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100 1 _aSmith, George O.
_q(George Oliver),
_d1911-1981
245 1 0 _aQRM-Interplanetary
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2022
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aVenus Equilateral
490 1 _aProduced from Astounding Science-Fiction October 1942
500 _aRelease date is 2022-05-06
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"QRM-Interplanetary" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. Set in a future where interplanetary communication is crucial for civilization on different planets, the narrative explores the challenges faced by the characters during the operation of a communications relay station. The work encompasses themes of technological complexity and the interplay between administrative decisions and practical engineering. The story follows Don Channing, an electronics engineer at the Venus Equilateral Relay Station, who grapples with the appointment of Francis Burbank as the new Director. Channing and his colleagues strive to maintain the operation of their station amid Burbank's misguided efforts to cut costs and impose restrictions, which threaten their critical interplanetary communication services. When an air purification system fails due to Burbank's decisions, oxygen levels dangerously drop, leading to a frantic effort by Channing to correct the situation. Ultimately, the novel delves into the themes of teamwork and ingenuity in the face of bureaucratic oversight, culminating in Channing's elevation to Director after Burbank's removal, thus restoring order and morale to the station’s community. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Street & Smith Publications, Incorporated, 1942
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aSpace stations -- Fiction
700 1 _aKolliker, William A.,
_d1905-1995
830 0 _aVenus Equilateral
830 0 _aProduced from Astounding Science-Fiction October 1942
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/68005
999 _c108827
_d108827