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A scientifically-precipitated, out-of-control tale of evolution set in Antarctica it predates Lovecraft s At the Mountains of Madness by a mathematician of note who also wrote science fiction. In The Greatest Adventure, an expedition to Antarctica discovers remnants of an elder race with advanced technology. These ancients had discovered the secret of developing new life-forms but when the mutations threatened to run amok, their creators entombed their entire civilization in ice. Intrepid aviatrix Edith Lane and her comrades must flee through caverns inhabited by the mutated monsters and when frozen spores begin to thaw out, the planet is threatened by malign plant life! A tale of horror by John Taine the pseudonym of mathematician Eric Temple Bell that is not without moments of humor.
Contents
Series Foreword - Joshua Glenn
Introduction: Science Wonder Stories - S.L. Huang
1 Bird or Reptile?
2 Captain Anderson's Story
3 A Puzzle for Drake
4 The Riddle of the Rocks
5 "Battles Long Ago"
6 A Witness to the Truth
7 Beached
8 A Significant Hint
9 Into It
10 Undaunted
11 Hot Water
12 Trapped
13 Hades
14 The Devil Chick
15 Anticipations
16 Attack
17 At Close Quarters
18 The Enemy
19 Attacked
20 Desperate
