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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
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Various
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As
Kendrick
stood
ruefully
beside
that
fiery
pool,
meditating
on
the
spectacular
but
not
altogether
gratifying
results
of
his
experiment,
a
peculiar
low
humming
sound
reached
his
ears.
Rushing
back
to
his
primary
unit,
with
the
thought
that
perhaps
by
some
chance
he
had
not
fully
closed
the
rheostat,
he
looked
at
the
cross.
But
no,
the
vanes
were
still.
The
humming
increased,
however--grew
into
a
vibration
that
made
his
eardrums
ache.
Puzzled,
he
looked
around.
What
on
earth
could
it
be?
Had
his
unruly
experiment
called
into
play
some
tremendous,
unsuspected
force
of
the
universe.
Was
he
to
bring
the
world
to
ruin,
as
a
result
of
his
blind
groping
after
this
new
giant
of
power?
Such
predictions
had
often
been
made
by
the
ignorant,
to
be
dismissed
by
scientists
as
the
veriest
nonsense.
But
was
there
some
truth
in
the
universal
fear,
after
all?
Was
he
to
be
the
Prometheus
who
stole
fire
from
Olympus,
the
Samson
who
toppled
down
the
temple?
Chilled,
dizzied
with
the
pain
of
the
ever-increasing
vibration,
he
gritted
his
teeth,
awaiting
he
knew
not
what.
Then
it
came--a
spectacle
so
staggering
that
he
went
rigid
with
awe
as
he
regarded
it,
all
power
of
motion
utterly
numbed
for
the
moment.
The
vibration
ceased.
The
thing
appeared.
It
was
a
city--a
city
in
the
air--a
flying
city!
As
Kendrick
stood
staring
at
this
phenomenon,
he
could
scarcely
credit
his
senses.
Had
the
magic
carpet
of
Bagdad
suddenly
materialized
before
him,
he
would
not
have
been
more
astounded.
And
indeed,
it
was
in
a
way
a
magic
carpet--a
great
disclike
affair,
several
miles
in
diameter,
its
myriad
towers
and
spires
glinting
like
gold
under
the
noonday
sun,
while
its
vast
shadow
fell
athwart
the
desert
like
the
pall
of
an
eclipse.
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