This edition had all images removed.
Title: B-12's Moon Glow
Note: Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "B-12's Moon Glow" by Charles A. Stearns is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The story is set on Phobos, a desolate moon of Mars, where the narrative revolves around B-12, a General Purpose robot who becomes the unlikely central figure in a society marked by prejudice against metal beings. The novella explores themes of identity, longing for freedom, and the struggle for existence in a world where the Builders—the humans who created the robots—find them obsolete and are determined to eradicate them. In the story, B-12 discovers the art of distilling a potent alcoholic substance known as Moon Glow, which revitalizes the aging robots, allowing them to experience a fleeting sense of joy and strength. As tensions rise with the arrival of a government senator and certain threats to the existence of the metal people emerge, B-12 finds himself entangled in a plot that requires him to confront both the prejudices of humans and the intricate dynamics within his own community. The narrative builds towards a confrontation that reveals secrets, challenges authority, and unearths the desperation of metal people striving for survival against existential threats posed by their creators. Ultimately, the story presents B-12's fight not only for his own freedom but for the rights and existence of his entire race. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Stearns, Charles A.
EBook No.: 31364
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Downloads: 87
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Robots -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: B-12's Moon Glow
Note: Reading ease score: 84.4 (6th grade). Easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Barbara Tozier and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at https:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "B-12's Moon Glow" by Charles A. Stearns is a science fiction novella written during the early 1950s. The story is set on Phobos, a desolate moon of Mars, where the narrative revolves around B-12, a General Purpose robot who becomes the unlikely central figure in a society marked by prejudice against metal beings. The novella explores themes of identity, longing for freedom, and the struggle for existence in a world where the Builders—the humans who created the robots—find them obsolete and are determined to eradicate them. In the story, B-12 discovers the art of distilling a potent alcoholic substance known as Moon Glow, which revitalizes the aging robots, allowing them to experience a fleeting sense of joy and strength. As tensions rise with the arrival of a government senator and certain threats to the existence of the metal people emerge, B-12 finds himself entangled in a plot that requires him to confront both the prejudices of humans and the intricate dynamics within his own community. The narrative builds towards a confrontation that reveals secrets, challenges authority, and unearths the desperation of metal people striving for survival against existential threats posed by their creators. Ultimately, the story presents B-12's fight not only for his own freedom but for the rights and existence of his entire race. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Stearns, Charles A.
EBook No.: 31364
Published: Feb 23, 2010
Downloads: 87
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Robots -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.