The second shell
Edition facts
The second shell is part of the Machines & Invention catalogue. The record identifies Paul, Frank R. (Frank Rudolph), 1884-1963 [Illustrator], Williamson, Jack, 1908-2006 as the credited author and preserves a link to the source edition.
Edition profile
The extracted text contains approximately 14,439 words, corresponding to an estimated 63 minutes of reading, and is divided into 2 detectable text sections. These figures describe the downloaded text file rather than a printed pagination system.
The automated text analysis reports an average sentence length of about 15.8 words and a measured lexical-diversity value of 0.198. These measurements are descriptive reading aids, not literary ratings.
Catalog context
The source record associates this edition with the following subjects: Science fiction, Adventure stories, Mexico -- Fiction, Inventions -- Fiction, Weapons -- Fiction, Ionosphere -- Fiction. Catalog terms may reflect historical library practice and can be broader or narrower than a modern reader’s interpretation.
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