Project Gutenberg 2020-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 133 Bond, Nelson S. 1908 2006 Bond, Nelson Slade Bond, Nelson Danzell, George Rosenthal, Leon The Castaway Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1940 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Castaway" by George Danzell is a science fiction novella published in the early 1940s. The story unfolds aboard a spaceship, where a crew discovers a mysterious man named Paul Moran who is found on an asteroid after being marooned. The central theme of the book revolves around survival, existential questions, and the haunting presence of the past. The narrative centers on the crew of the spaceship "Antigone", who rescue Paul Moran, an enigmatic figure claiming to have been marooned in the depths of space. As Moran's sinister influence begins to disrupt the ship's systems, it becomes evident that he is more than just an ordinary spacefarer. The crew faces a series of misfortunes, which they suspect may be linked to Moran's presence. As they uncover his true identity as the long-lost genius John Cartaphilus, they learn he harbors a dark obsession with death stemming from a tragic past. Ultimately, Moran's complex character drives the crew to grapple with their fate as they aim to escape the dangers of the H-layer surrounding Earth, while contemplating the nature of redemption and the possibility of finding peace in the void of space. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Castaways -- Fiction Wandering Jew -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 63542 2025-07-24T12:38:37.633927 text/html 40083 2024-10-17T17:36:49 text/html 307633 2025-07-24T12:38:39.523910 application/epub+zip 306465 2025-07-24T12:38:37.992918 application/epub+zip 92453 2025-07-24T12:38:37.785946 application/epub+zip 347466 2025-07-24T12:38:40.822889 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 339749 2025-07-24T12:38:39.314894 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 125913 2022-09-27T22:58:09.662827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56400 2025-07-24T12:38:37.493937 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36660 2024-10-17T17:36:49 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17461 2025-07-24T12:38:40.951876 application/rdf+xml 33251 2025-07-24T12:38:37.866885 image/jpeg 5374 2025-07-24T12:38:37.825921 image/jpeg 498258 2025-07-24T12:38:37.648915 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