; but not this time.
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3 PL OK!
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4 ready.
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4 PL OK.
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5 ready.
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