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Share Link copied Format epub Published May 03, 2026 Rating No reviews yet ![Spacehounds of IPC](https://fls-a13cb2d7-1b3e-4883-a0bd-297afd110a11.367be3a2035528943240074d0096e0cd.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/works/01kqnmg9s7n8tvs3cykeyrk3pn/cover.png?X-Amz-Content-Sha256=UNSIGNED-PAYLOAD&X-Amz-Algorithm=AWS4-HMAC-SHA256&X-Amz-Credential=d29ce3bb571c165c97a702f29f7aee93%2F20261019%2Fauto%2Fs3%2Faws4_request&X-Amz-Date=20261019T231928Z&X-Amz-SignedHeaders=host&X-Amz-Expires=3600&X-Amz-Signature=cc4b52adccb475bac47bfdbfb75cbe55107eae18a3a1568b8c90667f4e90deb7) ## About this work Spacehounds of IPC by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith — a public-domain edition published by publica.now. Sample ## Take a look inside Beginning a thrilling New Serial of Interplanetary Life and Travel by Edward E. Smith, Ph.D. Author of "Skylark of Space" and "Skylark Three" PART I Spacehounds of IPC A good many of us, who are now certain beyond a doubt that space travel will forever remain in the realm of the impossible, probably would, if a rocket that were shot to the moon, for instance, did arrive, and perhaps return to give proof of its safe arrival on our satellite, accept the phenomenon in a perfectly blasé, twentieth century manner. Dr. Smith, that phenomenal writer of classic scientific fiction, seems to have become so thoroughly convinced of the advent of interplanetary travel that it is difficult for the reader to feel, after finishing "Spacehounds of IPC," that travel in the great spaces is not already an established fact. Dr. Smith, as a professional chemist, is kept fairly busy. As a writer, he is satisfied with nothing less than perfection. For that reason, a masterpiece from his pen has become almost an annual event. We know you will like "Spacehounds" even better than the "Skylark" series. Illustrated by WESSO CHAPTER I The IPV Arcturus Sets Out for Mars A narrow football of steel, the Interplanetary Vessel Arcturus stood upright in her berth in the dock like an egg in its cup. A hundred feet across and a hundred and seventy feet deep was that gigantic bowl, its walls supported by the structural steel and concrete of the dock and lined with hard-packed bumper-layers of hemp and fibre. High into the air extended the upper half of the ship of space—a sullen gray expanse of fifty-inch hardened steel armor, curving smoothly upward to a needle prow. Countless hundred of fine vertical scratches marred every inch of her surface, and here and there… [ Sign in to buy ](https://publica.now/access?redirect=%2Fcheckout%2Fspacehounds-of-ipc) The sample continues in the full work. 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