Project Gutenberg 2024-05-01 Public domain in the USA. 137 Hamilton, Edmond 1904 1977 Sterling, Brett Rankin, Hugh 1878 1956 Copp, Hugh Doak Doak DOAK Within the nebula $aUnited States :$bPopular Fiction Publishing Co., $c1929. Interstellar Patrol, 3 Produced from Weird Tales May 1929. Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Within the Nebula" by Edmond Hamilton is a science fiction novel originally published in the late 1920s. Set within a vast interstellar universe, the book explores the themes of cosmic danger and the responsibilities of interstellar governance through the perspective of a representative attending the Council of Suns. The narrative unfolds as the Council faces an unprecedented threat from the Orion Nebula, whose accelerating spin threatens to destroy the universe. The story follows the protagonist, who, along with two other representatives—a plant-man from Capella and an Arcturian—embarks on a crucial mission to investigate the enigmatic forces causing the nebula's impending cataclysm. As they navigate the fiery depths of the nebula, they discover a hidden world at its center inhabited by bizarre, shape-shifting creatures that manipulate the nebula's forces. The trio engages in a desperate struggle for survival as they work to halt the nebula’s destructive spin, ultimately revealing the sinister motivations of its inhabitants. The climax centers around their race against time to prevent universal annihilation, blending adventure with deeper reflections on the consequences of technological prowess and survival instinct in the cosmos. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240326073930hamilton 1929 US Reading ease score: 66.4 (8th & 9th grade). Neither easy nor difficult to read. en Science fiction Adventure stories Nebulae -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Adventure Category: Novels 116717 2025-07-29T06:45:25.871923 text/html 92134 2024-05-01T00:02:53 text/html 368788 2025-07-29T06:45:29.323908 application/epub+zip 369392 2025-07-29T06:45:27.135933 application/epub+zip 182744 2025-07-29T06:45:26.372878 application/epub+zip 820256 2025-07-29T06:45:31.069909 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 812096 2025-07-29T06:45:28.808872 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 109109 2025-07-29T06:45:25.709889 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 89288 2024-05-01T00:02:53 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17281 2025-07-29T06:45:31.217870 application/rdf+xml 27095 2025-07-29T06:45:26.712895 image/jpeg 4729 2025-07-29T06:45:26.540903 image/jpeg 1453790 2025-07-29T06:45:25.898913 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