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 2009-04-30 Public domain in the USA. 81 Peterson, John Victor Valding, Victor Lost in the Future Reading ease score: 74.1 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Lost in the Future" by John Victor Peterson is a science fiction short story published in the early 1950s. The narrative explores the implications of exceeding the speed of light through hyperspace travel and the strange consequences that ensue when encountering an alien civilization. The story dives into themes surrounding time, communication, and the relationship between technological advancements and their unforeseen effects. The plot revolves around two astronauts, Albrecht and the narrator, who make the first landing on an inhabited planet orbiting a distant star. Despite the advanced technology of the planet’s inhabitants, the astronauts discover that due to their faster-than-light travel, they are experiencing time differently from the alien population. As they attempt to communicate, they find themselves operating seconds ahead in time, revealing the disorienting consequences of their journey. Faced with the realization that they may be permanently cut off from meaningful interaction with the inhabitants, the duo must seek a way to escape the situation by returning to space and using their ship’s computers to recalibrate their temporal position. The story encapsulates the awe and unpredictability of space exploration, highlighting the perils that come with pushing the boundaries of human capability. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 31982 31985 2024-10-12T10:47:41.018573 2023-09-12T13:04:40.791874 text/html text/html 27959 2021-01-05T00:42:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 84500 2021-01-05T00:42:13 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 150843 2024-10-12T10:47:45.428540 application/epub+zip 149273 2024-10-12T10:47:42.908571 application/epub+zip 75432 2024-10-12T10:47:41.704566 application/epub+zip 236411 2024-10-12T10:47:47.083537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 229074 2024-10-12T10:47:44.579574 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132653 2022-09-13T10:23:39.568241 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 26185 26084 2024-10-12T10:47:40.732561 2023-09-12T13:04:40.578881 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 25989 2021-01-05T00:42:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 9890 2021-01-05T00:42:13 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19739 2024-10-12T10:47:47.363529 application/rdf+xml 12150 2024-10-12T10:47:42.331566 image/jpeg 3192 2024-10-12T10:47:42.058559 image/jpeg 148771 2024-10-12T10:47:41.027583 application/octet-stream application/zip