Project Gutenberg 2007-11-20 Public domain in the USA. 64 Neville, Kris 1925 1980 Neville, Kris Ottman General Max Shorter Produced from Galaxy December 1962. Reading ease score: 78.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "General Max Shorter" by Kris Neville is a science fiction novel written in the early 1960s. The story centers on General Max Shorter, who commands a team tasked with the colonization of a distant planet called Miracastle. As the narrative unfolds, it explores themes of duty, the moral implications of colonization, and the fragile balance between human ambition and the lives affected by it. The plot begins with the initial landing on Miracastle, where Shorter oversees the harsh terraforming process that inadvertently leads to the destruction of an indigenous alien civilization. After the suicide of one of his men, the tension mounts as an investigative Committee arrives to scrutinize his leadership and the tragic events that occurred during the mission. As Shorter navigates the complexities of military duty and personal ethics, the story raises profound questions about sacrifice, responsibility, and the cost of human progress, ultimately building to a climax where he faces repercussions for what could be deemed a moral failing in his role as a commander. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 72765 72784 2024-10-10T08:54:46.001119 2023-09-10T11:21:12.364826 text/html text/html 69646 2007-11-20T15:21:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 73359 2007-11-20T15:21:16 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 81164 2024-10-10T08:54:48.397112 application/epub+zip 78931 2024-10-10T08:54:46.532126 application/epub+zip 47537 2024-10-10T08:54:46.267129 application/epub+zip 120302 2024-10-10T08:54:49.958163 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110418 2024-10-10T08:54:48.054115 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 80752 2022-09-11T06:05:35.535050 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63586 63491 2024-10-10T08:54:45.796129 2023-09-10T11:21:12.184813 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 63432 2007-11-20T15:21:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24510 2007-11-20T15:21:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19751 2024-10-10T08:54:50.082106 application/rdf+xml 17369 2024-10-10T08:54:46.322147 image/jpeg 3752 2024-10-10T08:54:46.296121 image/jpeg 74249 2024-10-10T08:54:46.012127 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