Project Gutenberg 2007-09-08 Public domain in the USA. 90 Wellman, Manly Wade 1903 1986 Field, Gans T. The Devil's Asteroid Produced from Comet July 1941. Produced by Greg Weeks, Graeme Mackreth and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Devil's Asteroid" by Manly Wade Wellman is a science fiction novella written in the early 20th century. The book explores the themes of evolution and devolution through the lens of human exile on a peculiar asteroid. The narrative follows Fitzhugh Parr, a man exiled to the asteroid by Martians, where he confronts not only the harsh realities of survival but also the horrific consequences of reverse evolution that strips humans of their humanity. As the story unfolds, Parr discovers that the asteroid’s environment causes Terrestrial exiles to regress into bestial forms over time. In his struggle to assert leadership among the exiled men, he faces opposition from former leaders and contemplates escape back to Earth. Along the way, Parr befriends a band of degenerate yet loyal beast-men, contending with the societal challenges and moral dilemmas inherent in their degeneration. When a chance for escape arises, he grapples with the implications of returning to a world unprepared for the dimmed humanity of his companions. Ultimately, with the arrival of rescuing forces and revelations about the nature of their predicament, Parr confronts the hidden complexities of both loyalty and survival within this alien environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 86517 86526 2024-09-10T03:50:13.725041 2023-09-10T07:29:35.124779 text/html text/html 84228 2021-01-02T22:47:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 358450 2021-01-02T22:47:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 386530 2024-09-10T03:50:18.031013 application/epub+zip 385567 2024-09-10T03:50:15.434049 application/epub+zip 81614 2024-09-10T03:50:14.167277 application/epub+zip 286802 2024-09-10T03:50:19.728034 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 280029 2024-09-10T03:50:17.191036 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175974 2022-09-10T13:42:20.841030 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 79513 79413 2024-09-10T03:50:13.441052 2023-09-10T07:29:34.893797 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 79315 2021-01-02T22:47:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 32188 2021-01-02T22:47:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18345 2024-09-10T03:50:19.854034 application/rdf+xml 13524 2024-09-10T03:50:14.505027 image/jpeg 3462 2024-09-10T03:50:14.334099 image/jpeg 413115 2024-09-10T03:50:13.742044 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