Project Gutenberg 2007-12-12 Public domain in the USA. 144 Weiss, George Henry 1898 1946 Flagg, Francis The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds Produced from "Astounding Stories", January, 1932. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Seed of the Toc-Toc Birds" by Francis Flagg is a science fiction story written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds when a mining engineer, Talbot, discovers a peculiar bird emerging from an abandoned mine shaft. This incident leads to a bizarre series of events whereby strange globes begin to rain down on the town of Oracle, Arizona, bringing with them an uncontrollable jungle growth and inciting chaos. The story investigates themes of scientific exploration and the consequences of tampering with the fundamental aspects of the natural world. The plot follows Talbot and his Mexican assistant, Manuel, as they grapple with the emergence of these strange birds and mysterious globes that wreak havoc on their town and beyond. The narrative deepens when they learn that these creatures are connected to a scientist named Professor Reubens, who has been experimenting with a super-microscope that inadvertently opened a gateway to a sub-atomic world inhabited by intelligent birds. These creatures enact revenge on humanity, deploying sophisticated warfare through seed globes that grow rapidly into dense jungles. In a race against time, Talbot must venture into the depths of the mine to destroy the source of the invasion, culminating in a climactic struggle to save the world from annihilation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 86821 2025-08-10T05:12:49.077510 text/html 82858 2007-12-12T09:12:14 text/html 222313 2025-08-10T05:12:54.049514 application/epub+zip 222627 2025-08-10T05:12:51.550511 application/epub+zip 100933 2025-08-10T05:12:50.497512 application/epub+zip 311900 2025-08-10T05:12:55.782490 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 303709 2025-08-10T05:12:53.427470 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 158408 2022-08-11T06:24:26.892764 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 77407 2025-08-10T05:12:48.745526 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77230 2007-12-12T09:12:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 77221 2007-12-12T09:12:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 2793719 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 122100 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 115344 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 114834 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 119740 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 116051 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 114451 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 110583 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 117462 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 117751 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 120530 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 113139 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 116149 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 118053 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 111546 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 119527 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 115372 2007-04-02T15:22:12 application/octet-stream 34066 2025-08-10T05:12:56.165468 application/rdf+xml 11338 2025-08-10T05:12:50.994491 image/jpeg 2767 2025-08-10T05:12:50.744509 image/jpeg 30785 2007-12-12T09:12:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 138837 2007-12-12T09:12:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 30768 2007-12-12T09:12:16 application/octet-stream application/zip 209470 2025-08-10T05:12:49.093537 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia