Project Gutenberg 2009-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 63 Wells, Basil 1912 2003 Wells, Basil Eugene Ellerman, Gene Moment of Truth Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Moment of Truth" by Basil Wells is a science fiction narrative written in the mid-20th century. This book explores the themes of identity, reality, and human resilience through the eyes of a young girl adjusting to life on Mars. The narrative juxtaposes a pioneer woman's experience on Earth with the novel challenges posed by life on another planet. The story follows Ruth Halsey, a fourteen-year-old girl recovering from polio, who finds herself torn between her familiar past and a surreal present on Mars. As she wakes from a dream, she realizes that her surroundings are a distorted reflection of her childhood home, filled with memories of her deceased brother Alex. The narrative deepens when Ruth's husband, Buhl, tries to pull her into the harsh reality of Martian life, emphasizing the struggle between the comfort of illusions and the acceptance of hard truths. Amidst this, Ruth attempts to reconcile her dreams with her new life, symbolizing the universal quest for hope and belonging in a strange environment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 34411 34420 2024-09-12T07:10:39.687952 2023-09-12T10:33:16.258220 text/html text/html 30501 2021-01-04T18:44:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 34994 2021-01-04T18:44:41 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 78524 2024-09-12T07:10:42.627946 application/epub+zip 77561 2024-09-12T07:10:40.859955 application/epub+zip 55163 2024-09-12T07:10:40.099958 application/epub+zip 182073 2024-09-12T07:10:43.987948 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 175047 2024-09-12T07:10:42.129990 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 128204 2022-09-13T07:01:37.406836 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 28739 28638 2024-09-12T07:10:39.509951 2023-09-12T10:33:16.102221 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 28628 2021-01-04T18:44:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 11161 2021-01-04T18:44:41 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18561 2024-09-12T07:10:44.122930 application/rdf+xml 11423 2024-09-12T07:10:40.439951 image/jpeg 3201 2024-09-12T07:10:40.270938 image/jpeg 78646 2024-09-12T07:10:39.694975 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