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 2022-10-20 Public domain in the USA. 257 Smith, George O. (George Oliver) 1911 1981 Smith, George Oliver Long, Wesley Finlay, Virgil 1914 1971 Finlay Troubled star $aUnited States :$bBetter Publications, Inc.,$c1952. Produced from Startling Stories, February 1953 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Troubled Star" by George O. Smith is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book delves into themes surrounding interstellar travel and the interactions between species at different stages of technological advancement. The main characters include Chat Honger, Bren Fallow, and Scyth Radnor, who are from a more advanced civilization and are tasked with establishing beacons across the galaxy, while Dusty Britton represents the more primitive culture of Earth. At the start of "Troubled Star," readers are introduced to three technicians aboard a spacecraft on Mercury, discussing their work regarding a newly discovered habitable planet. They are aware that they might be intruding on a planet inhabited by a primitive culture and are wary of the implications. Meanwhile, back on Earth, Dusty Britton, an idolized spaceman, is caught up in a strange series of events following what he claims to be an alien encounter at sea. His plight unfolds amidst government scrutiny and public skepticism, setting the stage for an intergalactic clash of ideologies as characters grapple with the potential fate of Earth and its civilization. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20220522101534smith 1952 US Reading ease score: 81.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction Actors -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 273513 2025-07-27T10:40:25.840679 text/html 252986 2024-10-19T01:29:33 text/html 614121 2025-07-27T10:40:30.668657 application/epub+zip 616815 2025-07-27T10:40:27.020644 application/epub+zip 241166 2025-07-27T10:40:26.330701 application/epub+zip 920103 2025-07-27T10:40:33.473620 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 910922 2025-07-27T10:40:30.135664 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 261961 2025-07-27T10:40:25.245698 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 242092 2024-10-19T01:29:33 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16789 2025-07-27T10:40:33.626627 application/rdf+xml 28154 2025-07-27T10:40:26.614661 image/jpeg 4766 2025-07-27T10:40:26.471652 image/jpeg 936118 2025-07-27T10:40:25.879652 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia en.wikipedia