Project Gutenberg 2024-06-27 Public domain in the USA. 147 Bond, Nelson S. 1908 2006 Bond, Nelson Slade Bond, Nelson Danzell, George Fuqua, Robert 1905 1959 Tillotson, Joseph Wirt Tillotson, Joe W. F.O.B. Venus $aChicago, IL :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1939. Produced from Fantastic Adventures November 1939. Lancelot Biggs, 1 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "F.O.B. Venus" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction story published in the late 1930s. The narrative revolves around the misadventures of Lancelot Biggs, a hapless and clumsy second mate, serving on a cargo ship called the Saturn, which is making a run from Venus to Earth. Overall, the book likely explores themes of incompetence, space travel, and unexpected outcomes in the midst of cosmic operations. The tale follows Captain Hanson and his crew as they deal with the blundering antics of Biggs, whose actions lead to disastrous consequences for the cargo they are transporting. Initially tasked with overseeing valuable cargo, Biggs inadvertently ruins it due to his ignorance and lack of experience. However, through a series of fortunate events and a scientific twist, it is revealed that the ruined cargo of vegetables has transformed into pure gold due to exposure to cosmic rays. In the end, Biggs unexpectedly saves the day, and the crew prepares to take off again for Venus in search of more Forenzi jars, hinting at further adventures in the transmutation business. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240520075215bond 1939 US Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Novels 58923 2025-07-29T08:56:31.055235 text/html 34287 2024-06-27T06:46:09 text/html 485123 2025-07-29T08:56:35.069228 application/epub+zip 483882 2025-07-29T08:56:32.886219 application/epub+zip 358887 2025-07-29T08:56:31.750216 application/epub+zip 1396397 2025-07-29T08:56:36.655196 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1388973 2025-07-29T08:56:34.385240 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 49944 2025-07-29T08:56:30.782297 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 30143 2024-06-27T06:46:09 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16889 2025-07-29T08:56:36.807211 application/rdf+xml 32060 2025-07-29T08:56:32.287231 image/jpeg 4885 2025-07-29T08:56:32.034219 image/jpeg 2845136 2025-07-29T08:56:31.089233 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