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The Cosmic Express

Jack Williamson · 1930

A 1930 science fiction short story by Jack Williamson, originally published in Amazing Stories. Set in New York in 2432, it follows newlywed authors Eric and Nada Stokes-Harding who dream of escaping their mechanized, civilized world by traveling to Venus via a new teleportation device, the Cosmic Express.

Public domain in the US. From Project Gutenberg.

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