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Big Pill
Child, it was, of the now ancient H-bomb. New. Untested. Would its terrible power sweep the stark Saturnian moon of Titan from space ... or miraculously create a flourishing paradise-colony?
- GenresScience Fiction
20 pages, ebook
First published September 28, 2010
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About the author
Raymond Z. Gallun
190 books12 followersAka William Callahan, Arthur Allport.
Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an early science fiction writer.
Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He lived a drifter's existence, working a multitude of jobs around the world in the years leading up to World War II. He sold many popular stories to pulp magazines in the 1930s. "Old Faithful" (1934) was his first noted story. "The Gentle Brain" was published in "Science Fiction Quarterly" under the pseudonym Arthur Allport. Another of his pseudonyms was William Callahan.
Raymond Zinke Gallun (March 22, 1911 - April 2, 1994) was an early science fiction writer.
Gallun (rhymes with "balloon") was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin. He lived a drifter's existence, working a multitude of jobs around the world in the years leading up to World War II. He sold many popular stories to pulp magazines in the 1930s. "Old Faithful" (1934) was his first noted story. "The Gentle Brain" was published in "Science Fiction Quarterly" under the pseudonym Arthur Allport. Another of his pseudonyms was William Callahan.
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January 21, 2017
Great Golden Age Space Opera!
If you like old time space opera, this is a treat! No gratuitous violence or language. Just good old fashion story telling. Great characters, no attempts at political messages or agendas. Just entertaining the readers!
If you like old time space opera, this is a treat! No gratuitous violence or language. Just good old fashion story telling. Great characters, no attempts at political messages or agendas. Just entertaining the readers!
January 19, 2026
On Saturn's moon Titan, one of six inflatable domes on the Earth colony collapses due to faulty manufacturing, leaving no survivors. Ever since the previous owner of Space Colonists Supply died and his son took over, the quality of their products has been questionable. Meanwhile, a group of colonists has come with a way of converting Titan into an Earthlike environment using a device called the Big Pill, but the owner of Space Colonists Supply is determined to stop them.
May 5, 2022
Entertaining fantasy listening 🎶🔰
Another will written fantasy space Sci-Fi adventure thriller short story by Raymond Z. Gallun about life on a planet and the battle for power 🔋leads to violence and death. I would recommend this novella to readers of fantasy books 📚, Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶to Alexa as I do. 🏡🔰👒😤 2022
Another will written fantasy space Sci-Fi adventure thriller short story by Raymond Z. Gallun about life on a planet and the battle for power 🔋leads to violence and death. I would recommend this novella to readers of fantasy books 📚, Enjoy the adventure of reading 👓 or listening 🎶to Alexa as I do. 🏡🔰👒😤 2022
July 10, 2025
Science fiction short story
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