Project Gutenberg 2020-02-11 Public domain in the USA. 190 Pohl, Frederik 1919 2013 Pohl, Frederick Pohl, Frederik George, Jr. MacCreigh, James Lavond, Paul Dennis Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling The Five Hells of Orion Produced from Worlds of If Science Fiction, January 1963 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Five Hells of Orion" by Frederik Pohl is a science fiction novel originally published in the early 1960s. The story focuses on Herrell McCray, a space navigator who finds himself abducted from his ship and thrust into an alien environment where he must confront inexplicable phenomena and extraterrestrial entities. The narrative explores concepts of communication, perception, and survival within a fascinating interstellar context. In the plot, McCray awakens in a strange, dark room filled with odd objects and realizes he is far from his ship, the "Jodrell Bank". As he grapples with his mysterious surroundings and attempts to establish contact with his crew, he encounters Hatcher, a jelly-like alien being from a race that relies on altered perceptions and paranormal abilities. The story develops as McCray learns more about Hatcher's people, their fear of the Old Ones—dangerous entities from the Central Masses of the galaxy— and their efforts to forge an alliance to combat this threat. Ultimately, McCray undergoes a transformation, gaining extraordinary abilities and insights that could enable humanity to stand against the Old Ones. The novel examines themes of fear, alien life, and the potential for human advancement amidst existential threats. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Space ships -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Abduction -- Fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction Astral projection -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 96714 2025-07-24T10:21:50.607416 text/html 73484 2024-10-17T16:21:39 text/html 284663 2025-07-24T10:21:53.166425 application/epub+zip 284996 2025-07-24T10:21:51.135395 application/epub+zip 97039 2025-07-24T10:21:50.875426 application/epub+zip 332549 2025-07-24T10:21:54.687389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 324379 2025-07-24T10:21:52.801370 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 136741 2022-09-27T18:01:14.432872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 88740 2025-07-24T10:21:50.365428 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 68879 2024-10-17T16:21:39 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18467 2025-07-24T10:21:54.878416 application/rdf+xml 30880 2025-07-24T10:21:50.963385 image/jpeg 4865 2025-07-24T10:21:50.919380 image/jpeg 886056 2025-07-24T10:21:50.632415 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 More titles under McCann, Edson en.wikipedia