Project Gutenberg 2024-08-01 Public domain in the USA. 127 Bond, Nelson S. 1908 2006 Bond, Nelson Slade Bond, Nelson Danzell, George Krupa, Julian S. 1913 1989 The return of Lancelot Biggs $aNew York, NY :$bZiff-Davis Publishing Company, $c1942. Produced from Amazing Stories May 1942. Lancelot Biggs [unnumbered] Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Return of Lancelot Biggs" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction novella written in the early 20th century, specifically published in the early 1940s. The story revolves around the character Lancelot Biggs, a quirky spaceman, who returns to duty aboard the spaceship "Saturn" after a honeymoon. His presence is met with the challenges posed by Major Horatio Gilchrist, an efficiency expert whose rigid insistence on protocol threatens the safety of the ship's crew as they navigate perilously close to the Sun. The plot unfolds through Bert Donovan, Biggs' friend, as they face difficulties due to Major Gilchrist's misguided trajectory that brings them dangerously near Sol. Despite the increasing heat and tension aboard the "Saturn", Biggs employs clever tactics to convince the Major of the impending danger. He orchestrates a plan to raise the temperature of the ship artificially to induce panic and urgency, leading to a critical change in course just in time to avoid disaster. Ultimately, the story showcases Biggs' ingenuity and knack for outsmarting bureaucracy, all while maintaining a light-hearted tone infused with humor and camaraderie among the crew. (This is an automatically generated summary.) 20240520124141bond 1942 US Reading ease score: 77.5 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Science fiction Short stories Space ships -- Fiction PS Text Category: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Category: Humour 68820 2025-07-29T10:06:15.676074 text/html 44108 2024-08-01T17:05:34 text/html 458825 2025-07-29T10:06:19.089076 application/epub+zip 457551 2025-07-29T10:06:16.870067 application/epub+zip 170602 2025-07-29T10:06:16.157073 application/epub+zip 812481 2025-07-29T10:06:20.620071 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 804587 2025-07-29T10:06:18.587056 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59857 2025-07-29T10:06:15.483202 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 39987 2024-08-01T17:05:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16638 2025-07-29T10:06:20.792071 application/rdf+xml 30924 2025-07-29T10:06:16.451112 image/jpeg 5112 2025-07-29T10:06:16.303112 image/jpeg 1002058 2025-07-29T10:06:15.703124 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