Project Gutenberg 2006-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 150 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam Four-Day Planet Reading ease score: 81.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Four-Day Planet" by H. Beam Piper is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story unfolds on the planet Fenris, known for its peculiar four-day solar cycle, and follows Walter Boyd, a young reporter working for the local newspaper, as he navigates the challenges of life in a gritty, struggling society. The narrative revolves around the arrival of a mysterious author, Glenn Murell, and the ensuing political intrigue involving local hunters and corrupt officials that threatens the stability of the community. At the start of the novel, the protagonist, Walter Boyd, is preparing to cover the arrival of the space ship "Peenemünde" and the notable visitors it brings. As Walter interacts with various characters, including fellow hunters and local officials, he reflects on the harsh realities of life on Fenris and the limited opportunities available to its inhabitants. Walter's curiosity about the new author, combined with his disdain for the local power dynamics dominated by figures like Steve Ravick and Leo Belsher, sets the stage for the unfolding drama. The opening section establishes a rich setting filled with engaging dialogue, character development, and the hints of larger conflicts to come, drawing readers into this unique and precarious world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 374178 374175 2024-10-08T13:36:10.856888 2023-09-09T04:39:38.887679 text/html text/html 377199 2014-06-03T12:38:56 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 138646 2014-06-03T12:39:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 214920 2024-10-08T13:36:18.822850 application/epub+zip 216998 2024-10-08T13:36:13.119899 application/epub+zip 214604 2024-10-08T13:36:11.738898 application/epub+zip 401546 2024-10-08T13:36:23.368854 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 361453 2024-10-08T13:36:17.878877 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 334351 2022-09-09T09:41:41.091229 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 343843 343740 2024-10-08T13:36:09.874938 2023-09-09T04:39:38.086732 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 343626 2014-06-03T12:38:32 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 130239 2014-06-03T12:39:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 343653 2014-06-03T12:38:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 130204 2014-06-03T12:39:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21837 2024-10-08T13:36:23.507823 application/rdf+xml 13249 2024-10-08T13:36:12.317917 image/jpeg 3419 2024-10-08T13:36:12.026883 image/jpeg 199910 2024-10-08T13:36:10.890892 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia