Project Gutenberg 2023-04-24 Public domain in the USA. 157 Leinster, Murray 1896 1975 Jenkins, Will Jenkins, William Fitzgerald Fitzgerald, William Jenkins, Will F. Van Dongen, H. R. 1920 2010 Van Dongen, Henry Richard Dongen, H. R. Van Dongen, van Ribbon in the sky $aUnited States :$bStreet & Smith Publications, Inc., $c1957. Med Service Produced from Astounding Science Fiction June 1957 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Ribbon in the Sky" by Murray Leinster is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story revolves around a med ship pilot, Calhoun, who gets unexpectedly lost in space and ends up on a peculiar planet featuring a mysterious luminous ribbon in the sky. The narrative delves into themes of human error, isolation, and the psychological impacts of living in separated communities. In the story, Calhoun discovers that the inhabitants of the planet have fallen into an "isolation syndrome," causing them to develop irrational fears of external sickness due to their long-term separation from other societies. As he navigates through the complexities of their fears and the mysterious ribbon—a form of climate control designed to sustain life on the planet—Calhoun finds himself involved in a crisis when a young couple from rival communities attempts to escape their lives. The situation evolves into a rescue mission that embodies both medical and social challenges, where Calhoun must employ his expertise to help the isolated communities overcome their deeply ingrained fears, all while contemplating the broader implications of human mistakes and the interconnectivity of civilizations. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20221201150336leinster 1957 US Reading ease score: 76.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Physicians -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Space medicine -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 118918 2025-07-28T05:32:08.434163 text/html 117789 2023-04-24T19:32:51 text/html 777933 2025-07-28T05:32:12.584110 application/epub+zip 776863 2025-07-28T05:32:10.013130 application/epub+zip 253645 2025-07-28T05:32:08.999155 application/epub+zip 1517574 2025-07-28T05:32:14.353092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1507025 2025-07-28T05:32:11.998137 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109156 2025-07-28T05:32:08.169120 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 108865 2023-04-24T19:32:51 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19540 2025-07-28T05:32:14.497107 application/rdf+xml 26335 2025-07-28T05:32:09.410160 image/jpeg 4418 2025-07-28T05:32:09.186118 image/jpeg 41649 2023-04-24T19:32:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 2153902 2023-04-24T19:32:52 application/octet-stream application/zip 2157928 2025-07-28T05:32:08.473131 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 en.wikipedia