Project Gutenberg 2009-07-20 Public domain in the USA. 69 Burks, Arthur J. 1898 1974 Lords of the Stratosphere Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Lords of the Stratosphere" by Arthur J. Burks is a science fiction novelette written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around the pioneering aviators Lucian Jeter and Tema Eyer, who are determined to explore the stratosphere following a mysterious disappearance of their colleague, Franz Kress, during his ambitious flight. As they embark on their journey into the unknown, they grapple with the implications of their ascent and the potential threats that may await in the uncharted territories above. The opening of the novelette sets the stage with Kress preparing for his historic flight from Roosevelt Field, instilling a sense of competition and dread among his peers. Jeter and Eyer, motivated by both scientific curiosity and personal aspirations, anticipate following Kress into the stratosphere if he fails to return. As they delve deeper into their preparations, a series of strange events unfold across the globe, hinting at a larger mystery linked to Kress’s disappearance. The narrative builds tension as Kress unexpectedly vanishes, leading Jeter and Eyer to set off on their own expedition to uncover the truth behind the bizarre occurrences, including the uncanny columns of light reported worldwide, ultimately setting them on a collision course with unknown forces that threaten not only their lives but potentially the fate of humanity itself. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 166714 166711 2024-10-12T15:47:02.983185 2023-09-13T06:41:45.307068 text/html text/html 165348 2009-07-20T06:23:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 174979 2009-07-20T06:23:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245782 2024-10-12T15:47:08.379676 application/epub+zip 248045 2024-10-12T15:47:04.958172 application/epub+zip 127297 2024-10-12T15:47:03.746173 application/epub+zip 387106 2024-10-12T15:47:11.148648 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369225 2024-10-12T15:47:07.691136 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 203283 2022-09-13T15:31:37.239987 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154690 154587 2024-10-12T15:47:02.273345 2023-09-13T06:41:44.892060 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 154526 2009-07-20T06:23:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57668 2009-07-20T06:23:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20206 2024-10-12T15:47:11.281617 application/rdf+xml 13745 2024-10-12T15:47:04.328149 image/jpeg 3794 2024-10-12T15:47:04.041205 image/jpeg 239948 2024-10-12T15:47:03.013204 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