"Dark Dominion" by David Duncan, Part 3 of 4, in Collier's Magazine, April 30, 1954. Art by David Berger.
"Dark Dominion" is the story of a top-secret project called the Black Planet which the Americans plan to send out into space and bring back a record of what is happening all over the world.. Instead, they find a new and strange element, Magellanium, whose discovery has alarming consequences all over the world.
The story was first published in hardcover and paperback by Ballantine Books and in a condensed form in four issues of Collier's Magazine all in 1954. The author's other credits include the screenplay to George Pal's "Time Machine" (1960) starring Rod Taylor and the original film version of "Fantastic Voyage" (1966) with Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasance.
"Dark Dominion" by David Duncan, Part 3 of 4, in Collier's Magazine, April 30, 1954. Art by David Berger.
"Dark Dominion" is the story of a top-secret project called the Black Planet which the Americans plan to send out into space and bring back a record of what is happening all over the world.. Instead, they find a new and strange element, Magellanium, whose discovery has alarming consequences all over the world.
The story was first published in hardcover and paperback by Ballantine Books and in a condensed form in four issues of Collier's Magazine all in 1954. The author's other credits include the screenplay to George Pal's "Time Machine" (1960) starring Rod Taylor and the original film version of "Fantastic Voyage" (1966) with Raquel Welch and Donald Pleasance.