The Forgotten Planet

<b>From the first page of the Ace Double:</b> "Nature's mislaid madhouse! Beneath dense gray clouds through which no sun shone lay a forgotten planet. It was a nightmare world of grotesque and terrifying animal-plant life. Gigantic beetles, spiders, bugs and ants filled the putrid, musty earth - ready to kill and devour anything in sight. <p>There were men amidst this horror - men who cringed and ran from the ravening monsters and huddled in the mushroom forests at night. <p>Burl was one of these creatures. But one day inspiration hit Burl. He would find a weapon - he would fight back. <p>And with this idea the first step was taken in man's most desperate flight for freedom in this most horrible of all worlds. But it was only a first step."

A fixup based upon "The Mad Planet", "The Red Dust" and "Nightmare Planet".