Project Gutenberg 2012-04-29 Public domain in the USA. 118 Pangborn, Edgar 1909 1976 West of the sun Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Bruce Albrecht, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "West of the Sun" by Edgar Pangborn is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story unfolds in a future where humans explore a newly discovered planet called Lucifer, which is teeming with life but is also filled with unknown dangers. The narrative centers around six human characters, including anthropologist Dr. Christopher Wright, whose belief in the goodness of humanity is tested by their encounters with alien species on this strange new world. The opening of the novel introduces readers to the crew of the spaceship "Argo" as they prepare to land on the red-green planet, Lucifer, in the year 2056 A.D., although the inhabitants refer to it as "Year One." Each of the six characters is distinct: Paul Mason shares his wife with his friend, Dorothy Leeds, and faces his own emotional turmoil; Sears Oliphant, the gentle scientist, seeks to understand his alien counterparts; along with the others, they grapple with the challenges of survival in an unfamiliar environment. As their ship descends, the dynamics among the crew highlight their hopes, fears, and the philosophical dilemmas they face when encountering new forms of life, setting the stage for a deeper exploration of humanity's capacity for companionship and conflict amidst chaos and danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 464845 2025-07-16T06:35:15.974264 text/html 473143 2012-04-29T10:57:10 text/html 411323 2025-07-16T06:35:24.625227 application/epub+zip 415930 2025-07-16T06:35:18.998298 application/epub+zip 256690 2025-07-16T06:35:17.720306 application/epub+zip 633939 2025-07-16T06:35:28.975215 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 597749 2025-07-16T06:35:23.755262 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425734 2022-09-18T06:59:49.835040 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 437736 2025-07-16T06:35:15.160314 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 437571 2012-04-29T10:57:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 437562 2012-04-29T10:57:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20989 2025-07-16T06:35:29.116217 application/rdf+xml 13957 2025-07-16T06:35:18.235276 image/jpeg 3683 2025-07-16T06:35:17.974263 image/jpeg 175393 2012-04-29T10:57:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 299210 2012-04-29T10:57:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 175366 2012-04-29T10:57:12 application/octet-stream application/zip 381662 2025-07-16T06:35:16.019319 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