Project Gutenberg 2010-01-07 Public domain in the USA. 97 Slesar, Henry 1927 2002 Leslie, O. H. Mitchell, Clyde Jarvis, E. K. Llewellyn Llewellyn, William Llewellyn, Bill Llew Heart Reading ease score: 87.2 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Heart" by Henry Slesar is a science fiction short story published in the mid-20th century. The narrative centers around Fletcher Monk, an industrialist with a failing heart, who believes he can manipulate circumstances and wealth to secure his health. The story explores themes of mortality, the limits of money, and human resilience in the face of physical decline, set against a backdrop of futuristic medical possibilities and space colonization. In the story, Fletcher Monk visits Dr. Rostov, who informs him of the dire state of his heart condition, which has been neglected for years. Monk refuses to accept that his health cannot be improved through financial means and sets out on a quest to escape to Mars, where he believes the lower gravity will save him. Throughout the tale, Monk’s dogged pursuit of medical solutions, akin to buying his way out of trouble, ultimately leads him to a stark realization about life in the Mars Colony, where hard work and collaboration are essential for survival. Despite a brief period of improvement, Monk’s insistence on maintaining his old identity and ways ultimately results in his demise, hinting at a deeper emotional struggle as he is metaphorically "dying of a broken heart." (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Rich people -- Fiction Mars (Planet) -- Fiction Space colonies -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 57766 57765 2024-10-13T07:59:39.458215 2023-09-13T12:12:10.397110 text/html text/html 54324 2010-01-07T06:20:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 67659 2010-01-07T06:20:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 124701 2024-10-13T07:59:43.486208 application/epub+zip 123585 2024-10-13T07:59:41.139353 application/epub+zip 74375 2024-10-13T07:59:40.010224 application/epub+zip 174054 2024-10-13T07:59:45.273214 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167118 2024-10-13T07:59:42.867221 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 99630 2022-09-14T08:56:26.949419 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 50902 50799 2024-10-13T07:59:39.153235 2023-09-13T12:12:10.179109 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 50773 2010-01-07T06:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 19742 2010-01-07T06:20:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21356 2024-10-13T07:59:45.405189 application/rdf+xml 7480 2024-10-13T07:59:40.540224 image/jpeg 2119 2024-10-13T07:59:40.270231 image/jpeg 119646 2024-10-13T07:59:39.470241 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