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Victorian Science FictionClassic Fantasy

The Secret of the Ninth Planet

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Donald A. Wollheim's The Secret of the Ninth Planet is a Victorian science fiction and classic fantasy novel.

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About The Secret of the Ninth Planet

"The Secret of the Ninth Planet" by Donald A. Wollheim is a science-fiction novel published in 1959. When the Sun's light mysteriously begins to dim across Earth, threatening a new ice age, young Burl Denning discovers alien machinery in the Peruvian Andes. As calculations reveal the Sun may explode within years, Burl joins a desperate expedition aboard an experimental antigravity spaceship to hunt down similar installations throughout the solar system and confront an alien force from Pluto.
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  • Science fiction
  • Pluto, Dwarf planet

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Who wrote The Secret of the Ninth Planet?

The Secret of the Ninth Planet was written by Donald A. Wollheim.

What genre is The Secret of the Ninth Planet?

It is usually shelved as Victorian Science Fiction and Classic Fantasy.

Is The Secret of the Ninth Planet free to read?

Yes. It is in the public domain in the United States and can be read free on Project Gutenberg in EPUB, Kindle and HTML formats.

Is there a free audiobook of The Secret of the Ninth Planet?

Yes — LibriVox volunteers recorded it; the recording runs 5 h 22 min.

What books are similar to The Secret of the Ninth Planet?

Readers who like it often enjoy Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, The Time Machine and The Invisible Man.

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