Aventures Fiction #20
In "Le roi étranger de la Terre," Jan Holt’s consciousness is hurled across the cosmos after a high-speed experiment, awakening in the form of a dog-like alien on a distant world. Stranded and desperate to make contact, he must outwit a planet’s fury and seize a chance to return—when an Earth survey ship arrives, he’s the only one who can pilot it home. Written by Otto Binder and illustrated by Manny Stallman with inks by Joe Giella, this 1959 adventure features a striking cover by Bernard Baily, capturing the moment of alien displacement and wonder.
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Jan Holt is accelerated to the speed of light in an ultra-centrifuge and his consciousness is flung out into space. It lands in the body of a dog-like creature on another planet. By luck a spaceship from Earth lands to survey the planet. Holt tries to gain their attention but the explorers dismiss all his attempts to communicate. The rocket is flung into space by a super geyser leaving the explorers behind. Holt jumps into the ship and manages to land it. He is taken back to Earth as a reward. He runs off to the hospital where his mentality is drawn back to his body as he gets close.
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