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 Project Gutenberg 2020-05-27 Public domain in the USA. 152 Brackett, Leigh 1915 1978 Brackett, Leigh Douglass Hamilton, Leigh Brackett Paul, Frank R. (Frank Rudolph) 1884 1963 Paul, Frank Rudolph Outpost on Io Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1942 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Outpost on Io" by Leigh Brackett is a science fiction novella written during the early 1940s. The story presents a harrowing tale of survival and resistance against an alien oppressor on one of Jupiter's moons, Io. The narrative centers on the plight of prisoners, including the protagonist Chris MacVickers, who find themselves trapped in a grim labor camp controlled by the inhuman Europans, striving to escape an inevitable fate. The plot unfolds as MacVickers, a deep-space trader, arrives at a desolate outpost where he and other captives are forced to work extracting a powerful substance known as Jovium from the dangerous, muddy terrain of Io. As the men face their bleak circumstances, MacVickers bears witness to the psychological and physical toll the oppressive environment takes on his fellow prisoners. Driven by a desire to reclaim their freedom, MacVickers rallies the desperate group to take a stand against their captors. The story culminates in a daring plan that could potentially turn the tide in the war against the Europans, raising themes of sacrifice, solidarity, and the human spirit's resilience in the face of overwhelming odds. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories War stories Prisoners -- Fiction Human-alien encounters -- Fiction Io (Satellite) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 66972 2025-07-24T14:27:17.264355 text/html 43234 2024-10-18T03:37:55 text/html 300428 2025-07-24T14:27:19.298382 application/epub+zip 299232 2025-07-24T14:27:17.681404 application/epub+zip 85969 2025-07-24T14:27:17.439359 application/epub+zip 339579 2025-07-24T14:27:20.638827 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 332049 2025-07-24T14:27:19.087381 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118942 2022-09-28T04:42:15.732385 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59432 2025-07-24T14:27:17.125355 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39692 2024-10-18T03:37:55 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18227 2025-07-24T14:27:20.767837 application/rdf+xml 34933 2025-07-24T14:27:17.525362 image/jpeg 5661 2025-07-24T14:27:17.481342 image/jpeg 459020 2025-07-24T14:27:17.281354 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia