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100 1 _aBinder, Eando
245 1 0 _aShipwreck in the Sky
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2009
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 Fantastic Universe March 1954.
500 _aRelease date is 2009-06-15
508 _aProduced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net
520 _a"Shipwreck in the Sky" by Eando Binder is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story centers around Captain Dan Barstow, who embarks on a significant space mission for the United States Air Force. As a pioneer in space exploration, Barstow unexpectedly discovers a tiny second moon of Earth during his flight, leading to a series of thrilling and precarious events in the vastness of outer space. The narrative unfolds as Barstow's spacecraft collides with this newly discovered moonlet, causing him to be ejected and left to navigate the unknown from its surface. With a limited oxygen supply and no means of immediate escape, he brilliantly deduces a way to utilize the moonlet's feeble gravitational pull to propel himself back to Earth. His journey becomes a blend of adventure, survival, and ingenuity as he explores the barren moon while ultimately finding a way home. The novella encapsulates themes of exploration, bravery, and the human spirit’s resilience against the odds, making it a captivating read for fans of speculative fiction. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aScience fiction
653 _aShort stories
830 0 _aProduced from Fantastic Universe March 1954.
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/29133
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