Project Gutenberg 2020-11-04 Public domain in the USA. 122 Anderson, Poul 1926 2001 Anderson, Poul William Craig, A. A. Craig, A.A. Karageorge, Michael Sanders, Winston P. Saunders, Winston P. Out of the Iron Womb! Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1955 The psychotechnic league; bk. 16. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Out of the Iron Womb!" by Poul Anderson is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story is centered around the themes of individualism, the dangers of ideology, and the complexity of human relationships in a spacefaring future. It explores a conflict between characters who embody opposing philosophical views, particularly touching upon humanism and the nuances of survival in an unforgiving world. The narrative follows Bo Jonsson, a pragmatic spaceman and engineer, who finds himself on a dangerous quest after the murder of his partner, Johnny Malone, by a Humanist antagonist named Einar Lundgard. As Bo grapples with his feelings of loss and fear, he must confront Lundgard, who harbors radical ideological motives. The plot weaves through tense encounters in the depths of space, culminating in a gripping duel on an asteroid. As Bo fights not just for his own survival but also to preserve the broader hopes of humanity, the story delves into themes of honor, reason, and the consequences of human actions. Ultimately, he must navigate the treacherous moral landscape that defines his existence and confronts the very essence of what it means to be human amidst the vastness of the cosmos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 84.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Asteroids -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 99777 2025-06-25T08:04:36.134685 text/html 76782 2024-10-18T07:54:47 text/html 439750 2025-06-25T08:04:38.258691 application/epub+zip 439745 2025-06-25T08:04:36.563645 application/epub+zip 105894 2025-06-25T08:04:36.322667 application/epub+zip 487702 2025-06-25T08:04:39.716631 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 479766 2025-06-25T08:04:38.052702 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146219 2022-09-28T17:40:53.929928 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 92445 2023-09-27T08:20:51.477325 text/plain 72627 2024-10-18T07:54:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16541 2025-06-25T08:04:39.830639 application/rdf+xml 25769 2025-06-25T08:04:36.419642 image/jpeg 4536 2025-06-25T08:04:36.370669 image/jpeg 505224 2025-06-25T08:04:36.151666 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