The Secret of the Ninth Planet Part 23

He grew up in New York, graduating from New York University, and at once began a successful career as a free-lance writer of science fiction.

Since 1946 he has been editor of a publis.h.i.+ng house specializing in paperback books. A number of anthologies of the fantastic are the result of his editing.

Aware of the wide-spread interest in this subject, Mr. Wollheim decided to inaugurate science fiction conventions, and founded the Fantasy Amateur Press a.s.sociation as well. He considers himself a true science fiction pioneer.

Among his hobbies are model soldiers. He is considered an authority on them and has a fabulous collection.

_Other Winston Science Fiction Novels by the Author_

THE SECRET of the MARTIAN MOONS THE SECRET of SATURN'S RINGS

_The Secret of the Ninth Planet_

On the day that the theft of the solar system's light begins. Burl Denning is with an archaeological expedition in the Andes, only a few miles from the source of the "disturbance." Within hours the United States Air Force has ordered the expedition to investigate the strange phenomenon that is causing a dimness and a drop in temperature throughout the world.

This is the start of a fantastic adventure that eventually takes Burl, a high-school senior, on the first circ.u.mnavigation of the solar system.

On planet after planet, he and the crew of the _Magellan_, a gleaming, powerful, and virtually untested s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p, discover the weird trappings of a brilliantly-designed Sun-tap station. Each planetfall brings unexpected hazards, as the s.h.i.+p draws closer and closer to solving the mystery of the theft.

The author has based his story on science fact. Researchers are actually at work on the possibilities of just such a circ.u.mnavigation, and on another surprising theory brought out in this book.

Other Winston Science Fiction Novels

ANT MEN, THE by Eric North--_Geologists find living fossils in the badlands of Central Australia_

ATTACK FROM ATLANTIS by Lester del Rey--_An atomic submarine crew discovers the lost city of Atlantis_

BATTLE ON MERCURY by Erik Van Lhin--_Sun storms sweep Mercury and threaten man's existence_

DANGER: DINOSAURS! by Richard Marsten--_A treacherous big-game hunter leads an expedition back to the Age of Reptiles_

EARTHBOUND by Milton Lesser--_An ex-s.p.a.ce cadet is forced to plunder s.h.i.+ps he was trained to protect_

FIVE AGAINST VENUS by Philip Latham--_A Moon-bound rocket crashes in the misty wilds of Venus_

ISLANDS IN THE SKY by Arthur C. Clarke--_A teen-ager's adventures aboard a s.p.a.ce station_

LOST PLANET, THE by Paul Dallas--_Two worlds on the verge of war_

MAROONED ON MARS by Lester del Rey--_A teen-ager on the first Moon-to-Mars expedition_

MISSING MEN OF SATURN by Philip Latham--_A s.p.a.ce crew is held prisoner by froglike men on Saturn_

MISSION TO THE MOON by Lester del Rey--_Scientists make man's first journey to the Moon_

MISTS OF DAWN by Chad Oliver--_A s.p.a.ce-time machine hurls a 20th-century boy back to 50,000 B. C._

MYSTERIOUS PLANT, THE by Kenneth Wright--_A young captive on Planet X prevents Earth's destruction_

MYSTERY OF THE THIRD MINE by R.W. Lowndes--_Prospecting in the dangerous asteroid belt_

PLANET OF LIGHT by Raymond F. Jones--_A trip to another planet shows how the universe can be saved from destruction_

ROCKET JOCKEY by Philip St. John--_A s.p.a.ce pilot battles Martians in rocket race_

ROCKET TO LUNA by Richard Marsten--_A stowaway on a Moon-bound rocket proves his worth_

ROCKETS TO NOWHERE by Philip St. John--_Scientists establish a colony on the Moon_

SECRET OF THE NINTH PLANET, THE by Donald A. Wollheim--_A high-school senior investigates the theft of the solar system's light_

SECRET OF SATURN'S RINGS, THE by Donald A. Wollheim--_A scientist proves his theories by means of a unique invention_

SECRET OF THE MARTIAN MOONS, THE by Donald A. Wollheim--_Scientists discover the secrets of Martian civilization_

SON OF THE STARS by Raymond F. Jones--_An interplanetary friends.h.i.+p brings Earth to the brink of destruction_

SONS OF THE OCEAN DEEPS by Bryce Walton--_Undersea terrors nearly thwart a project aimed at saving a continent_

STAR CONQUERORS, THE by Ben Bova--_The Terran Confederation battles for its existence against the all-powerful rulers of the Milky Way Galaxy_

STAR SEEKERS, THE by Milton Lesser--_A tale of a s.p.a.ces.h.i.+p doomed to crash_

STEP TO THE STARS by Lester del Rey--_The U. S. builds a s.p.a.ce station_

TROUBLE ON t.i.tAN by Alan E. Nourse--_A rocket experimenter discovers a plot threatening Earth's existence_

VANDALS OF THE VOID by Jack Vance--_A tale of s.p.a.ce pirates_

VAULT OF THE AGES by Poul Anderson--_Life 500 years after the flaming collapse of 20th-century civilization_

WORLD AT BAY, THE by Paul Capon--_Men from another planet attack Earth_

YEAR WHEN STARDUST FELL, THE by Raymond Jones--_A mysterious "fall-out"

paralyzes civilization_