// Hacker Noon · 3 February 2026

When Villains Owned Their Own Planet

In Soil, a 1932 chapter from Astounding Stories of Super-Science, readers encounter a chilling sci-fi concept: a self-contained asteroid base drifting through space. Dr. Ku Sui’s mobile world blends megastructure engineering, secrecy, and psychological dominance—anticipating later space-station and...

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