Spacewrecked on Venus
Kindle Edition
Start Publishing LLC · Ebook · April 21, 2016
Interplanetary commerce, if and when it begins, will be fraught with all of the dangers that accompany pioneering expeditions.
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- Who it’s for
- A Venus-set novel of dangerous worlds, strange life, and the risks of interplanetary commerce.
- Themes
- Interplanetary exploration, Dangers of unfamiliar worlds, Greed
- Genres
- Space Exploration Fiction, Sci-Fi Adventure, Space Opera
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Interplanetary commerce, if and when it begins, will be fraught with all of the dangers that accompany pioneering expeditions. There will be the terrible climatic conditions on other worlds to be faced, strange beasts and plants; and perhaps desperate and greedy men. That was the case when every new land was opened on Earth and it may be expected to be true when we conquer the solar planets. Mr. Jones understands these things well.
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His vivid imagination, his sense of a good story and his knowledge of what may be expected upon other worlds combine to make this a novel and exciting yarn. And, as is always desired, it comes to a smashing finish with a surprising ending. His scientific weapons are quite novel, but so realistically does he portray them, that they strike one as being quite possible and likely to be used at some future time.
Venusian Perils
A Venus-set novel of dangerous worlds, strange life, and the risks of interplanetary commerce.
Come here for
- Perils of interplanetary commerce
- Novel, plausibly imagined scientific weapons
Expect
- Terrible climatic conditions
- Strange beasts and plants
Where it sits
| Space Exploration Fiction | 42% |
|---|---|
| Space Opera | 35% |
| Sci-Fi Adventure | 30% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- The Classics
- Fantasy
- Sci-Fi Adventure
- Authors
- Neil R. Jones
- Publisher
- Start Publishing LLC
- Published
- April 21, 2016
- Format
- Ebook
- Theme
- Interplanetary exploration · Dangers of unfamiliar worlds · Greed
- Reading lane
- The Classics