Project Gutenberg 2019-03-28 Public domain in the USA. 163 Fontenay, Charles L. 1917 2007 Fontenay, Charles Louis Orban, Paul 1896 1974 Blow the Man Down Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, March 1955 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Blow the Man Down" by Charles L. Fontenay is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around Captain Albrekt Vebrug of the Flanjo intelligence service, who hijacks the Mars-Titan freighter "By Jove!" with plans to commandeer its crew and cargo for his own military purposes. The narrative explores themes of power, survival, and the psychological dynamics of captivity in the isolation of space. The storyline follows Albrekt as he successfully takes control of the ship, initially keeping the crew locked away while he learns to manage the spacecraft. Tensions rise as the crew members, Captain Carrel, engineer Migl, and navigator Qoqol, attempt to thwart Albrekt's plans, leading to a series of confrontations as they navigate their precarious situation together. As the crew work on a bizarre plan involving a lithium shield to protect against radiation from Jupiter, Albrekt finds himself grappling with loneliness and fear of isolation in space. Ultimately, Carrel and his crew use cunning tactics to reclaim their ship, turning Albrekt's own strategies against him and demonstrating the unpredictability of power dynamics when survival hangs in the balance. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Space pirates -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 69611 2025-07-23T12:08:28.149243 text/html 66231 2019-03-28T04:22:42 text/html 239005 2025-07-23T12:08:29.979220 application/epub+zip 237845 2025-07-23T12:08:28.518264 application/epub+zip 87687 2025-07-23T12:08:28.308224 application/epub+zip 279059 2025-07-23T12:08:31.236211 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 271435 2025-07-23T12:08:29.778222 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121630 2022-09-26T20:49:31.732214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62354 2025-07-23T12:08:28.011240 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 62524 2019-03-28T04:22:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 62515 2019-03-28T04:22:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21326 2025-07-23T12:08:31.364204 application/rdf+xml 28458 2025-07-23T12:08:28.386221 image/jpeg 4712 2025-07-23T12:08:28.347216 image/jpeg 23886 2019-03-28T04:22:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 402587 2019-03-28T04:22:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 23869 2019-03-28T04:22:42 application/octet-stream application/zip 405320 2025-07-23T12:08:28.163265 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