Project Gutenberg 2009-09-14 Public domain in the USA. 93 Fyfe, H. B. (Horace Bowne) 1918 1997 Fyfe, Horace Bowne Fyfe, H.B. Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon Satellite System Reading ease score: 82.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Satellite System" by H. B. Fyfe is a science fiction novel likely written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around George Tremont, a business consultant navigating the complexities of a futuristic interstellar society, dealing in ideas and inventions. The narrative unfolds in the backdrop of space travel, painting a vivid picture of life inside spaceships and interactions on distant moons. The plot centers on Tremont's treacherous journey as he is hijacked by three individuals—Bill Braigh, Ralph Peters, and Dorothy Stauber—who seek to steal his valuable ideas stored in a case. After a fierce struggle, Tremont finds himself jettisoned into space, left to drift with limited air supply. Employing clever tactics, he manages to get back to his ship, outsmarting his captors and taking control of the situation. The story culminates in Tremont’s resourcefulness as he sets up a unique satellite system to maintain the upper hand over those who betrayed him, showcasing themes of survival, ingenuity, and the complexities of trust in a treacherous world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 55226 55225 2024-10-12T18:14:27.563693 2023-09-13T08:36:10.896768 text/html text/html 51770 2009-09-14T06:56:22 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 95775 2009-09-14T06:56:24 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 162044 2024-10-12T18:14:31.664666 application/epub+zip 160916 2024-10-12T18:14:29.302691 application/epub+zip 82718 2024-10-12T18:14:28.182734 application/epub+zip 253026 2024-10-12T18:14:33.384703 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 245842 2024-10-12T18:14:30.998673 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 142676 2022-09-14T03:55:49.609867 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 48797 48694 2024-10-12T18:14:27.262729 2023-09-13T08:36:10.699768 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 48726 2009-09-14T06:56:22 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 18958 2009-09-14T06:56:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 48717 2009-09-14T06:56:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18942 2009-09-14T06:56:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22230 2024-10-12T18:14:33.522654 application/rdf+xml 12420 2024-10-12T18:14:28.721674 image/jpeg 3278 2024-10-12T18:14:28.450677 image/jpeg 157927 2024-10-12T18:14:27.574694 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