02545cam a22003853u 4500 69393 UtSlPG 20260610134614.0 m cr n 260607r20221954utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Smith, George O. (George Oliver), 1911-1981 Spacemen lost Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2022 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from Startling Stories Fall 1954 Release date is 2022-11-20 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Spacemen Lost" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around the interplay of characters involved in a space mission gone awry, particularly highlighting Commodore Theodore Wilson and his romantic interest, Alice Hemingway, who finds herself aboard a spaceflight that encounters peril. The narrative sets the stage for themes of love, duty, and survival as characters grapple with both the vastness of space and their personal relationships. The opening of "Spacemen Lost" introduces readers to the terminal scene where passersby are notified of an impending space flight, particularly drawing attention to the interactions between Wilson and Hemingway. Wilson's unease about Hemingway's participation in the flight is evident through a exchange filled with emotional tension, leading to a proposal of marriage under less than ideal circumstances. Meanwhile, the narrative soon shifts to a separate fleet led by Viggon Sarri, tasked with monitoring the situation as they learn of the disaster involving Spaceflight Seventy-nine. The characters' contrasting responses to the emerging crisis set an engaging tone for the unfolding drama in deep space. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: United States: Better Publications, Inc., 1954 Science fiction Space ships -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Castaways -- Fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction Finlay, Virgil, 1914-1971 Produced from Startling Stories Fall 1954 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69393 110181 110181