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100 1 _aBond, Nelson S.,
_d1908-2006
245 1 4 _aThe Castaway
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2020
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Planet Stories Winter 1940
500 _aRelease date is 2020-04-16
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Castaway" by George Danzell is a science fiction novella published in the early 1940s. The story unfolds aboard a spaceship, where a crew discovers a mysterious man named Paul Moran who is found on an asteroid after being marooned. The central theme of the book revolves around survival, existential questions, and the haunting presence of the past. The narrative centers on the crew of the spaceship "Antigone", who rescue Paul Moran, an enigmatic figure claiming to have been marooned in the depths of space. As Moran's sinister influence begins to disrupt the ship's systems, it becomes evident that he is more than just an ordinary spacefarer. The crew faces a series of misfortunes, which they suspect may be linked to Moran's presence. As they uncover his true identity as the long-lost genius John Cartaphilus, they learn he harbors a dark obsession with death stemming from a tragic past. Ultimately, Moran's complex character drives the crew to grapple with their fate as they aim to escape the dangers of the H-layer surrounding Earth, while contemplating the nature of redemption and the possibility of finding peace in the void of space. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
653 _aCastaways -- Fiction
653 _aWandering Jew -- Fiction
700 1 _aRosenthal, Leon
830 0 _aProduced from Planet Stories Winter 1940
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/61842
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