Project Gutenberg 2023-11-28 Public domain in the USA. 139 Wilhelm, Kate 1928 2018 Wilhelm, Katie Gertrude Meredith Gaughan, Jack 1930 1985 Gaughan, John Brian Francis Gaughan The last days of the captain $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1962. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Last Days of the Captain" by Kate Wilhelm is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story unfolds on the planet Kulane, where Captain Keith Winters is tasked with overseeing the evacuation of its inhabitants due to an impending alien attack. The narrative explores themes of duty, sacrifice, and the emotional toll of making difficult decisions amid the backdrop of an existential threat. In the book, Captain Winters finds himself torn between following orders to evacuate the colonists and the moral imperative to ensure the safety of a woman named Marilyn Roget, who refuses to leave without her husband and son, lost in the wilderness. As they embark on a perilous journey through the forest in a hovercraft, the tension escalates, revealing Keith's struggle with his contempt for the settlers and his growing feelings for Marilyn. Their odyssey is fraught with challenges, including the looming threat of alien predators and the harsh elements of the forest. Ultimately, as they reach the destination just before the imminent attack, the story examines the cost of their decisions and the complexities of human resilience and connection under duress. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20231119074034wilhelm 1962 US Reading ease score: 84.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Life on other planets -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction Evacuation of civilians -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 62291 2025-07-28T13:38:43.005111 text/html 37593 2023-11-28T14:02:10 text/html 426189 2025-07-28T13:38:46.628119 application/epub+zip 424962 2025-07-28T13:38:44.549139 application/epub+zip 240211 2025-07-28T13:38:43.567115 application/epub+zip 1223298 2025-07-28T13:38:48.168096 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1216509 2025-07-28T13:38:46.023117 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 54699 2025-07-28T13:38:42.729125 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 34875 2023-11-28T14:02:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17382 2025-07-28T13:38:48.311098 application/rdf+xml 35679 2025-07-28T13:38:44.009107 image/jpeg 5302 2025-07-28T13:38:43.785085 image/jpeg 2315053 2025-07-28T13:38:43.036132 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