Project Gutenberg 2021-02-07 Public domain in the USA. 139 Kirchhoff, Bjarne Day of Wrath Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1948 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Day of Wrath" by Bjarne Kirchhoff is a science fiction novella written in the mid-20th century. The story explores themes of survival, morality, and the consequences of interstellar conflict, set in a future where planets are governed by a council. The central topic revolves around the crisis that ensues when the food-supplying planet Rona faces destruction, prompting the inhabitants of the Norgan solar system to seek new resources, culminating in a moral dilemma regarding the fate of another planet's inhabitants. The narrative follows Lan Yotar, the Chief of the Council of Elders, and his advisors as they respond to the catastrophic volcanic eruptions on Rona that threaten its population and the food supply of the entire solar system. As Rona is evacuated, Commander Ros Vinla, tasked with exploring other solar systems for potential habitable worlds, discovers a planet populated by beings who are physically similar to humans but engage in incessant warfare. Faced with the dire need for resources and the troubling nature of these beings, the Council debates and eventually decides to exterminate them to secure their survival. This controversial decision sparks a profound exploration of morality in dire circumstances, as the characters grapple with the consequences of their actions in the name of survival. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 63.5 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories Human-alien encounters -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 52497 2025-09-25T11:50:33.155031 text/html 28832 2024-10-18T10:29:28 text/html 589384 2025-09-25T11:50:34.952020 application/epub+zip 588195 2025-09-25T11:50:33.584032 application/epub+zip 84855 2025-09-25T11:50:33.334033 application/epub+zip 625662 2025-09-25T11:50:36.137032 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 617851 2025-09-25T11:50:34.734077 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114882 2022-09-29T05:07:01.971290 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 46041 2025-09-25T11:50:33.054034 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26276 2024-10-18T10:29:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16305 2025-09-25T11:50:36.254030 application/rdf+xml 31570 2025-09-25T11:50:33.438019 image/jpeg 5242 2025-09-25T11:50:33.384060 image/jpeg 585399 2025-09-25T11:50:33.170065 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