Project Gutenberg 2022-05-06 Public domain in the USA. 177 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Williams, A. (Arthur) Williams, Arthur Calling the Empress $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Incorporated,$c1943. Venus Equilateral Produced from Astounding Science-Fiction, June 1943 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Calling the Empress" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written during the early 1940s. The book focuses on humanity's struggles with interplanetary communication and navigation amidst the backdrop of space travel, highlighting the challenges faced during an epidemic spread across planets. Set against the vastness of the cosmos, the narrative explores themes of ingenuity, urgency, and the intricate nature of space travel. In the story, the spaceship "Empress of Kolain" embarks on a journey from Mars to Venus, but soon finds itself in danger due to an outbreak of Venusian Fever sweeping across Venus, prompting a desperate call for rerouting. Characters Don Channing and Walt Franks at Venus Equilateral face immense challenges as they work against time to establish contact with the ship while it is in-flight—an untested endeavor. As they develop innovative technological solutions to beam messages across the void, they must navigate a series of technical hurdles, ultimately leading to a breathtaking moment of success when a young boy successfully communicates the urgent warning to the crew of the "Empress of Kolain". The novel culminates in a sense of triumph for collaboration and resilience in the face of adversity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220221115118smith 1943 US Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Space ships -- Fiction Space stations -- Fiction Communication -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 86705 2025-07-27T05:33:49.553977 text/html 63224 2024-10-18T21:39:47 text/html 449281 2025-07-27T05:33:51.863003 application/epub+zip 449328 2025-07-27T05:33:50.114017 application/epub+zip 91410 2025-07-27T05:33:49.829002 application/epub+zip 413388 2025-07-27T05:33:53.359037 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 405081 2025-07-27T05:33:51.574972 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127785 2022-09-30T16:02:16.913471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 78780 2025-07-27T05:33:49.319980 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 58877 2024-10-18T21:39:47 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17578 2025-07-27T05:33:53.522975 application/rdf+xml 28587 2025-07-27T05:33:49.941977 image/jpeg 4611 2025-07-27T05:33:49.882983 image/jpeg 426794 2025-07-27T05:33:49.575059 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