Project Gutenberg 2009-08-17 Public domain in the USA. 107 Diffin, Charles Willard 1884 1966 The Finding of Haldgren Produced from Astounding Stories April 1932. Produced by Greg Weeks, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Finding of Haldgren" by Charles Willard Diffin is a science fiction novelette written in the early 20th century. The story revolves around Chet Bullard, a passionate master pilot who defies authority to embark on a daring quest to find another pilot, Haldgren, who vanished after becoming the first man to navigate space. The narrative sets the stage for an exploration of adventure and the human spirit in the face of the unknown. The opening of the novelette introduces a pivotal ceremonial event in the year 1974, where Bullard and his fellow pilot, Walter Harkness, are being celebrated for their historic achievement of flying through space. However, Bullard refuses to accept the accolades, insisting that they are not the true pioneers; that honor belongs to the missing Haldgren. As he makes a passionate case for Haldgren's survival, he captures the attention of the audience, revealing a mysterious SOS signal from the Moon that ignites his determination to set out on a quest for Haldgren. The tension between Bullard and authority is palpable as he makes a bold decision to pursue a spacecraft, ultimately leading the narrative into an interstellar adventure filled with danger and intrigue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Astounding Stories Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 206548 2025-07-12T08:53:21.177255 text/html 206216 2009-08-18T13:46:00 text/html 221330 2025-07-12T08:53:25.989223 application/epub+zip 223827 2025-07-12T08:53:22.805299 application/epub+zip 148431 2025-07-12T08:53:21.761241 application/epub+zip 344470 2025-07-12T08:53:28.464191 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 330706 2025-07-12T08:53:25.369238 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 221204 2022-09-13T16:47:36.129631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 198511 2025-07-12T08:53:20.757338 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 198285 2009-12-17T03:49:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19154 2025-07-12T08:53:28.590196 application/rdf+xml 10775 2025-07-12T08:53:22.253236 image/jpeg 2936 2025-07-12T08:53:22.006213 image/jpeg 154002 2009-08-18T13:50:40 application/octet-stream application/zip 75097 2009-12-17T03:51:30 application/octet-stream application/zip 223709 2025-07-12T08:53:21.199250 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