Project Gutenberg 2020-11-21 Public domain in the USA. 95 Wedlake, C. J. Peril Orbit Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1949 Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Peril Orbit" by C. J. Wedlake is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century, specifically during the post-World War II era. The narrative follows a young pilot named Jim MacDonald who finds himself trapped in a precarious orbit around the sun, fighting against overwhelming heat and the dangers of space travel. The story explores themes of survival, ingenuity, and the harsh realities of being stranded in an inhospitable environment. In "Peril Orbit," Jim MacDonald’s spaceship becomes helplessly caught in a fatal gravitational pull towards the sun. As the situation grows desperate, Jim reflects on his training while coping with increasing temperatures and structural failures within his spacecraft. Facing the prospect of death, he devises a series of clever maneuvers to manipulate the ship’s systems, utilizing the remaining resources to create a propulsion force that allows him to escape the sun’s harsh grip. Through a tense mix of internal struggle and technical ingenuity, Jim transforms his dire predicament into a means of survival as he ultimately finds a way to stabilize his orbit and prepare for a rescue. The novel is a gripping tale that highlights both human vulnerability and resilience in the face of cosmic danger. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 83.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Survival -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 40427 2025-06-25T08:39:18.433868 text/html 16526 2024-10-18T08:23:26 text/html 493097 2025-06-25T08:39:20.069834 application/epub+zip 491918 2025-06-25T08:39:18.834883 application/epub+zip 79394 2025-06-25T08:39:18.606857 application/epub+zip 524541 2025-06-25T08:39:21.179838 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 517271 2025-06-25T08:39:19.872886 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 105070 2022-09-28T19:01:52.410496 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 34319 2023-09-27T08:56:41.108446 text/plain 14530 2024-10-18T08:23:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15954 2025-06-25T08:39:21.293864 application/rdf+xml 28038 2025-06-25T08:39:18.703866 image/jpeg 5244 2025-06-25T08:39:18.652898 image/jpeg 444140 2025-06-25T08:39:18.445912 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