Four-Day Planet
H. Beam Piper
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Description
Piper sets this novel on Fenris, a planet whose day runs so long that settlements huddle against killing cold and heat. A ship from Terra opens the story, and a young reporter works the city levels. Monster killing, a tallow-wax fire, and civil war postponed mark the chapters.
Cast away in the snow, the party plans to pack a boat's stern with wet snow and let it freeze. Ramón Llewellyn warns they have seventy hours before the heater fails and they freeze around it. Joe Kivelson and the bandaged Abdullah set to work on the engines. H. Beam Piper published Four-Day Planet in 1961.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | H. Beam Piper |
|---|---|
| COLLECTION | BOOKS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 327 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | Project Gutenberg |