Project Gutenberg 2025-02-22 Public domain in the USA. 206 Gallun, Raymond Z. (Raymond Zinke) 1911 1994 Gallun, Raymond Zinke Krupa, Julian S. 1913 1989 Terror out of the past $aChicago, IL :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1940. Produced from Amazing Stories March 1940. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Terror out of the Past" by Raymond Z. Gallun is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The story revolves around Perry Wilcox and Doctor Roderick Murgatroyd as they uncover the secrets of an ancient civilization buried within the Earth. Through their exploration, the protagonists stumble upon advanced technology and mechanized guardians that once protected this mysterious society. The book touches on themes of adventure, curiosity, and the unforeseen consequences of human exploration. The narrative begins with Wilcox and Murgatroyd discovering a hidden fortress while drilling into a knoll, revealing evidence of an ancient civilization. As they dig deeper, they encounter automated machines and robots, which escalate into a conflict involving modern military forces. The protagonists soon find themselves shrunk down to a miniature size and trapped within this hidden world. They uncover the tragic history of the civilization and its downfall, as well as the machinations of Lyman Kerwin, a corrupt businessman seeking to monopolize their technology. The story culminates in a battle that not only tests the characters' wit and perseverance but also underscores the dangers of greed and ambition against the backdrop of forgotten wonders. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20250120094443gallun 1940 US Reading ease score: 75.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 118437 2025-07-30T03:39:20.426788 text/html 93776 2025-02-22T09:13:01 text/html 391330 2025-07-30T03:39:24.152785 application/epub+zip 391994 2025-07-30T03:39:21.827843 application/epub+zip 207018 2025-07-30T03:39:20.966031 application/epub+zip 916016 2025-07-30T03:39:25.881831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 908722 2025-07-30T03:39:23.589801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109258 2025-07-30T03:39:20.225839 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 89407 2025-02-22T09:13:01 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16399 2025-07-30T03:39:26.090752 application/rdf+xml 34476 2025-07-30T03:39:21.356780 image/jpeg 5675 2025-07-30T03:39:21.156843 image/jpeg 1392839 2025-07-30T03:39:20.451888 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