Project Gutenberg 2009-07-08 Public domain in the USA. 72 Fritch, Charles E. 1927 2012 The Odyssey of Sam Meecham Reading ease score: 83.6 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Odyssey of Sam Meecham" by Charles E. Fritch is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story follows the unlikely protagonist, Sam Meecham, a meek government worker who discovers an atomic engine with unlimited power, leading him to break free from his mundane life and venture into space. The book explores themes of personal transformation, the quest for freedom, and the struggle against domestic dissatisfaction. In this narrative, Sam Meecham is depicted as a frail man trapped in a mundane job as an atomic engine inspector, feeling constrained by both his work and his marriage to Dorothy, who represents his past disappointments. After an unexpected event reveals the potential of a hyperdrive engine, Sam decides to seize the opportunity to explore the stars, ultimately defying Dorothy's control over their lives. As he prepares for his journey, he grapples with fears and insecurities but ultimately chooses to not only pursue his dreams but to embrace a new beginning with Dorothy by his side. The tale culminates in their departure into the cosmos, symbolizing both Sam's liberation and the rekindling of their relationship. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 46841 46844 2024-10-12T15:13:47.152477 2023-09-13T06:16:20.266521 text/html text/html 43019 2009-07-08T11:47:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 90021 2009-07-08T11:47:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 165957 2024-10-12T15:13:52.229442 application/epub+zip 164384 2024-10-12T15:13:49.934484 application/epub+zip 83879 2024-10-12T15:13:48.798451 application/epub+zip 254651 2024-10-12T15:13:53.919450 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 246977 2024-10-12T15:13:51.544441 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 133738 2022-09-13T14:55:54.066883 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 40261 40161 2024-10-12T15:13:46.853477 2023-09-13T06:16:20.078562 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 40088 2009-07-08T11:47:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15577 2009-07-08T11:47:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19982 2024-10-12T15:13:54.042430 application/rdf+xml 12874 2024-10-12T15:13:49.342481 image/jpeg 3480 2024-10-12T15:13:49.066450 image/jpeg 163593 2024-10-12T15:13:47.164469 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