When Worlds Collide Author:Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer Two outlaw planets were hurtling through outer space on a direct collision course toward Earth. In secret, a few great scientists began to build rocket ships to evacuate a chosen few - the most brilliant and biologically useful - to a distant planet where the human race could start anew. — But the secret leaked out and it touched off a savage st... more »ruggle among the world's most powerful men for the million-to-one chance of survival.« less