Project Gutenberg 2012-12-16 Public domain in the USA. 286 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. The Forgotten Planet Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Forgotten_Planet Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Forgotten Planet" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story centers around the theme of survival and adaptation in a hostile environment, following the character Burl as he navigates a dangerous and grotesque landscape filled with oversized insects and toxic flora. As humanity has forgotten this planet's existence, the narrative explores both the individual struggle for existence and the broader implications of loss and rediscovery. At the start of the novel, readers are introduced to a forsaken world that was once studied by humanity but left barren and lifeless for centuries. Burl is depicted as one of the descendants of a shipwrecked crew who has lost all connection to their past and now leads a primitive existence under the constant threat of deadly creatures. The opening chapters capture his desperate attempts to survive in a nightmarish landscape as he contemplates discovering tools and brave new approaches to find food while avoiding danger. stripped of knowledge about his origins and the world, Burl's story promises a dramatic exploration of evolution, both physical and mental, as he begins to think beyond mere survival instinct. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41637/41637-h/images/cover.jpg Reading ease score: 74.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 367764 2025-08-17T03:44:38.421305 text/html 347703 2024-10-23T12:59:43 text/html 286618 2025-08-17T03:44:42.528368 application/epub+zip 291349 2025-08-17T03:44:39.093298 application/epub+zip 202622 2025-08-17T03:44:38.743288 application/epub+zip 404409 2025-08-17T03:44:45.428230 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 384176 2025-08-17T03:44:42.225245 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 295539 2022-09-19T05:18:31.274534 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 354421 2025-08-17T03:44:37.772273 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 334685 2024-10-23T12:59:43 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16752 2025-08-17T03:44:45.586230 application/rdf+xml 30914 2025-08-17T03:44:38.819276 image/jpeg 4789 2025-08-17T03:44:38.780292 image/jpeg 277070 2025-08-17T03:44:38.455267 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