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The Floating Island of Madness, by Jason Kirby
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Title: The Floating Island of Madness
Author: Jason Kirby
Release Date: July 16, 2009 [EBook #29421]
Language: English
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This etext was produced from Astounding Stories January 1933. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.
The Floating Island of Madness
By Jason Kirby
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[Sidenote: Far above the Arabian Desert three Secret Service men find an aerial island whose inhabitants are--madmen.]
Above us curved the pale, hot bowl of cloudless sky; below us stretched the rolling, tawny wastes of the great Arabian Desert; and away to the east, close to the dipping horizon, scudded the tiny speck we were following. We had been following it since dawn and it was now close to sunset. Where was it leading us? Should we go on or turn back? How much longer would our gas and oil hold out? And just where were we? I turned and saw my questions reflected in the eyes of my companions, Paul Foulet of the French Sureté and