Project Gutenberg 2010-03-19 Public domain in the USA. 85 McKimmey, James 1923 2011 McKimmey, James Earl, Jr. Parsons, Philip B. Parsons, P. B. (Philip Brown) 'Mid Pleasures and Palaces Produced by Greg Weeks, Stephen Blundell and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "'Mid Pleasures and Palaces" by James McKimmey is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of isolation, survival, and the impact of time as it follows the story of a man, William Kirk, who encounters Harry Loren, a fellow astronaut who has been stranded on a remote planet for nearly two decades. This narrative delves into the psychological effects of prolonged isolation and the nature of human connection in the face of daunting circumstances. The story begins with Kirk's mission to find Loren, who has been lost after a crash landing. When Kirk finally encounters Loren, he is shocked to find that Loren has formed a bond with a strange alien creature named Eddie. The narrative captures the tension between the desperate hope of returning home and the haunting memories of what has been lost over the years. As Kirk interacts with Loren, he realizes the emotional toll isolation has taken on him, leading to a complex mix of trust and deception. Ultimately, Loren faces the difficult reality of moving on from the past and returning home, raising poignant questions about memory, grief, and the passage of time. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 49275 49284 2024-09-13T11:27:28.945212 2023-09-14T05:44:48.599819 text/html text/html 45325 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 142451 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 193560 2024-09-13T11:27:32.464233 application/epub+zip 192133 2024-09-13T11:27:30.245192 application/epub+zip 66796 2024-09-13T11:27:29.413191 application/epub+zip 318931 2024-09-13T11:27:34.062206 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 310936 2024-09-13T11:27:31.857210 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 154658 2022-09-14T14:24:00.229151 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 42375 42274 2024-09-13T11:27:28.718231 2023-09-14T05:44:48.353810 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 42170 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 15530 2021-01-06T08:37:44 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18843 2024-09-13T11:27:34.196160 application/rdf+xml 15101 2024-09-13T11:27:29.756201 image/jpeg 4244 2024-09-13T11:27:29.586201 image/jpeg 194540 2024-09-13T11:27:28.958211 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