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 2016-07-14 Public domain in the USA. 135 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Third Planet Produced from Worlds of Tomorrow April 1963 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Third Planet" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written during the early 1960s. The book explores themes of war, survival, and the potential consequences of human conflict, set against a backdrop of political tension between warring factions on Earth. The story is driven by a speculative exploration of alien worlds, highlighting what happens when life on one planet is extinguished, potentially giving warning to Earth about its own future. The narrative follows the crew of the survey ship "Lotus" as they discover a desolate planet that once thrived with life but has become a barren wasteland due to nuclear devastation. As the protagonist, Nolan, investigates this lost world, he realizes the devastating implications of humanity's own ongoing conflicts and the threat they pose to Earth. The tensions escalate as political leaders grapple with the potential for atomic war, culminating in a desperate and dramatic showdown, where the choices made by the characters can lead to either obliteration or the hope of peace. The novel ultimately serves as a cautionary tale about the dangers of war and the destructive forces unleashed when humanity fails to learn from the past. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 77.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Nuclear warfare -- Fiction Weapons -- Fiction Cold War -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 84165 2025-07-21T05:54:51.913590 text/html 60771 2024-10-23T00:51:58 text/html 559627 2025-07-21T05:54:53.843568 application/epub+zip 558468 2025-07-21T05:54:52.304630 application/epub+zip 96701 2025-07-21T05:54:52.085626 application/epub+zip 604013 2025-07-21T05:54:55.151625 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 596278 2025-07-21T05:54:53.624583 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132402 2022-09-23T23:03:06.292374 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76442 2025-07-21T05:54:51.770618 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 56734 2024-10-23T00:51:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18159 2025-07-21T05:54:55.267576 application/rdf+xml 24675 2025-07-21T05:54:52.151621 image/jpeg 4061 2025-07-21T05:54:52.118591 image/jpeg 512539 2025-07-21T05:54:51.933594 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia