Project Gutenberg 2009-06-22 Public domain in the USA. 89 Brown, Fredric 1906 1972 Brown, Fred Reynolds, Mack 1917 1983 McCord, Guy Reynolds, Dallas McCord Mallory, Mark Happy Ending Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Happy Ending" by Fredric Brown and Mack Reynolds is a science fiction novella originally published in the late 1950s. The story addresses themes of power, isolation, and the consequences of tyranny. Set in a post-apocalyptic world where a dictator finds himself stranded on Venus after losing a devastating war, it explores both his mental decline and his interactions with the planet’s alien inhabitants. The narrative centers on Mr. Smith, once a powerful dictator, who is now alone and defeated, grappling with memories of his former glory. Isolated on a vibrant yet desolate Venus, he struggles with feelings of bitterness and rage, particularly against a species of tiny creatures known as "kifs" that annoy and infest him. His descent into madness coincides with his attempt to assert dominance over the alien inhabitants, whom he initially believes to be simple and subservient. However, as the story unfolds, Mr. Smith's self-delusions lead to dire consequences, culminating in a horrifying fate at the hands of the "kifs", symbolizing the ultimate downfall of tyranny and the futility of his power in a changing world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 58207 58216 2024-09-12T13:19:38.571532 2023-09-13T05:39:23.503758 text/html text/html 54562 2021-01-05T05:47:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 21356 2021-01-05T05:47:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 71191 2024-09-12T13:19:41.649515 application/epub+zip 70231 2024-09-12T13:19:39.679516 application/epub+zip 70232 2024-09-12T13:19:38.963537 application/epub+zip 135801 2024-09-12T13:19:43.194521 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127567 2024-09-12T13:19:41.173497 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127772 2022-09-13T14:01:29.304206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 51314 51213 2024-09-12T13:19:38.350535 2023-09-13T05:39:23.300778 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 51237 2021-01-05T05:47:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19845 2021-01-05T05:47:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19557 2024-09-12T13:19:43.328498 application/rdf+xml 11618 2024-09-12T13:19:39.303533 image/jpeg 3011 2024-09-12T13:19:39.136502 image/jpeg 71121 2024-09-12T13:19:38.578513 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 en.wikipedia