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 Project Gutenberg 2009-06-20 Public domain in the USA. 68 Williamson, Jack 1908 2006 Williamson, John Stewart Stewart, Will The Pygmy Planet Pigmy Planet Reading ease score: 83.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Pygmy Planet" by Jack Williamson is a science fiction novel written during the early 20th century, specifically in the 1930s. The story follows Larry Manahan, a frustrated advertising agent yearning for adventure, who becomes embroiled in a remarkable and dangerous situation after receiving a mysterious call from a young woman named Agnes Sterling. The narrative dives into themes of exploration and the consequences of scientific experimentation as Larry finds himself on a miniature planet that exists in a laboratory, witnessing the evolution of its inhabitants and the erratic behavior of a monstrous intelligent machine. The plot unfolds when Larry discovers that Agnes, along with her employer, Dr. Travis Whiting, are caught in a web of danger involving this Pygmy Planet and its bizarre, machine-like creatures. After witnessing the horrors that ensue when these creatures abduct Dr. Whiting, Larry learns that he can shrink himself to enter the miniature world. He battles against time and the ruthless mechanical denizens in a desperate attempt to rescue Agnes and confronts a dark civilization that worships an ancient steam hammer as a god. As he navigates this uncharted territory filled with peril, he uncovers the tragic fate of the planet's prior inhabitants and ultimately must foil their sinister sacrifices. The story is a thrilling blend of adventure, science, and the exploration of humanity's relationship with technology. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 83873 83862 2024-10-12T14:19:37.831673 2023-09-13T05:35:07.317651 text/html text/html 80863 2009-06-20T10:46:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 185597 2009-06-20T10:46:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 261654 2024-10-12T14:19:42.663790 application/epub+zip 260551 2024-10-12T14:19:39.875666 application/epub+zip 95037 2024-10-12T14:19:38.521654 application/epub+zip 357576 2024-10-12T14:19:44.633632 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 350626 2024-10-12T14:19:41.972648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159771 2022-09-13T13:55:09.653114 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76108 76005 2024-10-12T14:19:37.293714 2023-09-13T05:35:07.073658 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 75960 2009-06-20T10:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28650 2009-06-20T10:46:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20184 2024-10-12T14:19:44.834626 application/rdf+xml 13000 2024-10-12T14:19:39.073658 image/jpeg 3495 2024-10-12T14:19:38.797663 image/jpeg 252302 2024-10-12T14:19:37.847685 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia