About the book: 2003 / Edgar Pangborn. West of the Sun. 1953. Pangborn's first SF novel, West of the Sun, describes the adventures of six earthlings who are shipwrecked on the planet Lucifer and found a utopian colony there with the help of two local inhabitants. When a rescue ship eventually arrives, the heroes decide to stay in the community they have built. The book ends with a psychological ending characteristic of Pangborn's work..