Project Gutenberg 2020-11-23 Public domain in the USA. 163 Mullen, Stanley 1911 1974 McWilliams, Al 1916 1993 McWilliams, Alden Spurr McWilliams, A. S.O.S. Aphrodite! Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1949 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "S.O.S. Aphrodite!" by Stanley Mullen is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The book revolves around Steve Coran, an ISP patrolman who is assigned a dangerous mission involving space pirates and a government conspiracy. The narrative features elements of space travel, intrigue, and complex character relationships, showcasing a struggle against an organized group working to sow chaos in the interplanetary realm. The storyline follows Steve Coran as he is tasked with recovering sensitive documents from a fugitive tied to a series of space transportation crimes while he embarks on a journey aboard the emigration ship "Aphrodite". Along the way, he inadvertently becomes involved with Gerda Mors, a woman desperate to reach Venus in search of her brother, who is implicated in the crimes. As tensions escalate, the vessel collides with an asteroid, leading to a series of confrontations with pirates and ultimately revealing underlying connections between the characters. The tale intricately weaves themes of loyalty, moral ambiguity, and survival, culminating in a dramatic conclusion that challenges Coran's personal beliefs and relationships. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 86.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Detective and mystery stories Adventure stories Man-woman relationships -- Fiction Space ships -- Fiction Space pirates -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 84219 2025-07-25T09:27:28.357789 text/html 60644 2024-10-18T08:30:32 text/html 475384 2025-07-25T09:27:30.417751 application/epub+zip 475359 2025-07-25T09:27:28.799783 application/epub+zip 97643 2025-07-25T09:27:28.553767 application/epub+zip 518606 2025-07-25T09:27:31.861780 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 510602 2025-07-25T09:27:30.208766 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133026 2022-09-28T19:11:59.656927 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 76995 2025-07-25T09:27:28.214797 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57172 2024-10-18T08:30:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18189 2025-07-25T09:27:31.990742 application/rdf+xml 28038 2025-07-25T09:27:28.657770 image/jpeg 5244 2025-07-25T09:27:28.605765 image/jpeg 418101 2025-07-25T09:27:28.373761 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