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Title: Astounding Stories, August, 1931

Author: Various

Release Date: June 28, 2010 [EBook #33016]

Language: English

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ASTOUNDING

STORIES

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VOL. VII, No. 2 CONTENTS AUGUST, 1931

THE DANGER FROM THE DEEP RALPH MILNE FARLEY 149

_Marooned on the Sea-Floor, His Hoisting Cable Cut, Young Abbot Is
Left at the Mercy of the Man-Sharks._

BROOD OF THE DARK MOON CHARLES WILLARD DIFFIN 168

_Once More Chet, Walt and Diane Are United in a Wild Ride to the Dark
Moon. But This Time They Go as Prisoners of Their Deadly Enemy
Schwartzmann._ (Beginning a Four-Part Novel.)

IF THE SUN DIED R. F. STARZL 198

_Tens of Millenniums After the Death of the