Project Gutenberg 2016-03-02 Public domain in the USA. 156 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman Voyage to Far N'jurd Produced from Galaxy Magazine April 1963 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Voyage to Far N'jurd" by Kris Neville is a science fiction novel that was first published in the early 1960s. Set aboard a spaceship, the narrative explores the ritualistic culture aboard as the crew anticipates a significant event referred to as the "Festival of the Casting Off." The story delves into themes of duty, societal norms, and the complexities of human relationships in the context of a deeply stratified space society. The story follows the lives of the spaceship’s crew as they prepare for this pivotal festival, which involves a unique and grim form of social recreation known as "Casting Off." Crew members express their frustrations and desires concerning their fates, as the roles they play intertwine personal aspirations with deeply ingrained traditions. The captain grapples with his responsibilities and the weight of expectation, while the priest, Father Nestir, navigates a series of humorous yet profound interactions with the crew concerning duty and companionship. As the festival approaches, personal conflicts arise, revealing the underlying tensions among the characters, leading to unexpected outcomes and moral dilemmas during the ritualistic events that ensue. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Manners and customs -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Death -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Culture/Civilization/Society Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 102339 2025-06-20T14:56:39.770944 text/html 80110 2024-10-23T00:07:42 text/html 325404 2025-06-20T14:56:42.653936 application/epub+zip 325786 2025-06-20T14:56:40.297986 application/epub+zip 102189 2025-06-20T14:56:40.008993 application/epub+zip 376076 2025-06-20T14:56:44.444894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 369567 2025-06-20T14:56:42.396955 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146217 2022-09-23T11:20:16.763392 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 91868 2023-09-22T09:09:56.539944 text/plain 72158 2024-10-23T00:07:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16720 2025-06-20T14:56:44.608886 application/rdf+xml 30082 2025-06-20T14:56:40.097914 image/jpeg 4899 2025-06-20T14:56:40.052898 image/jpeg 294710 2025-06-20T14:56:39.788910 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