Spacehounds of IPCSmith Edward Elmer quotDocquotPublished:1931Types:Novels Science FictionSource:http://www.gutenberg.org1About Smith:E.E.SmithalsoEdwardElmerSmithPh.D.E.E.quotDocquotSmithDocSmithquotSkylarkquotSmithandtofamilyTedMay21890-August311965wasafoodengineerspecializingindoughnutandpastrymixesandsciencefictionauthorwhowrotetheLensmanseriesandtheSkylarkseries among others. Source: Wikipedia2Chapter1The IPV Arcturus Sets Out for MarsAnarrowfootballofsteeltheInterplanetaryVesselArcturusstoodup-rightinherberthinthedocklikeanegginitscup.Ahundredfeetacrossandahundredandseventyfeetdeepwasthatgiganticbowlitswallssupportedbythestructuralsteelandconcreteofthedockandlinedwithhard-packedbumper