Project Gutenberg 2019-10-25 Public domain in the USA. 119 McKenna, Richard 1913 1964 McKenna, Richard Milton McKenna, R. M. Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly The Fishdollar Affair Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, October 1958 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Fishdollar Affair" by Richard McKenna is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story revolves around Ensign Stephen Welnicki, who finds himself at the helm of an unexpected political and military crisis involving a group of settlers from a new planet, Fishdollar Five. As Welnicki navigates through this interstellar tension, the narrative blends elements of adventure and humor within an ironic and tender examination of duty, loyalty, and personal honor. In the book, Ensign Welnicki is faced with a mutiny aboard the S.S. Rubberjack, which leads to the emergence of the self-proclaimed President Wendrew Fishdollar. With the authority of the Galactic Patrol behind him, Welnicki is tasked with regaining control of the ship and its crew, while also dealing with the unexpected dynamics of a female-dominated society on Fishdollar Five. As tensions escalate, Welnicki must balance his duties as a Galactic Patrol officer with his growing affection for the planet's inhabitants, leading to an unexpected twist that culminates in a deeply personal and politically charged conclusion. The story ultimately explores themes of love, identity, and the complexities of power in a whimsical yet thought-provoking manner. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 79.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Space ships -- Fiction Mutiny -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour Category: Adventure Category: Novels 79416 2025-06-24T07:15:25.763932 text/html 56019 2024-10-17T14:20:32 text/html 257463 2025-06-24T07:15:28.059962 application/epub+zip 256251 2025-06-24T07:15:26.218952 application/epub+zip 85919 2025-06-24T07:15:25.963925 application/epub+zip 302241 2025-06-24T07:15:29.591912 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 294057 2025-06-24T07:15:27.824950 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 124014 2022-09-27T11:17:43.299572 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 71724 2025-06-24T07:15:25.576945 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 51956 2024-10-17T14:20:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17800 2025-06-24T07:15:29.729891 application/rdf+xml 26125 2025-06-24T07:15:26.056910 image/jpeg 4536 2025-06-24T07:15:26.009914 image/jpeg 411885 2025-06-24T07:15:25.779906 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 en.wikipedia