Project Gutenberg 2024-04-01 Public domain in the USA. 138 Del Rey, Lester 1915 1993 Rey, Lester del Knapp, Leonard Battleground $aNew York, NY :$bKing-Size Publications, Inc., $c1954. Produced from Fantastic Universe July 1954. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Battleground" by Lester Del Rey is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century, specifically around the 1950s. The story explores the theme of survival and the catastrophic potential of an alien culture threatening humanity. Set against a backdrop of space travel, the narrative unfolds as the crew of a hypercruiser investigates various habitable planets, discovering the remnants of previously advanced civilizations that have mysteriously perished. The plot centers on Acting Captain Lenk and his diverse crew as they navigate the complexities of their mission, encountering a chilling pattern of destruction across the planets they explore. Each site shows evidence of once-thriving cultures that have been annihilated, raising questions about an impending doom heading toward Earth. As Lenk and his crew uncover the truth about the alien races and their respective downfalls, they grapple with concepts of faith, survival, and the cyclical nature of civilization's rise and fall. Ultimately, their return to Earth reveals that the fate of other races may soon be mirrored in humanity itself, leading to profound reflections on the future of the human race. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240310101405delrey 1954 US Reading ease score: 75.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Outer space -- Exploration -- Fiction Interstellar travel -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 54521 2025-07-29T05:52:44.596926 text/html 30062 2024-04-01T19:40:58 text/html 285173 2025-07-29T05:52:47.428931 application/epub+zip 283976 2025-07-29T05:52:45.634940 application/epub+zip 159599 2025-07-29T05:52:44.999929 application/epub+zip 590960 2025-07-29T05:52:48.806965 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 583729 2025-07-29T05:52:47.036961 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47336 2025-07-29T05:52:44.471947 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27563 2024-04-01T19:40:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16828 2025-07-29T05:52:48.974904 application/rdf+xml 30599 2025-07-29T05:52:45.318943 image/jpeg 4850 2025-07-29T05:52:45.133928 image/jpeg 646250 2025-07-29T05:52:44.610934 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 More titles under McCann, Edson en.wikipedia