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 2009-07-16 Public domain in the USA. 128 Kirby, Jason The Floating Island of Madness Produced from Astounding Stories January 1933. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Floating Island of Madness" by Jason Kirby is a science fiction novel that likely dates back to the early 20th century, when pulp fiction was gaining popularity. The story revolves around a thrilling adventure featuring Secret Service agents who encounter a bizarre aerial island populated by individuals driven to madness by a genius scientist. The novel explores themes of madness, the quest for power, and human ingenuity against a backdrop of high-stakes espionage. The narrative follows three Secret Service men—American agent Lieutenant Ainslee, French detective Paul Foulet, and British inspector Douglas Brice—who pursue a mysterious plane over the Arabian Desert. Their chase leads them to the titular floating island, which is revealed to be the hideout of Algernon Frederick Fraser, a brilliant yet insane scientist with a sinister plan for global domination. As the agents navigate the treacherous environment, they discover that Fraser has developed a powerful magnetic ray that draws objects towards him, trapping them on his floating platform. The story intensifies as the agents must outsmart Fraser and his minions to escape the island and thwart his plans, ultimately culminating in a thrilling confrontation and escape that raises questions about sanity, manipulative power, and the fragility of human will. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 85.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels 89650 2025-07-12T07:45:09.153663 text/html 86747 2009-07-16T06:42:24 text/html 153463 2025-07-12T07:45:14.139648 application/epub+zip 152270 2025-07-12T07:45:11.822621 application/epub+zip 93825 2025-07-12T07:45:10.748654 application/epub+zip 285318 2025-07-12T07:45:15.859674 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 278219 2025-07-12T07:45:13.513629 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 192895 2022-09-13T15:20:00.074773 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 82555 2025-07-12T07:45:08.868649 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 82395 2009-07-16T06:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 82386 2009-07-16T06:42:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21440 2025-07-12T07:45:15.986590 application/rdf+xml 16514 2025-07-12T07:45:11.259655 image/jpeg 4136 2025-07-12T07:45:11.007622 image/jpeg 31696 2009-07-16T06:42:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 75460 2009-07-16T06:42:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 31681 2009-07-16T06:42:26 application/octet-stream application/zip 150311 2025-07-12T07:45:09.165636 application/octet-stream application/zip