The Gun by Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Adventure Fantasy (Paperback)

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Manufacturer: Alan Rodgers Books LLC

The plot of The Gun centers around a group of space explorers who investigate a planet which appears deserted. However they are shot down and crash land on the planet. While repairing their ship a team of explorers sets to survey the surrounding area where they discover the ruins of an ancient city. The Captain peered into the eyepiece of the telescope. He adjusted the focus quickly. It was an atomic fission we saw all right he said presently. He sighed and pushed the eyepiece away. Any of you who wants to look may do so. But it s not a pretty sight. Let me look Tance the archeologist said. He bent down to look squinting. Good Lord! He leaped violently back knocking against Dorle the Chief Navigator. But when they got there nothing moved or stirred. Everything was silent dead. Only the gun showed signs of life . . . and the trespassers had wrecked that for all time. The return journey to pick up the treasure would be a cinch . . .