Project Gutenberg 2021-03-18 Public domain in the USA. 112 Peterson, John Victor Valding, Victor Giunta, John 1920 1970 Giunta Guinta, John Giunta, J. Lie on the Beam Produced from Comet March 41 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Lie on the Beam" by John Victor Peterson is a science fiction novel likely written during the mid-20th century. The story navigates the tension of interplanetary politics and technological mishaps, set against the backdrop of a tumultuous Venus, where the protagonists must operate under dire circumstances as a Martian destroyer threatens a political conclave. The plot revolves around Frederic Ward, an engineer at the Astronautics Authority, who is awakened in a fog-cloaked Venus to handle a crisis involving two unlisted incoming ships and a Martian destroyer. As interplanetary tensions rise, Ward contends with an incapacitated colleague and a series of critical equipment failures. The narrative escalates as the Martian destroyer mistakenly believes it can bomb the city of Pali-Vanyi without consequence, prompting Ward to cleverly manipulate the trajectory beams to direct both the destroyer and a civilian ship to safety, averting disaster at the last moment. The book encapsulates themes of human ingenuity in the face of technological and geopolitical threats, making it an engaging read for fans of speculative fiction and adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 65.8 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space flight -- Fiction Venus (Planet) -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure 63947 2025-07-25T13:48:13.851759 text/html 40277 2024-10-18T12:04:59 text/html 423053 2025-07-25T13:48:16.021744 application/epub+zip 421859 2025-07-25T13:48:14.439744 application/epub+zip 88088 2025-07-25T13:48:14.086776 application/epub+zip 463080 2025-07-25T13:48:17.323790 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 455371 2025-07-25T13:48:15.769801 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 121762 2022-09-29T07:49:55.799389 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56899 2025-07-25T13:48:13.712757 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 37092 2024-10-18T12:04:59 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17263 2025-07-25T13:48:17.453755 application/rdf+xml 28167 2025-07-25T13:48:14.253766 image/jpeg 4751 2025-07-25T13:48:14.169752 image/jpeg 1485227 2025-07-25T13:48:13.873779 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