Project Gutenberg 2008-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 189 Bloch, Robert 1917 1994 Jarvis, E. K. This Crowded Earth Reading ease score: 76.9 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at at https://www.pgdp.net "This Crowded Earth" by Robert Bloch is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story is set in a dystopian future plagued by overpopulation and examines the life of Harry Collins, a man struggling to navigate an increasingly crowded and dehumanizing urban environment. The focus is on themes of individuality, mental strain, and the search for personal freedom in a society burdened by oppressive regulations and societal norms. The opening of the novel introduces us to Harry Collins, living in the overcrowded metropolis of Chicagee in the year 1997. He is a bachelor faced with the absurdities of life in a cramped, single-room apartment and the frustrations of daily commuting in a city where space is a luxury. As Harry endures the chaotic rush of the city and grapples with persistent headaches and existential worries, he contemplates his own insignificance in a world that feels increasingly stifling. His thoughts shift to longing for freedom and a return to a simpler connection with nature, foreshadowing the deeper exploration of human experience and desperation in the face of societal constraints that unfolds throughout the narrative. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction, American PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 256296 256295 2024-10-11T07:05:24.159600 2023-09-11T09:58:59.152188 text/html text/html 255758 2021-01-03T17:46:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii 212623 2021-01-03T17:46:46 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 291037 2024-10-11T07:05:31.433638 application/epub+zip 293154 2024-10-11T07:05:26.999582 application/epub+zip 165078 2024-10-11T07:05:25.774615 application/epub+zip 441481 2024-10-11T07:05:34.813555 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 424194 2024-10-11T07:05:30.674561 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 277023 2022-09-12T06:06:33.436130 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241305 241219 2024-10-11T07:05:23.299633 2023-09-11T09:58:58.472190 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 241221 2021-01-03T17:46:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 93386 2021-01-03T17:46:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 9697609 2009-03-05T19:38:48 application/octet-stream application/zip 20608 2024-10-11T07:05:34.952549 application/rdf+xml 13299 2024-10-11T07:05:26.331680 image/jpeg 3537 2024-10-11T07:05:26.048597 image/jpeg 282873 2024-10-11T07:05:24.191726 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