Project Gutenberg 2007-12-03 Public domain in the USA. 54 Arthur, Robert 1909 1969 The Indulgence of Negu Mah Produced from Comet, July, 1941. Reading ease score: 81.3 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Indulgence of Negu Mah" by Robert Arthur is a science fiction short story written in the early 20th century. The narrative unfolds in a futuristic setting where characters from different planets interact against a backdrop of love, betrayal, and complex moral dilemmas. The story primarily explores themes of desire, commitment, and the consequences of choices made in the pursuit of freedom. In the tale, Negu Mah, a wealthy uranium merchant from Callisto, struggles with his wife Nanlo's growing dissatisfaction with their marriage. Despite providing her with comfort and luxury, her heart yearns for another man, Hugh Neils, who equally desires her. The two plan to escape by stealing Negu Mah's cargo rocket, the Vulcan. However, unaware of his wife's betrayal, Negu Mah chooses to let them go while also ensuring they will face the consequences of their actions. He secretly alters the ship’s controls, ensuring that they are set on a course toward Proxima Centauri, sealing their fate as they embark on a potentially endless journey through space. The story ultimately poses questions about the nature of love and the balance between indulgence and personal responsibility. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49241 49246 2024-10-10T09:34:11.256026 2023-09-10T11:53:40.487100 text/html text/html 45568 2007-12-03T04:37:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 153541 2007-12-03T04:37:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 245625 2024-10-10T09:34:16.410025 application/epub+zip 244489 2024-10-10T09:34:14.142052 application/epub+zip 76590 2024-10-10T09:34:12.964015 application/epub+zip 342563 2024-10-10T09:34:18.040015 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 336143 2024-10-10T09:34:15.703006 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 144390 2022-08-11T05:56:52.965542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 43449 43367 2024-10-10T09:34:10.981013 2023-09-10T11:53:40.298072 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 43285 2007-12-03T04:37:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16875 2007-12-03T04:37:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20060 2024-10-10T09:34:18.165000 application/rdf+xml 13042 2024-10-10T09:34:13.517014 image/jpeg 3685 2024-10-10T09:34:13.242011 image/jpeg 225578 2024-10-10T09:34:11.265031 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