Author: Leigh Brackett & Ray Bradbury
From Planet Stories Summer 1946.
Hugh Starke, space-rat and convict, was being pursued by spacecraft into the unknown parts of Venus. He had just pulled off the largest lone wolf heist in the history of that planet. But now it looked like he was going to pay the ultimate price for his misdeeds. But fate...More
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction.
The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream". Most of his best known work is in fantasy fiction, but he also wrote in other genres, such as the coming of age novel and the fictionalized memoir. He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts. Many of his works were adapted into television and film as well as comic books.
Ray Douglas Bradbury (August 22, 1920 – June 5, 2012) was an American author and screenwriter. One of the most celebrated 20th- and 21st-century American writers, he worked in a variety of genres including fantasy, science fiction, horror, and mystery fiction.
The New York Times called Bradbury "the writer most responsible for bringing modern science fiction into the literary mainstream". Most of his best known work is in fantasy fiction, but he also wrote in other genres, such as the coming of age novel and the fictionalized memoir. He also wrote and consulted on screenplays and television scripts. Many of his works were adapted into television and film as well as comic books.
Book Summary
Author: Leigh Brackett & Ray Bradbury
From Planet Stories Summer 1946.
Hugh Starke, space-rat and convict, was being pursued by spacecraft into the unknown parts of Venus. He had just pulled off the largest lone wolf heist in the history of that planet. But now it looked like he was going to pay the ultimate price for his misdeeds. But fate had a strange twist on Starke's life when he woke up in a different body. A body that was strong and powerful. In a body of a Venusian barbarian named Conan. But was Starke anything more than a puppet in this new body? For he soon found out the strings were being pulled by the beautiful, but terrible, Rann. For Rann was like the siren, Lorelei, and it was Hugh-Starke-called-Conan that would have to fight her or be lured to his doom!
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He died—and then awakened in a new body. He found himself on a world of bizarre loveliness, a powerful, rich man. He took pleasure in his turn of good luck ... until he discovered that his new body was hated by all on this strange planet, that his soul was owned by Rann, devil-goddess of Falga, who was using him for her own gain.
Ray Bradbury
