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050 4 _aPS
100 1 _aLong, Frank Belknap,
_d1903-1994
245 1 4 _aThe Sky Trap
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2008
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
_bc
_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
_bcr
_2rdacarrier
490 1 _aProduced from Comet July 1941.
500 _aRelease date is 2008-01-03
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Alexander Bauer and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"The Sky Trap" by Frank Belknap Long is a science fiction novel written in the early 1940s. The book explores themes of human nature and survival within an extraordinary and tense setting, as a group of characters navigates a bizarre situation that challenges their perceptions of reality and existence. It is likely to appeal to readers interested in speculative fiction that examines the consequences of scientific phenomena and the resilience of the human spirit. The story centers around Lawton, a meteorologist aboard the stratoship Perseus, who finds himself in a perplexing and dangerous situation when the ship becomes suspended in what appears to be an invisible bubble high in the atmosphere. As Lawton and the crew grapple with the lack of movement and the strange gases outside, they soon discover that they are not only trapped but also surrounded by rapidly proliferating and threatening alien vegetation. Tensions rise as the crew struggles with madness induced by the peculiar environment, and Lawton devises risky plans to escape. The narrative is a gripping exploration of how human instincts and social dynamics are tested in the face of the unknown, ultimately leading to a suspenseful confrontation with both the mysterious threats outside and the internal conflicts within the crew. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
830 0 _aProduced from Comet July 1941.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24151
999 _c65152
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