The ghost of Lancelot Biggs by Nelson S. Bond
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"The Ghost of Lancelot Biggs" by Nelson S. Bond is a science fiction tale written in the early 20th century. This narrative blends elements of adventure and the supernatural, revolving around the titular character, Lancelot Biggs, who, after sacrificing himself in space to save his crew, appears as a ghost to convey critical information to his surviving shipmates. The book presents an intriguing exploration of friendship, sacrifice, and the boundaries of life
and death through a futuristic lens. In this story, the main character, Bert Donovan, along with Captain Hanson and his daughter Diane, grapples with the reality of losing their friend Lancelot Biggs during a space mission. After receiving inexplicable news from their corporation and being compelled to embark on a new mission to Jupiter, they experience haunting apparitions of Biggs, sparking a mix of fear and hope. As they navigate through these mysterious occurrences, they uncover that Biggs has not perished but has found a way to communicate with them from the surface of Jupiter, where he has discovered a valuable resource called polarium. The crew must race against time and the gravitational threat of Jupiter to rescue their friend, relying on Biggs' clever ingenuity and their teamwork to survive and succeed in their mission. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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About this eBook
| Author | Bond, Nelson S., 1908-2006 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Ferman, Harry, 1906-1973 |
| Title | The ghost of Lancelot Biggs |
| Original Publication | New York, NY: Weird Tales, 1941. |
| Series Title | Produced from Weird Tales January 1942. |
| Series Title | Lancelot Biggs, 10 |
| Credits | Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 85.5 (6th grade). Easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Subject | Short stories |
| Subject | Space ships -- Fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 74024 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-74024-9 |
| Release Date | Jul 12, 2024 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 438 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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