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    The Native Soil
    The Native Soil
    The Native Soil
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    The Native Soil

    By Alan Edward Nourse

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    Alan Edward Nourse was an American science fiction author.Many of his science fiction titles focused on medicine or psionics.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherKrill Press
    Release dateJan 12, 2016
    ISBN9781518368226
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      The Native Soil - Alan Edward Nourse

      THE NATIVE SOIL

      ..................

      Alan Edward Nourse

      CHASMA PRESS

      Thank you for reading. In the event that you appreciate this book, please consider sharing the good word(s) by leaving a review, or connect with the author.

      This book is a work of fiction; its contents are wholly imagined.

      All rights reserved. Aside from brief quotations for media coverage and reviews, no part of this book may be reproduced or distributed in any form without the author’s permission. Thank you for supporting authors and a diverse, creative culture by purchasing this book and complying with copyright laws.

      Copyright © 2016 by Alan Edward Nourse

      Interior design by Pronoun

      Distribution by Pronoun

      TABLE OF CONTENTS

      The Native Soil: by Alan E. Nourse

      The Native Soil

      By

      Alan Edward Nourse

      The Native Soil

      Published by Chasma Press

      New York City, NY

      First published circa 1992

      Copyright © Chasma Press, 2015

      All rights reserved

      Except in the United States of America, this book is sold subject to the condition that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out, or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

      About Chasma Press

      No genre has ever unlocked the possibilities and potential of mankind like science fiction. Sci-fi writers like H.G. Wells and Jules Verne have been conjuring up vivid depictions of the future for centuries, and Chasma Press brings all these worlds to life to readers who continue to read the classics and forge visions of new ones.

      THE NATIVE SOIL: BY ALAN E. NOURSE

      ..................

      BEFORE THE FIRST SHIP FROM Earth made a landing on Venus, there was much speculation about what might be found beneath the cloud layers obscuring that planet’s surface from the eyes of all observers.

      One school of thought maintained that the surface of Venus was a jungle, rank with hot-house moisture, crawling with writhing fauna and man-eating flowers. Another group contended hotly that Venus was an arid desert of wind-carved

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