Project Gutenberg 2010-03-11 Public domain in the USA. 75 Edrich, George Out of the Earth Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Out of the Earth" by George Edrich is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. Set in a dystopian future, the narrative revolves around a group of individuals who have been condemned by a totalitarian state and are forced into the perilous depths of the Earth's underground passages. The book explores themes of survival, human resilience, and the quest for hope amidst despair. The plot follows Jon Farmer and a small group of others as they journey through the treacherous Black Passage, having been sentenced to elimination by the State. They face a grim environment filled with darkness, scarcity, and fear of the mysterious Groles that haunt the shadows. As their resources dwindle and tensions mount, characters struggle with their individual fears and interpersonal conflicts. Ultimately, the story reflects on the nature of humanity when faced with despair and the flicker of hope represented by the search for a possible route to the surface world, suggesting that the will to survive can persist even in the direst circumstances. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Civilization, Subterranean -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 63610 63619 2024-09-13T11:04:11.391389 2023-09-14T05:24:37.980859 text/html text/html 59881 2010-03-11T09:09:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 133358 2010-03-11T09:09:14 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 176925 2024-09-13T11:04:14.643339 application/epub+zip 175522 2024-09-13T11:04:12.556345 application/epub+zip 64687 2024-09-13T11:04:11.816340 application/epub+zip 250179 2024-09-13T11:04:16.349312 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 241604 2024-09-13T11:04:14.137357 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 132022 2022-09-14T13:53:53.440378 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 56774 56674 2024-09-13T11:04:11.171373 2023-09-14T05:24:37.774851 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 56684 2010-03-11T09:09:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 20719 2010-03-11T09:09:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18281 2024-09-13T11:04:16.485323 application/rdf+xml 11208 2024-09-13T11:04:12.150354 image/jpeg 3148 2024-09-13T11:04:11.982378 image/jpeg 176907 2024-09-13T11:04:11.404339 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