Project Gutenberg 2021-01-29 Public domain in the USA. 160 Bradbury, Ray 1920 2012 Elliott, William Bradbury, Raymond Douglas Sterling, Brett Jonah of the Jove-Run Produced from Planet Stories Spring 1948 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Jonah of the Jove-Run" by Ray Bradbury is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. Set against the backdrop of a future where humans colonize Mars and aim for Jupiter, the story revolves around the struggles of the elderly character Nibley, who possesses an intuitive knack for navigating complex cosmic trajectories, contrasting sharply with the reliance on machines. The book explores themes of human intuition versus mechanical precision in the face of danger. In the narrative, an aging Nibley feels his capabilities overlooked and struggles against a crew of astronauts who doubt his worth. When a critical piece of machinery crashes, endangering their mission to deliver supplies to colonists on Jupiter, Nibley is reluctantly brought aboard the Rocket Terra as a last resort. As tensions rise, he grapples with his own past mistakes while trying to prove his worth to the younger crew members. Ultimately, after sabotaging their equipment in a fit of drunken desperation, he redeems himself by calculating a perilous path through the asteroid belt, showcasing both his unique abilities and the complexity of human emotion in a science-driven environment. The story culminates in Nibley’s selfless choice to remain behind, fully aware of his impending death but content in his final calculations that contribute to the crew's success. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 87.8 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Older men -- Fiction Psychic ability -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels Category: American Literature 59744 2025-07-25T11:50:04.406166 text/html 36210 2024-10-18T10:08:22 text/html 372193 2025-07-25T11:50:06.473171 application/epub+zip 371019 2025-07-25T11:50:04.927167 application/epub+zip 83709 2025-07-25T11:50:04.666139 application/epub+zip 411310 2025-07-25T11:50:07.768179 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 404030 2025-07-25T11:50:06.239142 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 116871 2022-09-29T03:38:18.136610 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 52647 2025-07-25T11:50:04.219170 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32850 2024-10-18T10:08:22 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17737 2025-07-25T11:50:07.958121 application/rdf+xml 33203 2025-07-25T11:50:04.778165 image/jpeg 5364 2025-07-25T11:50:04.720167 image/jpeg 386354 2025-07-25T11:50:04.419161 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