Project Gutenberg 2006-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 358 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Operation: Outer Space Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation:_Outer_Space E-text prepared by Greg Weeks, L. N. Yaddanapudi, Geoffrey Kidd, and the Project Gutenberg Online Distributed Proofreading Team "Operation: Outer Space" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The narrative follows Jed Cochrane, a television producer, who is unexpectedly called to participate in a journey to the moon as part of a peculiar assignment. Cochrane grapples with feelings of unimportance and the disillusionment that comes from being just another cog in a vast corporate machinery while also confronting the wonders and dangers of space travel. The opening of the book presents Cochrane's cynical reflections as he travels to the space-port, setting the stage for his internal struggles and the societal pressures faced in a densely populated world. He receives orders to accompany a team to the moon for a project spearheaded by a psychiatrist, Dr. William Holden, who seeks to aid a troubled scientist, Dabney. Through Cochrane’s journey, we witness his sense of humiliation mixed with curiosity about the vastness of space. As he and his team embark on their mission, the narrative hints at the exploration of deeper themes regarding hope, ambition, and human connections amidst the backdrop of cutting-edge technology and the cosmic unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction Television programs -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 405241 2025-08-08T04:12:04.159724 text/html 408035 2019-10-03T11:01:58 text/html 226666 2025-08-08T04:12:11.935656 application/epub+zip 230680 2025-08-08T04:12:07.041685 application/epub+zip 216825 2025-08-08T04:12:05.803716 application/epub+zip 422699 2025-08-08T04:12:15.747630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 391027 2025-08-08T04:12:11.107714 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 328633 2022-09-08T16:06:13.786362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 370541 2025-08-08T04:12:03.418718 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 370274 2019-10-03T11:01:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19288 2025-08-08T04:12:15.876659 application/rdf+xml 13723 2025-08-08T04:12:06.384674 image/jpeg 3732 2025-08-08T04:12:06.127699 image/jpeg 149566 2019-10-03T11:03:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 140714 2019-10-03T11:03:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 217301 2025-08-08T04:12:04.189709 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia