The Dragon Queen of Jupiter, Leigh Douglass Brackett
The Dragon Queen of Jupiter, Leigh Douglass Brackett
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The Dragon Queen of Jupiter
and Lorelei of the Red Mist

Author: Leigh Douglass Brackett, Ray Bradbury

Narrator: Various

Unabridged: 3 hr 29 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 02/08/2023

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction


Synopsis

The Dragon Queen of Jupiter - Leigh Douglass Brackett
The French Foreign Legion has been renamed as the Space Foreign Legion and deployed to fight on Jupiter against a powerful native army led by their Dragon Queen. Earth and Mars are seeking new territories for habitation and agriculture, but Jupiter's hostile environment presents a significant challenge. Can the Legion withstand the attacks from the Beetle Bombs and venomous snakes until backup arrives? Or will they suffer the same fate as many of their comrades who have already perished? The Dragon Queen possesses a devastating weapon in the form of a water-blocking parasite.
Lorelei of the Red Mist - Leigh Douglass Brackett and Ray Bradbury
Ray Starke, a petty criminal, crashes his shuttle during a getaway after stealing a payroll worth millions of credits. Upon regaining consciousness, he is approached by an extraterrestrial female who informs him of his imminent death but offers to transfer his consciousness into another body and assist his escape through telepathy.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Rhonda on April 16, 2021

While dated, this novella is well done and has great pacing. It is definitely a classic of 1940's science fiction and well worth the read.......more

Goodreads review by Larry on December 15, 2023

“The Dragon Queen of Juipiter” is a short story written by Leigh Brackett that is a sort of last stand of the Alamo set on a classic - sci-fi juipiter compkete with mini t-rexes, size altering psychic snakes, and flesh eating Beatles. It is also proof positive that even when Brackett wasn’t writing......more

Goodreads review by Kara on August 24, 2021

A radical story for when it was written, to show the cost in blood of Manifest Destiny.......more