Project Gutenberg 2016-01-09 Public domain in the USA. 78 Samachson, Joseph 1906 1980 Sterling, Brett Morrison, William Samachson, Joe Vidmer Vidmer, René Vidmer, Rene The Weather on Mercury Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Weather on Mercury" by William Morrison is a science fiction novella published in the early 1950s. Set against the backdrop of Mercury, this story involves an expedition team sent to locate an intrepid explorer named Kalinoff who has mysteriously gone missing. The plot centers around the unexpected and bizarre weather phenomena on the planet, including rain and snow, sharp contrasts to its typically arid climate, as the team grapples with both environmental and interpersonal conflicts. As the crew navigates the challenges of the Twilight Zone on Mercury, they encounter a range of complications, particularly involving the character McCracken, whose impulsive actions create tension among the team. Amidst the backdrop of strange weather, the expedition leader, Captain Lamoureux, must manage the fallout from McCracken's mischief and the questionable motives of another crew member, Carvalho. The narrative takes a twist when they finally locate Kalinoff, revealing a clever ruse involving the planet's native inhabitants and their treatment of weather as a form of communication. This results in a blend of humor and tension as the men navigate their own conflicts while attempting to survive on a peculiarly unpredictable Mercury. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Extraterrestrial beings -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Mercury (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 86744 86750 2024-09-21T09:52:02.563768 2023-09-22T07:09:01.930666 text/html text/html 83483 2016-01-09T17:13:10 text/html; charset=us-ascii 334397 2016-01-09T17:13:10 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 366863 2024-09-21T09:52:04.828823 application/epub+zip 367389 2024-09-21T09:52:02.979783 application/epub+zip 98565 2024-09-21T09:52:02.753771 application/epub+zip 412677 2024-09-21T09:52:06.336742 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404960 2024-09-21T09:52:04.588756 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136784 2022-09-23T06:50:31.174432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78743 78648 2024-09-21T09:52:02.350882 2023-09-22T07:09:01.614628 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 78584 2016-01-09T17:13:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 29578 2016-01-09T17:13:10 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 19780 2024-09-21T09:52:06.463760 application/rdf+xml 25431 2024-09-21T09:52:02.820763 image/jpeg 4278 2024-09-21T09:52:02.786791 image/jpeg 335478 2024-09-21T09:52:02.582817 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