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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aSmith, George O.
_q(George Oliver),
_d1911-1981
245 1 0 _aSpacemen lost
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 _aProduced from Startling Stories Fall 1954
500 _aRelease date is 2022-11-20
508 _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"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.)
534 _pOriginally published:
_cUnited States: Better Publications, Inc., 1954
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aSpace ships -- Fiction
653 _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction
653 _aCastaways -- Fiction
653 _aInterstellar travel -- Fiction
700 1 _aFinlay, Virgil,
_d1914-1971
830 0 _aProduced from Startling Stories Fall 1954
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/69393
999 _c110181
_d110181