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Title: Quest on Io
Series Title: Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1940
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Quest on Io" by Robert Moore Williams is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story follows Andy Horn, a prospector on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, who is in search of valuable minerals while accompanied by his intelligent honey-bear, Oscar. The plot explores themes of survival, conflict, and unexpected alliances in a harsh extraterrestrial environment. The narrative begins with Andy on a prospecting trip to Io, where he encounters danger from an unknown adversary wielding a heat ray. After a series of confrontations, he meets Frieda Dahlem, a female prospector who initially mistakes him for a claim-jumper. As they navigate threats from rival prospectors and explore the mines together, they stumble upon a hidden chamber containing radium deposits. The story weaves together their budding partnership amidst peril, highlighting their survival instincts and the discovery of past intelligent life on Io through traces left in the cavern. Ultimately, the dynamic between Andy, Frieda, and Oscar showcases the themes of camaraderie and resourcefulness in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Williams, Robert Moore, 1907-1977
Illustrator: Rosenthal, Leon
EBook No.: 61811
Published: Apr 12, 2020
Downloads: 77
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Prospecting -- Fiction
Subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Fiction
Subject: Io (Satellite) -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Quest on Io
Series Title: Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1940
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Quest on Io" by Robert Moore Williams is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The story follows Andy Horn, a prospector on Io, one of Jupiter's moons, who is in search of valuable minerals while accompanied by his intelligent honey-bear, Oscar. The plot explores themes of survival, conflict, and unexpected alliances in a harsh extraterrestrial environment. The narrative begins with Andy on a prospecting trip to Io, where he encounters danger from an unknown adversary wielding a heat ray. After a series of confrontations, he meets Frieda Dahlem, a female prospector who initially mistakes him for a claim-jumper. As they navigate threats from rival prospectors and explore the mines together, they stumble upon a hidden chamber containing radium deposits. The story weaves together their budding partnership amidst peril, highlighting their survival instincts and the discovery of past intelligent life on Io through traces left in the cavern. Ultimately, the dynamic between Andy, Frieda, and Oscar showcases the themes of camaraderie and resourcefulness in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Reading Level: Reading ease score: 84.5 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Author: Williams, Robert Moore, 1907-1977
Illustrator: Rosenthal, Leon
EBook No.: 61811
Published: Apr 12, 2020
Downloads: 77
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Prospecting -- Fiction
Subject: Mines and mineral resources -- Fiction
Subject: Io (Satellite) -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.