Project Gutenberg 2015-09-20 Public domain in the USA. 256 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. The Wailing Asteroid Wikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wailing_Asteroid Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Wailing Asteroid" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story revolves around mysterious signals emanating from a small asteroid, which captivate scientists and spark fear across Earth as they hint at an alien presence. The main character, Joe Burke, is an engineer who is personally connected to these signals through his recurring dreams of a distant world. The opening of the story introduces a party from Earth that discovers a vast, abandoned fortress-like asteroid filled with advanced weaponry. The narrative shifts to a small satellite-tracking station in the South Pacific, which begins picking up musical signals from this celestial body, suggesting an attempt at communication from an unknown intelligence. As the signals are verified by various international stations, Burke’s personal backstory unfolds, revealing his psychological struggles tied to his dreams of a world with two moons and unique trees. The interaction between his past and the extraterrestrial signals intensifies, setting the stage for a thrilling exploration of humanity's place in the universe and the potential for connection—or conflict—with other intelligent beings. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 76.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Asteroids -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 370687 2025-07-20T06:08:22.940433 text/html 349891 2024-10-22T23:09:55 text/html 324053 2025-07-20T06:08:26.990357 application/epub+zip 329165 2025-07-20T06:08:23.517390 application/epub+zip 207733 2025-07-20T06:08:23.218429 application/epub+zip 445412 2025-07-20T06:08:29.973411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 425735 2025-07-20T06:08:26.705432 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 304934 2022-09-22T15:46:06.954401 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 355654 2025-07-20T06:08:22.481403 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 335917 2024-10-22T23:09:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17695 2025-07-20T06:08:30.095381 application/rdf+xml 27905 2025-07-20T06:08:23.296466 image/jpeg 4507 2025-07-20T06:08:23.258398 image/jpeg 302852 2025-07-20T06:08:22.979388 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