Project Gutenberg 2010-04-13 Public domain in the USA. 87 Nourse, Alan Edward 1928 1992 Edwards, Al Nourse, Alan E. (Alan Edward) Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Derelict Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Derelict" by Alan Edward Nourse is a science fiction novel written in the early to mid-20th century. The story revolves around a mysterious spaceship that appears near a satellite station, drawing the attention of the crew stationed there. The novel explores themes of ambition, loyalty, and the ethical dilemmas faced by individuals when confronted with power dynamics and personal desires in a tense, isolated environment. In "Derelict," the crew of a remote satellite station encounters a massive and seemingly abandoned ship from deep space. As they attempt to make contact and understand the origin of the vessel, tensions rise, particularly between Second-in-Command John Sabo and Captain Loomis, who is eager to claim glory for discovering an interstellar drive. When Sabo and engineer Brownie venture aboard the ship, they discover the remains of its alien crew, raising questions about the ship's purpose and nearly revealing a dark secret. Ultimately, as Loomis’s ambitions threaten their safety, Sabo and Brownie find themselves in a desperate bid for freedom, leading to an explosive confrontation that forces Sabo to choose between self-preservation and the greater good. The story delicately balances the thrill of exploration with the moral implications of authority and survival in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 68765 68773 2024-09-13T12:37:20.996121 2023-09-14T06:47:18.009285 text/html text/html 64882 2021-01-06T11:37:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 258249 2021-01-06T11:37:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 297871 2024-09-13T12:37:24.647061 application/epub+zip 296462 2024-09-13T12:37:22.301065 application/epub+zip 64836 2024-09-13T12:37:21.406085 application/epub+zip 460812 2024-09-13T12:37:26.370067 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 451922 2024-09-13T12:37:23.980093 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109089 2022-09-14T15:51:20.748878 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61179 61078 2024-09-13T12:37:20.758082 2023-09-14T06:47:17.804206 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 61054 2021-01-06T11:37:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23817 2021-01-06T11:37:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19560 2024-09-13T12:37:26.518041 application/rdf+xml 8434 2024-09-13T12:37:21.750069 image/jpeg 2216 2024-09-13T12:37:21.578066 image/jpeg 297825 2024-09-13T12:37:21.015115 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 en.wikipedia