From the text: A handful of men, and an incredible adventure—a few super-men, led by a fanatic, seeking to conquer a new world!
The story appears to be about an expedition through space to a planet inhabited by a civilized but technologically backward people, whom the expedition conquer. However, in the last line it is revealed to be anything but that.[T]he story reads like a pulp magazine yarn mixing space travel and classic swashbuckling themes, to the point where the characters even fight with swords, bringing to mind the adventures of Flash Gordon, or the Barsoom stories of Edgar Rice Burroughs. (Wikipedia)
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Genres for the project: Action & Adventure Fiction
Keywords that describe the book: Conquest and Treasure
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Well, here goes. This one should be interesting, unusual, and lots of fun! It hides a secret, to be revealed by the author only in his upraised-middle-finger final chapter, which really should be saved for last!
Steve
...and then I thought: "Oh, what the Heck? Why not?..." —W.O.B.
I've had second thoughts about the number of chapters; they're so short (< 5 min ea.) it makes sense to read several in each section. I'll see if I can rearrange the MW myself, but I may need your help to delete the extra sections.
Thank you,
Steve
...and then I thought: "Oh, what the Heck? Why not?..." —W.O.B.
Linny, I have added a fifth section to the MW to contain Chapter 16, which is really not part of the story,
but rather the author's defense of how he wrote it. Also, this balances section durations more evenly.
Steve
...and then I thought: "Oh, what the Heck? Why not?..." —W.O.B.
Aaaand...section 05. This is where the author gets to poke his finger into his critics' eyes, figuratively speaking, of course. It's a riot, but do listen to the whole story first to get the full effect.
