Project Gutenberg 2010-02-03 Public domain in the USA. 113 Harmon, Jim 1933 2010 Harmon, James Judson Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally The Planet with No Nightmare Produced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction July 1961. Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Planet with No Nightmare" by Jim Harmon is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s, at a time when space exploration was gaining significant public interest. The narrative focuses on an exploration team that arrives on a mysterious planet, Yancy-6, where they encounter bizarre life forms and grapple with the implications of their existence, particularly in relation to mortality and the nature of life itself. The themes of isolation, suspicion, and existential inquiry weave through the story as the crew members confront the planet's strange phenomena. In "The Planet with No Nightmare," the story follows a surveyor named Ekstrohm and his two companions, Ryan and Nogol, as they land on the unfamiliar planet Yancy-6. Upon arrival, they initially encounter dead animals, which mysteriously disappear, leading to rising tensions within the crew as suspicions about Ekstrohm's sanity surface. The narrative intensifies as Ekstrohm discovers that the creatures on the planet can seemingly feign death as a defense mechanism. As the exploration team investigates, they learn about the planet's odd ecological dynamics, including a connection to enigmatic flying whales. Ultimately, the exploration leads to revelations about the possibility of immortality among the planet's residents and the implications for human colonization, culminating in Ekstrohm's decision to leave his companions behind and report back to civilization, emphasizing the loneliness of his condition. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 74530 2025-08-12T15:27:05.979959 text/html 69890 2021-01-06T02:45:02 text/html 167994 2025-08-12T15:27:11.354448 application/epub+zip 167218 2025-08-12T15:27:08.811477 application/epub+zip 97276 2025-08-12T15:27:07.606995 application/epub+zip 372116 2025-08-12T15:27:13.054483 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 340234 2025-08-12T15:27:10.554432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 179663 2022-09-14T10:36:19.628329 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60461 2025-08-12T15:27:05.664987 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 60255 2021-01-06T02:45:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19545 2025-08-12T15:27:13.191445 application/rdf+xml 15090 2025-08-12T15:27:08.117451 image/jpeg 3911 2025-08-12T15:27:07.860473 image/jpeg 97343 2021-01-06T02:45:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 23478 2021-01-06T02:45:02 application/octet-stream application/zip 168128 2025-08-12T15:27:05.992974 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