Project Gutenberg 2024-07-27 Public domain in the USA. 166 Bond, Nelson S. 1908 2006 Bond, Nelson Slade Bond, Nelson Danzell, George The love song of Lancelot Biggs $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1942. Produced from Amazing Stories September 1942. Lancelot Biggs, 11 Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Love Song of Lancelot Biggs" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction novella written in the early 1940s. The story follows Lt. Lancelot Biggs and his crew aboard the space-freighter "Saturn" as they embark on an unusual mission delivering flower seeds to the moon of Iapetus. The tale combines elements of humor, adventure, and romance, presenting Lancelot Biggs as a well-meaning but eccentric character whose unconventional ideas lead to unforeseen complications. In the narrative, Lt. Biggs is excited to surprise his wife Diane with fresh flowers on the anniversary of their wedding, but his plans spiral out of control when an experiment to hasten the growth of the seeds results in unexpected mutations. The crew races against time and a competing corporation, as they attempt to reach Iapetus before their rivals. Amidst the chaos, Biggs' determination leads to the discovery of a unique blue rose, which ultimately provides a twist to the mission that holds the potential for great fortune. The story explores themes of love, ingenuity, and the clash between ambition and reality set against a whimsical space opera backdrop. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240520141629bond 1942 US Reading ease score: 76.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction Iapetus (Satellite) -- Fiction Plants -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Romance Category: Humour Category: Adventure 80111 2025-07-29T09:57:28.507097 text/html 55320 2024-07-27T06:40:27 text/html 516111 2025-07-29T09:57:32.345086 application/epub+zip 515721 2025-07-29T09:57:29.970100 application/epub+zip 346074 2025-07-29T09:57:29.051079 application/epub+zip 1469635 2025-07-29T09:57:34.155092 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1462037 2025-07-29T09:57:31.742154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 70249 2025-07-29T09:57:28.112085 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 50400 2024-07-27T06:40:27 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17209 2025-07-29T09:57:34.294064 application/rdf+xml 39979 2025-07-29T09:57:29.466073 image/jpeg 5782 2025-07-29T09:57:29.267071 image/jpeg 1182046 2025-07-29T09:57:28.528074 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