Wonder Stories was founded by legendary publisher Hugo Gernsback after he left Amazing Stories. Wonder Stories thrived in one form or another for more than thirty years, briefly rivaling even Astounding. This four hundred plus page anthology collects ten important stories from the magazine's zenith. If you enjoyed this book, you'll want to search on "Positronic Publishing Super Pack" and check out all our other Super Packs! Included herein are: Onslaught from Rigel by Fletcher Pratt Valley of Dreams by Stanley G. Weinbaum The Revolt of the Star Men by Raymond Gallun The Point of View by Stanley G. Weinbaum The Metal Moon by Everett C. Smith and R.F. Starzl The Martian by Allen Glasser and A. Rowley Hilliard Pygmalion's Spectacles by Stanley G. Weinbaum Spacewrecked on Venus by Neil R. Jones The Moon Destroyers by Monroe K. Ruch The Worlds of If by Stanley G. Weinbaum

This is a classic science fiction novella by Stanley G. Weinbaum that was originally published in Astounding Stories in 1935. This is the only of Weinbaum's stories to be set on the planet Pluto, written only five years after the planet's discovery. The tale starts with a spaceship called Aardkin that gets boarded by the notorious pirate ship the Red Peri. One year on Frank Keene and astrophysicist Solomon Nestor crash land on Pluto and find themselves captives of the Red Peri herself, the nineteen year-old daughter of the man who built the Red Peri. During their ordeal the secret of the reason behind her forays into piracy are revealed. This work is part of our Vintage Sci-Fi Classics Series, a series in which we are republishing some of the best stories in the genre by some of its most acclaimed authors, such as Isaac Asimov, Marion Zimmer Bradley, and Robert Sheckley. Each publication is complete with a short introduction to the history of science fiction.