Project Gutenberg 2006-07-17 Public domain in the USA. 93 Piper, H. Beam 1904 1964 Piper, Henry Beam Piper, Horace Beam McGuire, John J. (John Joseph) 1917 1981 McGuire, John Joseph Freas, Kelly 1922 2005 Freas, Frank Kelly The Return Produced from Astounding Science Fiction, January, 1954. Produced by Greg Weeks, Sankar Viswanathan, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Return" by H. Beam Piper and John J. McGuire is a science fiction novel written in the early to mid-1950s. The book explores the remnants of civilization in a post-apocalyptic world where small communities are struggling to survive following a catastrophic nuclear war. The central theme revolves around the journey of two men from a well-equipped fort who seek to reconnect with lost knowledge and civilization, encountering a strange society that has developed its own unique beliefs and customs. In the story, scientists Altamont and Loudons discover a group of survivors in a stockaded village who are descendants of a military platoon from centuries ago. They have established a community with remnants of advanced knowledge but have also formed a religious belief system centered around a slain and risen god. As Altamont and Loudons introduce technology and aim to revive connections between communities, they must navigate the challenges posed by the local “Scowrers” while also dealing with the implications of their mission on the villagers' societal structure. The novel combines elements of adventure and philosophical exploration, raising questions about civilization, culture, and the essence of humanity in a world reshaped by disaster. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 92770 92780 2024-09-08T09:27:12.604232 2023-09-08T11:20:27.413114 text/html text/html 89463 2006-07-17T16:29:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 317272 2006-07-17T16:29:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 374896 2024-09-08T09:27:16.021224 application/epub+zip 373905 2024-09-08T09:27:13.789224 application/epub+zip 78867 2024-09-08T09:27:13.035224 application/epub+zip 441907 2024-09-08T09:27:17.827248 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 433247 2024-09-08T09:27:15.548273 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 140585 2022-09-09T06:12:27.773088 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 84956 84853 2024-09-08T09:27:12.335247 2023-09-08T11:20:27.169150 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 84828 2006-07-17T16:29:42 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 32803 2006-07-17T16:29:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 84819 2006-07-17T16:29:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32788 2006-07-17T16:29:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21723 2024-09-08T09:27:17.971189 application/rdf+xml 10552 2024-09-08T09:27:13.379232 image/jpeg 2805 2024-09-08T09:27:13.208230 image/jpeg 365032 2024-09-08T09:27:12.626220 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia en.wikipedia en.wikipedia