Project Gutenberg 2020-11-10 Public domain in the USA. 135 Holden, Fox B. 1923 Eberle, Joseph 1926 2006 Eberle, Joseph R. Eberle, J. R. Down Went McGinty Produced from Planet Stories Fall 1954 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Down Went McGinty" by Fox B. Holden is a science fiction novel written during the mid-20th century. Set in a future where space exploration is a reality, the story follows the struggles and dynamics between military personnel aboard a second-rate space satellite and the challenges posed by their adversaries, the Comrades. The likely topic of the book revolves around themes of loyalty, betrayal, and the morality of authority under the stress of political machinations in space. The narrative centers around Colonel Kenton, who is tasked with solving a mystery involving a theft of classified microstats after a safe is blown open in his office. The prime suspect is Patrick McGinty, an affable maintenance technician known for his love of music and science fiction. As the story unfolds, McGinty unexpectedly takes control of a spacecraft and heads towards the Moon, prompting a desperate pursuit by Kenton and his team to save him from the authoritarian General Kolomar's orders to destroy him. Throughout the pursuit, themes of friendship, sacrifice, and the search for a moral compass in the vastness of space emerge, ultimately leading to a twist that reveals McGinty’s true intentions and his enduring belief in humanity's potential to transcend political conflicts. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 82.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Moon -- Fiction Theft -- Fiction Space stations -- Fiction Cold War -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 65704 2025-06-25T08:15:27.966765 text/html 42129 2024-10-18T08:05:05 text/html 389015 2025-06-25T08:15:29.839731 application/epub+zip 387850 2025-06-25T08:15:28.407808 application/epub+zip 81279 2025-06-25T08:15:28.160788 application/epub+zip 428064 2025-06-25T08:15:31.084736 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 420174 2025-06-25T08:15:29.630770 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 113750 2022-09-28T18:05:48.391815 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 58772 2025-06-25T08:15:27.831768 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 38950 2024-10-18T08:05:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17664 2025-06-25T08:15:31.207737 application/rdf+xml 29315 2025-06-25T08:15:28.263753 image/jpeg 5033 2025-06-25T08:15:28.211754 image/jpeg 504133 2025-06-25T08:15:27.986808 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