Project Gutenberg 2020-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 141 Knight, Damon 1922 2002 Knight, Damon Francis Fleming, Stuart Conanight Anderson, Murphy 1926 2015 Anderson, Murphy Clyde, Jr. Anderson, M. C. Doorway to Kal-Jmar Produced from Planet Stories Winter 1944 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Doorway to Kal-Jmar" by Damon Knight is a science fiction novel written in the early mid-20th century. The story revolves around the evil exploits of Syme Rector, a notorious outlaw who seeks to uncover the secrets of the fabled ancient city of Kal-Jmar, believed to hold untold wealth and advanced technology guarded by impenetrable barriers. The novel explores themes of greed and betrayal, set against the backdrop of Mars, where the remnants of an ancient civilization still linger. In the narrative, Rector, after a series of violent encounters, partners with Harold Tate, a physicist who has discovered a method to breach the city's defenses. As they make their way through the treacherous Martian landscape, they face both the dangers of the environment and the unpredictable Martians rumored to inhabit Kal-Jmar. Ultimately, upon penetrating the city, Rector's greed leads to his downfall when he is fatally betrayed by a robotic feeding machine that does not differentiate between the needs of its Martian masters and the deadly requirements for humans, resulting in a tragic yet poetic end to his ambitious quest. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Extinct cities -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 65317 2025-09-25T07:28:25.860326 text/html 41809 2024-10-18T07:00:25 text/html 442282 2025-09-25T07:28:27.698315 application/epub+zip 441128 2025-09-25T07:28:26.273325 application/epub+zip 86965 2025-09-25T07:28:26.038310 application/epub+zip 480279 2025-09-25T07:28:28.935310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472735 2025-09-25T07:28:27.490352 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 118818 2022-09-28T15:39:09.161310 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58755 2025-09-25T07:28:25.740326 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38994 2024-10-18T07:00:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17792 2025-09-25T07:28:29.058311 application/rdf+xml 29665 2025-09-25T07:28:26.138300 image/jpeg 5101 2025-09-25T07:28:26.087306 image/jpeg 447312 2025-09-25T07:28:25.874422 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