Project Gutenberg 2010-05-07 Public domain in the USA. 71 Brown, Clyde Wood, Wallace 1927 1981 Wood, Wally First Man Reading ease score: 95.5 (5th grade). Very easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "First Man" by Clyde Brown is a science fiction story published in the late 1950s. The plot centers around Orville Close, who becomes an unwilling participant in his neighbor Harold Ferguson's eccentric quest to fly to the Moon. The narrative explores themes of ambition, absurdity, and the unpredictability of human endeavors, framed within a humorous lens as Orville grapples with both Harold's questionable motivations and the unforeseen consequences of their journey. The story begins with Harold preparing his homemade spaceship for a lunar expedition, but things take a chaotic turn when Orville accidentally hits the launch switch, sending them into orbit. Throughout their journey, the contrasting personalities of Orville, who is pragmatic and skeptical, and Harold, who embodies a reckless dreamer, lead to comedic misunderstandings and challenges. Despite their harrowing experiences in space and a crash landing on the Moon, Orville's desire for fame ultimately collides with reality upon their return to Earth. The narrative wraps up with Orville settled back into his mundane life, hinting at a bittersweet sense of unfulfilled dreams as he reflects on the absurdity of their incredible adventure. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32281/32281-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Space flight to the moon -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 69654 69660 2024-10-13T14:54:57.541728 2023-09-14T07:45:17.133998 text/html text/html 66571 2010-05-07T09:25:02 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 231014 2010-05-07T09:25:04 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 242548 2024-10-13T14:54:59.902718 application/epub+zip 241438 2024-10-13T14:54:58.149744 application/epub+zip 70072 2024-10-13T14:54:57.866832 application/epub+zip 281690 2024-10-13T14:55:01.367754 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274153 2024-10-13T14:54:59.612716 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 103373 2022-09-15T03:52:19.226016 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 60726 60631 2024-10-13T14:54:57.310738 2023-09-14T07:45:16.935958 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 60617 2010-05-07T09:25:02 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23567 2010-05-07T09:25:04 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20386 2024-10-13T14:55:01.499707 application/rdf+xml 22410 2024-10-13T14:54:57.928717 image/jpeg 3991 2024-10-13T14:54:57.897719 image/jpeg 231551 2024-10-13T14:54:57.559743 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