Project Gutenberg 2009-03-17 Public domain in the USA. 1323 Harrison, Harry 1925 2012 Dempsey, Henry Maxwell Harrison, Henry Maxwell Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Deathworld Produced from Astounding Science Fiction January, February and March 1960. Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deathworld Produced by Greg Weeks, Bruce Albrecht, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Deathworld" by Harry Harrison is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows Jason dinAlt, a skilled gambler who becomes embroiled in a dangerous proposition while visiting the hostile planet of Pyrrus, which is notorious for its lethal environment and life forms. Jason is offered a spectacular gamble involving an astronomical amount of money, bringing him into contact with Kerk Pyrrus, a strong and enigmatic figure with ties to a world of survival and violence. The opening of "Deathworld" sets the stage for Jason's introduction to the treacherous nature of Pyrrus through an encounter that emphasizes his life as a professional gambler. As he unwinds in a luxurious setting with a hidden gun, he is approached by Kerk, who reveals his plan to gamble with a substantial sum of money. The tension escalates as Jason realizes the stakes involved and the dangerous world he is being drawn into—one filled with unyielding challenges and potentially lethal consequences. As their transaction unfolds, readers are drawn into a high-pressure story filled with suspense, moral ambiguity, and the exploration of survival in one of the deadliest environments imaginable. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Life on other planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 367294 2025-06-11T15:43:23.356644 text/html 366682 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 813695 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 873187 2025-06-11T15:43:32.467115 application/epub+zip 879227 2025-06-11T15:43:26.315646 application/epub+zip 212724 2025-06-11T15:43:24.222645 application/epub+zip 1486962 2025-06-11T15:43:36.704100 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1455492 2025-06-11T15:43:30.832134 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 306976 2022-09-13T08:27:12.649841 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 347790 2025-06-11T15:43:22.271645 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 347651 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 132381 2021-01-04T20:47:17 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20029 2025-06-11T15:43:36.863083 application/rdf+xml 10504 2025-06-11T15:43:24.810690 image/jpeg 2945 2025-06-11T15:43:24.519674 image/jpeg 874927 2025-06-11T15:43:23.449638 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 en.wikipedia