Project Gutenberg 2007-07-30 Public domain in the USA. 165 Sparks, David R. The Winged Men of Orcon: A Complete Novelette Produced from Astounding Stories January 1932. Reading ease score: 79.6 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Winged Men of Orcon: A Complete Novelette" by David R. Sparks is a science fiction story set during the early 20th century, likely in the 1930s. The novelette follows the adventures of a scientist, Dr. Frederick Weeks, who is unexpectedly abducted and brought to the eccentric planet Orcon. There, he discovers winged humanoid creatures and must navigate a dire situation influenced by the nefarious plans of a rogue scientist, Ludwig Leider, who poses a threat to Earth. In this thrilling narrative, Dr. Weeks awakens handcuffed in a crashed space vessel alongside a crew comprising Captain Virginia Crane and others. After discovering that Admiral Forbes has been killed and that they are stranded on Orcon, the group realizes that they are in a race against time to thwart Leider's plans for destruction against Earth. As the story unfolds, they face numerous challenges, engage in fierce battles with the strange Orconites, and devise a daring escape involving the explosive kotomite they carry. The climax centers around their fight for survival and prevention of a potential catastrophe on Earth, showcasing themes of resilience, teamwork, and unexpected heroism. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 115520 115525 2024-10-09T14:13:30.965571 2023-09-10T05:53:00.874556 text/html text/html 113365 2021-01-02T20:50:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 240626 2021-01-02T20:50:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 358764 2024-10-09T14:13:37.690558 application/epub+zip 359120 2024-10-09T14:13:34.489583 application/epub+zip 110997 2024-10-09T14:13:32.976565 application/epub+zip 532702 2024-10-09T14:13:39.899553 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 518077 2024-10-09T14:13:36.632540 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 185509 2022-09-10T11:46:26.504481 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 106049 105955 2024-10-09T14:13:30.577578 2023-09-10T05:53:00.588547 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 105788 2021-01-02T20:50:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 40084 2021-01-02T20:50:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 105779 2021-01-02T20:50:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 40057 2021-01-02T20:50:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21255 2024-10-09T14:13:40.026544 application/rdf+xml 15930 2024-10-09T14:13:33.518565 image/jpeg 3589 2024-10-09T14:13:33.245562 image/jpeg 325403 2024-10-09T14:13:30.983608 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