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 2009-10-21 Public domain in the USA. 97 Garrett, Randall 1927 1987 Garrett, Gordon Randall Garret, Randall Barretton, Grandall Mitchell, Clyde Burke, Ralph Douglas Hanging by a Thread Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Hanging by a Thread" by David Gordon is a science fiction short story written during the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around the crew of the interplanetary cargo vessel "Persephone", who face a dire situation when their ship encounters a catastrophic event in space. The story explores themes of human ingenuity and problem-solving in the face of technological failure. The plot follows Jayjay Kelvin, a businessman and avid reader, as he and the crew deal with the aftermath of a catastrophic explosion caused by a small yet highly energetic piece of debris. As the crew assesses their critical situation, they discover that their emergency communication devices, called screamers, cannot function due to a design flaw. With limited resources and time running out, Jayjay utilizes his keen analytical skills to propose a clever solution involving a makeshift tool to rectify the issue. The narrative highlights his leadership and ability to inspire cooperation among the crew members, ultimately leading to their survival when they successfully establish contact for rescue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 82625 82559 2024-11-13T04:52:20.956462 2023-09-13T09:46:43.302677 text/html text/html 79574 2009-10-21T10:33:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 186969 2009-10-21T10:33:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 259613 2024-11-13T04:52:26.331428 application/epub+zip 258459 2024-11-13T04:52:23.737436 application/epub+zip 95511 2024-11-13T04:52:21.604438 application/epub+zip 360494 2024-11-13T04:52:28.282426 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 352769 2024-11-13T04:52:25.636435 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 166034 2022-09-14T05:36:30.447249 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 75042 74939 2024-10-13T04:57:45.206923 2023-09-13T09:46:43.054678 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 74892 2009-10-21T10:33:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 28557 2009-10-21T10:33:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20504 2024-11-13T04:52:28.408407 application/rdf+xml 13158 2024-11-13T04:52:23.116454 image/jpeg 3493 2024-11-13T04:52:22.844555 image/jpeg 253987 2024-11-13T04:52:20.973488 application/octet-stream application/zip More titles under Jorgensen, Ivar en.wikipedia