Transcriber's Notes

A table of contents with hyperlinks to the chapters has been added. The repetition "too too" and the writing of the word "steppingstones" without hyphen is as in the original.

The following typos have been corrected.

PageTypoCorrection
6anon
6breathbreathe
7Yes. sir!Yes, sir!
7TerranTerra
7visiting;visiting.
8TerranTerra
9qrazgraz
9telaportedteleported
10SinbadSindbad
11supersitionsuperstition
18remarkbleremarkable
19waswere
24wavesweaves
29missivemissile
36throbblingthrobbing
43"_Haugh!_"_Haugh!_"
54succesfulsuccessful
59readingreadying
69NohingnessNothingness
72blattblast
76pleaceplease
77BuBut

"Andrew North" was one of the pseudonyms used by "Andre Norton".