Project Gutenberg 2010-05-12 Public domain in the USA. 86 Marks, Winston K. (Winston Kinney) 1915 1979 Marks, Winston Kinney The Mind Digger Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Mind Digger" by Winston K. Marks is a science fiction novel written in the late 1950s. The story delves into the fascinating yet unsettling realm of memory and its implications for creativity and personal experience. It explores the journey of a young playwright, Hillary Hardy, who seeks to achieve total recall of his memories through experimental therapy, ultimately leading to profound and harrowing consequences. The narrative follows the rise of Hillary Hardy, a gifted but unconventional young playwright who sells his first play, "Updraft," to the producer George Crocker. As his fame grows and he becomes a prolific writer, Hardy engrosses himself in memory enhancement experiments, aiming to achieve total recall back to his conception. While these endeavors initially prove to be a source of artistic inspiration, they also lead him to relive all his past traumas and pains with intense emotional clarity. As a result, the creative outlet he once thrived upon transforms into a torturous experience, ultimately leaving him in a state of mental collapse. The climax of the story illustrates the dangers of blurring the lines between memory and reality, as well as the psychological toll of seeking to harness the mind's full potential. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32353/32353-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Psychological fiction Dramatists -- Fiction Memory -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 61814 61823 2024-09-13T14:02:48.037589 2023-09-14T08:01:39.858175 text/html text/html 58430 2010-05-12T09:59:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 97717 2010-05-12T09:59:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 109546 2024-09-13T14:02:50.184595 application/epub+zip 108638 2024-09-13T14:02:48.536591 application/epub+zip 81614 2024-09-13T14:02:48.281591 application/epub+zip 146832 2024-09-13T14:02:51.570577 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 139334 2024-09-13T14:02:49.926595 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112628 2022-09-15T04:16:24.674853 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 53371 53276 2024-09-13T14:02:47.873623 2023-09-14T08:01:39.716165 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 53277 2010-05-12T09:59:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 21599 2010-05-12T09:59:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19705 2024-09-13T14:02:51.700571 application/rdf+xml 25316 2024-09-13T14:02:48.345594 image/jpeg 4342 2024-09-13T14:02:48.313627 image/jpeg 98498 2024-09-13T14:02:48.049583 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