Project Gutenberg 2010-05-10 Public domain in the USA. 78 Shaara, Michael 1928 1988 Hunter, Mel 1927 2004 Hunter The Book Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Book" by Michael Shaara is a science fiction narrative written in the early to mid-20th century. The story follows the journey of a young navigator named Beauclaire as he embarks on his first mission into a mysterious cosmic phenomenon known as the Hole in Cygnus. He takes over a ship from the seasoned and troubled crewman Billy Wyatt, who is nearing the end of his career, and together with Cooper, an unpredictable crew member, they explore a planet hidden within the dust cloud, uncovering the lives and culture of its inhabitants. As Beauclaire arrives at the planet, he becomes fascinated by its people, who seem unnaturally calm and lacking curiosity about their world, even in the face of meteor strikes that have ravaged their land. As he learns their language and interacts with them, he discovers they possess a unique book that serves as their spiritual guide, preaching acceptance of pain and the futility of seeking divinity. While Wyatt finds solace in the beauty of the planet and his bond with a local woman named Donna, Beauclaire grapples with the existential implications of his discoveries and the inherent longing of humanity to search for meaning among the stars. The narrative weaves themes of purpose, human nature, and the contrast between the vastness of the universe and the simplicity of existence. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32321/32321-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 72750 72761 2024-09-13T13:53:03.157502 2023-09-14T07:53:20.477009 text/html text/html 68938 2010-05-10T09:04:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 284619 2010-05-10T09:04:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 281897 2024-09-13T13:53:05.227475 application/epub+zip 281924 2024-09-13T13:53:03.565646 application/epub+zip 88567 2024-09-13T13:53:03.338574 application/epub+zip 322744 2024-09-13T13:53:06.713471 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 314603 2024-09-13T13:53:05.010495 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 122089 2022-09-15T04:04:18.712913 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 63883 63780 2024-09-13T13:53:02.973594 2023-09-14T07:53:20.312021 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 63787 2010-05-10T09:04:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 24239 2010-05-10T09:04:32 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19529 2024-09-13T13:53:06.849578 application/rdf+xml 33112 2024-09-13T13:53:03.415495 image/jpeg 5077 2024-09-13T13:53:03.375569 image/jpeg 293263 2024-09-13T13:53:03.186511 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 en.wikipedia