Project Gutenberg 2010-04-20 Public domain in the USA. 102 Abernathy, Robert 1924 1990 Abernathy, Robert Harwood World of the Drone Produced by Greg Weeks and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "World of the Drone" by Robert Abernathy is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. The story follows the protagonist, Dworn, a member of a technologically advanced beetle-like race, as he embarks on a tumultuous journey during a critical transformation from youth to adulthood. Amidst a backdrop of mechanical beings and a harsh desert landscape, Dworn's quest for survival seeks to uncover the fate of his people after they encounter a deadly force, the Drones, threatening their very existence. At the start of the narrative, Dworn is introduced as he wakes from a deep slumber within his armored machine, preparing for a vital replenishment of resources to continue his journey toward a reunion with his beetle horde. As he maneuvers through the treacherous terrain, he quickly encounters peril, including a skirmish with another machine species, the caterpillars, which leads to a thrilling escape. However, upon arriving at their rendezvous point, he is met with devastation—the remains of fellow beetles burned and destroyed amidst the chaos of a sudden attack. The opening sets up a rich and dramatic world filled with unique mechanics and the urgency of Dworn's vengeful mission to confront the forces behind this destruction, punctuated by his personal struggles and the unforeseen alliance he forms with a spider-machine named Qanya. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 159442 159451 2024-09-13T12:56:39.514785 2023-09-14T07:03:54.396434 text/html text/html 158808 2010-04-20T07:56:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 217148 2010-04-20T07:56:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 267470 2024-09-13T12:56:43.638774 application/epub+zip 268163 2024-09-13T12:56:40.743783 application/epub+zip 107938 2024-09-13T12:56:39.971767 application/epub+zip 372595 2024-09-13T12:56:45.876722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 360805 2024-09-13T12:56:43.114755 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 201221 2022-09-14T16:15:24.167668 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 148079 147997 2024-09-13T12:56:39.037777 2023-09-14T07:03:53.970423 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 147997 2010-04-20T07:56:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 57652 2010-04-20T07:56:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18012 2024-09-13T12:56:46.001732 application/rdf+xml 12147 2024-09-13T12:56:40.308801 image/jpeg 3269 2024-09-13T12:56:40.137793 image/jpeg 262865 2024-09-13T12:56:39.537787 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