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 Project Gutenberg 2021-10-19 Public domain in the USA. 89 Noll, Ray C. Noll, R. C. Terry, W. E. 1921 1992 Terry, Willis E. Terry, Bill Flight Perilous! Produced from Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy May 1955 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Flight Perilous!" by Ray C. Noll is a science fiction narrative likely written in the mid-20th century, capturing the era’s fascination with space exploration amid Cold War tensions. The book revolves around a perilous journey aboard the Marship III, where Captain Fred Hiller faces significant challenges as he navigates through an uncharted asteroid belt, weighing the lives of his crew against the risks of continuing their mission to Mars. The story unfolds in a tense atmosphere as Hiller confronts dissent among his crew, particularly from the anxious nuclear engineer Phil Bleck, who advocates for retreating to Earth due to the dangerous conditions they face. As they traverse the treacherous asteroid belt, the ship suffers impacts from the dense clusters of space debris, leading to escalating tensions and fear. The narrative climaxes with Hiller’s critical decision-making and risk-taking as he attempts to guide the ship through to safety. The book explores themes of leadership, fear, courage, and survival under pressure, culminating in both personal and collective burdens faced by space adventurers navigating the unknown. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 75.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Space ships -- Fiction Space flight to Mars -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 76618 2025-06-26T09:11:37.286610 text/html 53222 2024-10-18T16:47:05 text/html 470681 2025-06-26T09:11:39.185629 application/epub+zip 470800 2025-06-26T09:11:37.682589 application/epub+zip 94691 2025-06-26T09:11:37.457572 application/epub+zip 439004 2025-06-26T09:11:40.483636 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 431790 2025-06-26T09:11:38.981621 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128701 2022-09-29T21:57:56.691897 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 69682 2025-06-26T09:11:37.158538 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 49878 2024-10-18T16:47:05 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16880 2025-06-26T09:11:40.602555 application/rdf+xml 19567 2025-06-26T09:11:37.546602 image/jpeg 3925 2025-06-26T09:11:37.501599 image/jpeg 427491 2025-06-26T09:11:37.303611 application/octet-stream application/zip