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Amazing Stories, Vol. 2 No. 4

· July 1927

Amazing Stories, Vol. 2 No. 4
Amazing Stories, July Issue This issue of *Amazing Stories* presents an eclectic mix of scientifiction narratives. The featured contents include "The Ether Ship of Oltor" by S. Maxwell Coder, winner of a prize for the cover story, depicting an encounter with a mysterious silvery vessel near an alien planet in 2036. Other stories span various speculative themes: A. Hyatt Verrill's "The Voice from the Inner World," Cecil B. White's "The Lost Continent," and D. B. McRae's "The Gravitomobile." The issue reprints two classic works—H. G. Wells' "The Plattner Story" and Edgar Allan Poe's "Von Kempelen and His Discovery." Benjamin Eltwer's "Radio Mates" features technological transmission via ether waves. A. Merritt's "The Moon Pool" continues its three-part serialization. Coming issues promise Wells' "The War of the Worlds" and White's "The Retreat to Mars."

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