Project Gutenberg 2009-06-29 Public domain in the USA. 83 Bone, Jesse F. (Jesse Franklin) 1916 2006 Bone, Jesse Franklin Bone, J.F. Bone, J. F. (Jesse Franklin) The Issahar Artifacts Reading ease score: 74.0 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Issahar Artifacts" by Jesse F. Bone is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The book explores themes of isolation, alien intelligence, and the implications of discovery within the vastness of space. It delves into the consequences of human ventures beyond Earth, as well as the philosophical inquiries regarding the nature of existence and consciousness. The narrative follows a biologist who finds himself stranded on an alien planet after a spaceship disaster. As he grapples with loneliness and fear, he becomes aware of a subtle presence that hints at a strange, intelligent life form—an algae-like entity in the surrounding water. His struggle for survival becomes a psychological battle against this unknown entity, leading him to destroy it in a desperate attempt to reclaim his peace of mind. Eventually, he sends out a signal for rescue while pondering the fate of intelligent beings like himself, leaving readers to reflect on the delicate balance between humanity and the unknown complexities of life in the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 48121 48123 2024-10-12T14:51:46.440526 2023-09-13T05:59:34.744248 text/html text/html 44241 2009-06-29T16:03:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 123703 2009-06-29T16:03:58 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 190416 2024-10-12T14:51:50.729514 application/epub+zip 188840 2024-10-12T14:51:48.461514 application/epub+zip 82964 2024-10-12T14:51:47.052542 application/epub+zip 289248 2024-10-12T14:51:52.614515 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 281516 2024-10-12T14:51:50.047517 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 151468 2022-09-13T14:32:14.937265 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42119 42019 2024-10-12T14:51:46.171515 2023-09-13T05:59:34.577246 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 41965 2009-06-29T16:03:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16660 2009-06-29T16:03:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19812 2024-10-12T14:51:52.738490 application/rdf+xml 13764 2024-10-12T14:51:47.779520 image/jpeg 3746 2024-10-12T14:51:47.501513 image/jpeg 189059 2024-10-12T14:51:46.452520 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