02123cam a22003493u 450000100060000000300070000600500170001300600020003000700050003200800410003704000110007804100170008905000070010610000360011324000290014924500200017826400510019830000470024933600260029633700260032233800360034850000360038450000310042050800380045152010800048953400450156965300200161465300600163470000190169485600430171399900170175654158UtSlPG20260610134240.0mcr n260607r2017||||utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d  aUtSlPG 7afi2iso639-1 4aPR1 aDoyle, Arthur Conan,d1859-193014aThe poison belt. Finnish10aMyrkkyvyöhyke 1aSalt Lake City, UT :bProject Gutenberg,c2017  a1 online resource :bmultiple file formats  atextbtxt2rdacontent  acomputerbc2rdamedia  aonline resourcebcr2rdacarrier  aTranslation of: The Poison Belt  aRelease date is 2017-02-12  aE-text prepared by Tapio Riikonen  a"Myrkkyvyöhyke" by Arthur Conan Doyle is a science fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around a group of notable characters including Professor George Edward Challenger and his companions as they confront a potentially catastrophic event related to a change in the universe's ether, suggested to be causing a mysterious sickness.   The opening of the novel begins with Malone, a journalist, recalling his previous adventures with Challenger and the unusual circumstances that have brought them together once more. As Malone navigates his responsibilities at the newspaper and interacts with his old friends, he learns of Challenger's alarming theories about the dimming Fraunhofer lines in spectra, which he believes indicate a broader cosmic threat. While Challenger's theories provoke skepticism, early signs of troubling behaviors among people and news from far-off lands hint at a deadly force at play, setting the stage for a confrontation with mortality and the potential end of humankind. (This is an automatically generated summary.)  nOriginal publication data not identified  aScience fiction  aChallenger, Professor (Fictitious character) -- Fiction1 aSalonen, A. J.40uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/54158  c94992d94992