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 2009-08-10 Public domain in the USA. 148 Leiber, Fritz 1910 1992 Leiber, Fritz Reuter Stone, David Stone Stone, D. The Moon is Green Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Moon is Green" by Fritz Leiber is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. Set in a post-apocalyptic world ravaged by nuclear war and radiation, the story explores themes of beauty, despair, and the human condition as society grapples with the consequences of its actions. The narrative revolves around the dichotomy of life and death amid an oppressive environment that suppresses any remnants of beauty. The story follows Effie, a woman confined to a life of fear and isolation with her controlling husband, Hank. As radiation has rendered the outside world toxic, the couple lives in a sealed apartment, cut off from the beauty of nature. Effie's yearning for beauty leads her to open a window one night, encountering a man named Patrick who claims that life has returned outside in a transformed state. As Effie becomes enchanted with Patrick's tales of a vibrant new world, tensions escalate dramatically when Hank discovers their interaction. What unfolds is a confrontation not just between the characters, but also between hope and despair, as Effie's longing for beauty leads her to chase the allure of the outside world, ultimately challenging the rigid beliefs that bound her. The novel reflects on the costs of survival, the nature of fear, and the potential for regeneration in a world marked by devastation. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Apocalyptic fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 62936 62943 2024-10-12T16:40:12.204082 2023-09-13T07:22:50.715375 text/html text/html 59100 2021-01-05T10:43:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 206704 2021-01-05T10:43:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 266806 2024-10-12T16:40:16.701088 application/epub+zip 265224 2024-10-12T16:40:14.070080 application/epub+zip 83144 2024-10-12T16:40:12.833083 application/epub+zip 425113 2024-10-12T16:40:18.620052 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 416265 2024-10-12T16:40:15.897042 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 146710 2022-09-13T16:30:59.987870 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55362 55261 2024-10-12T16:40:11.883095 2023-09-13T07:22:50.508394 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 55172 2021-01-05T10:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22059 2021-01-05T10:43:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20778 2024-10-12T16:40:18.751033 application/rdf+xml 12347 2024-10-12T16:40:13.366072 image/jpeg 3348 2024-10-12T16:40:13.098073 image/jpeg 266383 2024-10-12T16:40:12.219089 application/octet-stream application/zip en.wikipedia