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 Project Gutenberg 2015-12-01 Public domain in the USA. 120 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. A Thousand Degrees Below Zero Produced from The Thrill Book, July 15, 1919 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Thousand Degrees Below Zero" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the early 20th century. The story begins amidst a strange and alarming phenomenon in New York harbor, where an inexplicable mass of ice begins to form, seemingly defying the summer heat, leading to frozen shipping channels and panic amongst the populace. The narrative introduces readers to a cast of characters, including Teddy Gerrod, who is determined to understand and thwart the inexplicable events caused by a mysterious antagonist, Wladislaw Varrhus. The opening of the narrative sets the stage for an intriguing fusion of science and suspense. The story begins with passengers on a steamer witnessing a melodic humming sound overhead, followed by an unseasonable cold front as a massive ice cake unaccountably forms in the water. Readers are introduced to the chaos ignited by a disastrous collision involving a tramp steamer and a lurking threat beneath the waves. As the ice continues to expand, it captures the attention of various emergency services and the press, leading to alarming public speculation regarding the return of an ice age. Alongside the icy disturbances, Gerrod encounters Varrhus, whose mysterious intentions and advanced technologies pose a dire threat to humanity, setting the stage for a high-stakes battle of wits and innovation as Gerrod seeks to unravel the enigma behind these chilling events. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 164475 2025-07-20T10:03:39.861618 text/html 141860 2024-10-22T23:31:26 text/html 188245 2025-07-20T10:03:42.332604 application/epub+zip 190465 2025-07-20T10:03:40.267614 application/epub+zip 107830 2025-07-20T10:03:40.050594 application/epub+zip 257283 2025-07-20T10:03:44.175594 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 242240 2025-07-20T10:03:42.119619 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 159911 2022-09-22T20:59:42.693101 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 153919 2025-07-20T10:03:39.655605 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 134066 2024-10-22T23:31:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17352 2025-07-20T10:03:44.330579 application/rdf+xml 20275 2025-07-20T10:03:40.117585 image/jpeg 3937 2025-07-20T10:03:40.083622 image/jpeg 173887 2025-07-20T10:03:39.881585 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia