Project Gutenberg 2010-04-16 Public domain in the USA. 66 Samachson, Joseph 1906 1980 Sterling, Brett Morrison, William Samachson, Joe Dillon, Diane 1933 Dillon, Diane Claire Sorber Dillon, Leo 1933 2012 A Feast of Demons Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "A Feast of Demons" by William Morrison is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The narrative submerges readers into a world grappling with the consequences of a scientific discovery that alters the fabric of aging and rejuvenation. The plot intertwines themes of ambition, consequences of unchecked scientific exploration, and the chaotic balance of life and death. The story follows Virgil Hampstead, who reconnects with his old college acquaintance, Theobald Greco, a brilliant but eccentric scientist embroiled in experiments involving Maxwell's demons—entities that manipulate the flow of energy and matter. As Virgie becomes entangled in Greco's world of transmutation and the pursuit of wealth, the situation spirals beyond their control, leading to catastrophic fires and the release of entities that can either age or rejuvenate individuals. As chaos unfolds across society, with people rapidly aging or becoming younger, the characters face moral and existential dilemmas. The narrative culminates in a world where life cycles become unstable and blurred, leaving readers to ponder the consequences of humanity's desire to conquer aging and mortality. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32010/32010-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 73250 73260 2024-09-13T12:42:47.117927 2023-09-14T06:51:53.612474 text/html text/html 69725 2010-04-16T09:57:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 258875 2010-04-16T09:57:48 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 242319 2024-09-13T12:42:49.367949 application/epub+zip 242637 2024-09-13T12:42:47.525988 application/epub+zip 68158 2024-09-13T12:42:47.307930 application/epub+zip 284459 2024-09-13T12:42:50.964952 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 273735 2024-09-13T12:42:49.148938 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 101050 2022-09-14T15:58:14.119765 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63059 62956 2024-09-13T12:42:46.888973 2023-09-14T06:51:53.410494 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 62950 2010-04-16T09:57:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24937 2010-04-16T09:57:48 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19512 2024-09-13T12:42:51.104909 application/rdf+xml 24632 2024-09-13T12:42:47.379955 image/jpeg 4190 2024-09-13T12:42:47.342939 image/jpeg 270350 2024-09-13T12:42:47.153966 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