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    Solar Stiff
    Solar Stiff
    Solar Stiff
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    Solar Stiff

    By Chas. A. Stopher

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Solar Stiff - Chas. A. Stopher

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Solar Stiff, by Chas. A. Stopher

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      Title: Solar Stiff

      Author: Chas. A. Stopher

      Release Date: April 30, 2009 [EBook #28646]

      Language: English

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      SOLAR STIFF

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      CHAS. A. STOPHER

      Totem poles are a dime a dozen north of 63° ... but only Ketch, the lying Eskimo, vowed they dropped out of frigid northern skies.

      Probos Five gazed at the white expanse ahead, trying to determine where his ship would crash. Something was haywire in the fuel system of his Interstar Runabout. He was losing altitude fast, so fast that all five pairs of his eyes couldn't focus on a place to land.

      Five pairs of arms, each pair about three feet apart on the loglike body, pushed buttons and rotated controls frantically, but to no avail. In a few short minutes it would all be over for Probos Five. Even if by some miracle he remained unhurt after crashing, he would die shortly thereafter. The frigid climatic conditions of the third planet were deadly to a Mercurian. He thought once of donning his space suit but decided against

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