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 Project Gutenberg 2009-07-04 Public domain in the USA. 279 Gilmore, Anthony The Affair of the Brains Produced from Astounding Stories, March, 1932. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Affair of the Brains" by Anthony Gilmore is a science fiction novelette written in the early 20th century. The story follows Hawk Carse, a daring adventurer known for his fierce confrontations with his archenemy, the cunning scientist Dr. Ku Sui. As Carse prepares to meet Ku Sui, he plunges into a treacherous game of wits that raises the stakes of power and intellect threatening lives across the universe. The opening of the story sets the stage for a thrilling adventure, with Carse contemplating the perilous rendezvous with his nemesis. Following a violent confrontation that claimed many lives, including that of a crew member and leaving him with a dangerous chance to confront Ku Sui directly, Carse resolves to set a trap for his adversary. With his loyal companion Friday and a captive brigand, Sako, Carse navigates the treacherous space terrain aboard Judd's ship, the "Scorpion", as he grapples with the schemes of Ku Sui, who has proven to be a master of deception. As they prepare for the fateful meeting, tensions rise with the looming threat of Ku Sui’s cunning expertise, foreshadowing action and intrigue in the battle of brains and brawn that is about to unfold. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 73.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 181404 2025-06-12T07:54:06.060784 text/html 177561 2021-01-05T06:48:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 149164 2021-01-05T06:48:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 237352 2025-06-12T07:54:13.149746 application/epub+zip 239449 2025-06-12T07:54:09.312765 application/epub+zip 125133 2025-06-12T07:54:07.997772 application/epub+zip 371972 2025-06-12T07:54:16.028703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 357969 2025-06-12T07:54:12.325720 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 220553 2022-08-13T11:42:23.924278 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 165803 2025-06-12T07:54:05.438784 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 165602 2021-01-05T06:48:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 63989 2021-01-05T06:48:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18370 2025-06-12T07:54:16.179710 application/rdf+xml 13086 2025-06-12T07:54:08.559740 image/jpeg 3680 2025-06-12T07:54:08.278745 image/jpeg 218368 2025-06-12T07:54:06.080759 application/octet-stream application/zip