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Astounding Stories of Super-Science, August 1930
·
Various
248
For
some
months
now
they
had
been
hovering
over
various
portions
of
the
earth,
studying
its
geography
and
its
peoples,
with
the
result
that
they
had
concluded
the
United
States
offered
the
most
logical
point
for
launching
the
attack.
Once
this
country
was
subdued,
they
were
in
possession
of
the
richest
and
most
advanced
section
of
the
planet.
The
conquest
of
the
rest
of
it
could
await
their
leisure.
With
such
an
invasion
in
view,
their
scientists
had
mastered
the
language
of
the
country.
This
had
been
accomplished
very
easily,
since
in
addition
to
their
power
of
mingling
with
the
populace
in
an
invisible
form,
they
had
the
principles
of
radio
developed
to
a
high
degree
and
were
able
to
tune
in
on
any
station
they
wanted.
Kendrick
sat
there,
stunned,
as
Cor
followed
his
astounding
revelation
of
their
origin
with
this
calm
plan
for
the
conquest
of
America,
of
the
world.
Why,
of
all
people
on
earth,
had
he
alone
been
singled
out
for
this
disclosure?
He
asked
the
question
now.
"My
dear
Professor,
can't
you
really
guess?"
replied
Cor,
with
that
leathery
smile.
"Hasn't
it
dawned
that
you
were
a
little
too
near
our
own
field
with
that
machine
of
yours?
A
trifle
more
research,
a
slightly
different
application--and
you
would
have
become
a
dangerous
enemy."
"You--you
mean--?"
"I
mean
there
isn't
a
great
deal
of
difference
between
the
experiments
you
have
been
making
and
those
our
great
Ravv
once
made.
For
instance,
had
you
broadcast
your
heatricity,
as
you
call
it,
instead
of
trying
to
transmit
it
on
wires--well,
picture
a
receiving
apparatus
in
each
home
of
the
land,
like
your
commercial
radio
sets.
You
would
have
become
a
billionaire,
don't
you
see?"
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