Project Gutenberg 2021-03-07 Public domain in the USA. 119 Mullen, Stanley 1911 1974 Suicide Command Produced from Planet Stories Summer 1950 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Suicide Command" by Stanley Mullen is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story unfolds in the vastness of space and centers on a desperate rescue mission involving the crew of the ISP cruiser Scorpio, who must confront a catastrophic situation aboard the spaceliner Tellus, which is breaking apart due to critical failure. As they scramble to save survivors from the doomed vessel, the themes of heroism, sacrifice, and the human condition in the face of dire circumstances emerge. The narrative predominantly follows Lieutenant Blaze Norman, who finds himself thrust into leadership amid chaos as the guys aboard the Tellus attempt to fight against impending doom caused by radiation leaks and ship disintegration. As Norman and his team undertake the perilous task of rescuing the surviving passengers and crew, they learn that not all may survive, leading to harrowing decisions about who to save. The tension escalates as they realize the Tellus is on a collision course with destruction, forcing them to navigate their way to the rogue asteroid Hidalgo. In the process, they confront not just the challenges of survival but the psychological toll of their experiences, culminating in a haunting conclusion that raises questions about the nature of madness and sacrifice in extraordinary situations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 78.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Adventure stories Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 63247 2025-07-25T13:24:56.168178 text/html 39708 2024-10-18T11:43:28 text/html 442906 2025-07-25T13:24:58.247141 application/epub+zip 441713 2025-07-25T13:24:56.643698 application/epub+zip 92436 2025-07-25T13:24:56.372172 application/epub+zip 480241 2025-07-25T13:24:59.602171 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 472921 2025-07-25T13:24:57.944167 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 123847 2022-09-29T07:02:01.390630 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56236 2025-07-25T13:24:55.976149 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 36464 2024-10-18T11:43:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16991 2025-07-25T13:24:59.729144 application/rdf+xml 29434 2025-07-25T13:24:56.494134 image/jpeg 5013 2025-07-25T13:24:56.432714 image/jpeg 545883 2025-07-25T13:24:56.184192 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