Project Gutenberg 2009-12-21 Public domain in the USA. 96 Schmitz, James H. 1911 1981 Schmitz, James Henry Summers, Leo 1925 1985 Summers, L.R. Summers, L. R. Summers, Leo Ramon Oneness Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Oneness" by James H. Schmitz is a science fiction novella written in the early 1960s. The story is set in a future where Earth is governed by an organization called the Machine, which has maintained strict control over its population for a century and a half. The novella explores themes of power, morality, and the struggle for freedom as it follows a character named Rainbolt, a member of the Mars Convicts who seeks to introduce the revolutionary principles of Oneness to Earth. In the narrative, Rainbolt is captured during an interrogation by the Machine's directors, who are desperate to learn the secrets of a new stardrive developed by the Mars Convicts after they escaped from penal settlements on Mars. Through a combination of drugging, hypnosis, and nerve stimulation, the Machine tries to extract valuable information from him. However, Rainbolt possesses an extraordinary ability to connect with others through his philosophy of Oneness, leading to shared experiences among the machine's top officials. As Rainbolt advocates for change, it becomes evident that the Machine, despite its rigid structure, is beginning to face a transformation as the influence of Oneness takes hold. Ultimately, the novella poses questions about free will and the nature of control, as Rainbolt unwittingly reshapes attitudes within the Machine, paving the way for a new era of governance on Earth. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 65798 65807 2024-09-13T06:44:54.991427 2023-09-13T11:31:28.096887 text/html text/html 62348 2009-12-21T08:38:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 78166 2009-12-21T08:38:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 123786 2024-09-13T06:44:58.231399 application/epub+zip 122839 2024-09-13T06:44:56.233397 application/epub+zip 66216 2024-09-13T06:44:55.449398 application/epub+zip 190676 2024-09-13T06:44:59.818382 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 183725 2024-09-13T06:44:57.739425 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 127656 2022-09-14T08:00:20.692890 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 59586 59483 2024-09-13T06:44:54.771434 2023-09-13T11:31:27.904859 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 59493 2009-12-21T08:38:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22565 2009-12-21T08:38:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19376 2024-09-13T06:44:59.948380 application/rdf+xml 9577 2024-09-13T06:44:55.810423 image/jpeg 2572 2024-09-13T06:44:55.639420 image/jpeg 123733 2024-09-13T06:44:55.003429 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