Project Gutenberg 2010-06-06 Public domain in the USA. 204 Warner, Harry 1922 2003 Warner, Harry Backer Cancer World Produced from Imagination May 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Cancer World" by Harry Warner, Jr. is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The book explores a dystopian future where healthy individuals are barred from traveling to Mars to assist in creating a cancer-free population, while those diagnosed with cancer are forcibly relocated to the planet. Central to the story is a man's desperate struggle to stay with his family amidst this oppressive legislation and government control. The narrative follows Greg Marson, who faces turmoil when his wife, Dora, receives news of her cancer diagnosis. As she prepares to leave for Mars with their children, Greg is torn between the harsh laws that prevent him from accompanying them and his urge to ensure his family's safety. This leads him to pursue illegal means to get himself onto Mars, including seeking a dangerous medical procedure to falsify his health status. In a twist of fate, he accidentally ends up on a freighter destined for Venus. Throughout the story, themes of familial loyalty, government overreach, and personal sacrifice are deeply interwoven, culminating in Greg’s realization of the true nature of the population crisis affecting both Mars and Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 51646 2025-10-13T09:48:59.324699 text/html 48085 2021-01-06T17:37:06 text/html 157191 2025-10-13T09:49:03.793684 application/epub+zip 155926 2025-10-13T09:49:01.701691 application/epub+zip 84643 2025-10-13T09:49:00.657732 application/epub+zip 220994 2025-10-13T09:49:05.305670 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 214535 2025-10-13T09:49:03.188668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118445 2022-09-15T05:59:35.775513 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 45608 2025-10-13T09:48:59.075683 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 45475 2021-01-06T17:37:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18482 2025-10-13T09:49:05.425673 application/rdf+xml 10857 2025-10-13T09:49:01.158742 image/jpeg 2822 2025-10-13T09:49:00.906703 image/jpeg 81983 2021-01-06T17:37:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 17655 2021-01-06T17:37:06 application/octet-stream application/zip 150829 2025-10-13T09:48:59.338200 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