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 Project Gutenberg 2007-10-22 Public domain in the USA. 45 Clinton, Ed M. 1926 2006 Clinton, E. M. Clinton, Edwin M. Untechnological Employment Produced from Analog Science Fact · Science Fiction November 1962. Reading ease score: 48.8 (College-level). Difficult to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Jana Srna and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Untechnological Employment" by Ed M. Clinton Jr. is a science fiction short story written in the early 1960s. The narrative is centered around themes of bureaucracy and the challenges of technological advancements, particularly in the context of space exploration. It explores how external pressures may influence decision-making within governmental and military institutions. The story unfolds through a series of telegram exchanges among military officials and the White House regarding the delays in moon launches caused by bad weather. As the countdown for a significant launch draws near, political considerations become entangled with operational realities, revealing the tensions between technological capabilities and the expectations of political figures. The narrative highlights the absurdities and complexities of bureaucracy, especially in dealing with crises, culminating in an ironic twist regarding weather control and the motivations underlying decision-making in a high-stakes environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Epistolary fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 29129 29131 2024-12-10T06:53:10.406156 2023-09-10T09:54:30.697599 text/html text/html 25189 2007-10-22T08:43:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 124444 2007-10-22T08:43:08 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 129333 2024-12-10T06:53:11.909166 application/epub+zip 128169 2024-12-10T06:53:10.759171 application/epub+zip 64771 2024-12-10T06:53:10.586161 application/epub+zip 100335 2024-12-10T06:53:12.955185 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 94508 2024-12-10T06:53:11.730158 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 61434 2022-09-11T04:07:42.330660 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 23558 23465 2024-12-10T06:53:10.336173 2023-09-10T09:54:30.635599 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 23391 2007-10-22T08:43:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 8517 2007-10-22T08:43:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20154 2024-12-10T06:53:13.076136 application/rdf+xml 12633 2024-12-10T06:53:10.645144 image/jpeg 2047 2024-12-10T06:53:10.615327 image/jpeg 125215 2024-12-10T06:53:10.413147 application/octet-stream application/zip