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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aWilliams, Robert Moore,
_d1907-1977
245 1 0 _aQuest on Io
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Fall 1940
500 _aRelease date is 2020-04-12
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Quest on Io" by Robert Moore Williams is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story follows Andy Horn, a prospector on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, who is in search of valuable minerals while accompanied by his intelligent honey-bear, Oscar. The plot explores themes of survival, conflict, and unexpected alliances in a harsh extraterrestrial environment. The narrative begins with Andy on a prospecting trip to Io, where he encounters danger from an unknown adversary wielding a heat ray. After a series of confrontations, he meets Frieda Dahlem, a female prospector who initially mistakes him for a claim-jumper. As they navigate threats from rival prospectors and explore the mines together, they stumble upon a hidden chamber containing radium deposits. The story weaves together their budding partnership amidst peril, highlighting their survival instincts and the discovery of past intelligent life on Io through traces left in the cavern. Ultimately, the dynamic between Andy, Frieda, and Oscar showcases the themes of camaraderie and resourcefulness in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aProspecting -- Fiction
653 _aMines and mineral resources -- Fiction
653 _aIo (Satellite) -- Fiction
700 1 _aRosenthal, Leon
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Fall 1940
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61811
999 _c102635
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