Project Gutenberg 2009-12-11 Public domain in the USA. 60 Bartholomew, Stephen Schelling, George 1938 Schelling, George Luther Schelling, George L. Schelling Last Resort Reading ease score: 83.9 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Last Resort" by Stephen Bartholomew is a science fiction novella written during the early 1960s. The narrative revolves around the psychological and existential challenges faced by an astronaut stranded in space due to an unexpected hull leak in his spacecraft. As he grapples with diminishing oxygen and the threat of his own mortality, the story delves into themes of human resilience, the limits of science, and the potential of the mind to overcome dire situations. The plot centers on an unnamed astronaut who, after discovering a slow leak in his spacecraft, faces an impending death from asphyxiation and isolation. As he reflects on his life, particularly his loved ones, he is confronted with the choice to take an experimental drug known as LRXD, which promises to enhance mental capacity but carries the risk of severe side effects. The drug induces intense hallucinations and heightened awareness, granting him a profound new perspective on his predicament. Ultimately, he discovers that through an unexpected psychic connection, he is able to stop the leak with the power of his mind, leading to unforeseen consequences for both him and the future of space research. The story concludes with the intrigue surrounding his newfound abilities and their implications for humanity’s understanding of consciousness and the universe. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 48854 48853 2024-10-13T06:44:39.436806 2023-09-13T11:11:10.784064 text/html text/html 45189 2021-01-05T22:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 114775 2021-01-05T22:39:06 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 186250 2024-10-13T06:44:43.466777 application/epub+zip 185128 2024-10-13T06:44:41.179978 application/epub+zip 85902 2024-10-13T06:44:40.060800 application/epub+zip 265355 2024-10-13T06:44:45.179765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 258644 2024-10-13T06:44:42.810808 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 126458 2022-09-14T07:33:41.968834 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42553 42449 2024-10-13T06:44:39.163801 2023-09-13T11:11:10.591054 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42433 2021-01-05T22:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 16519 2021-01-05T22:39:06 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19940 2024-10-13T06:44:45.304779 application/rdf+xml 12548 2024-10-13T06:44:40.604788 image/jpeg 3379 2024-10-13T06:44:40.330785 image/jpeg 181351 2024-10-13T06:44:39.446789 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