Project Gutenberg 2010-05-21 Public domain in the USA. 75 Krepps, Robert W. 1919 1980 Krepps, Robert Wilson Reynard, Geoff St. St. Reynard, Geoff Reynard, Geoffrey St. The Buttoned Sky Reading ease score: 83.0 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Buttoned Sky" by Geoff St. Reynard is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The story is set in a dystopian future where humanity is oppressed by omnipotent god-like beings referred to as "globes." The main character, Revel, a member of the ruck—an underclass of society—finds himself at a turning point when he unexpectedly kills one of these gods, setting off a chain of events that could challenge the power structure of his world. At the start of the narrative, Revel wakes up in his modest dwelling with the bitter aftertaste of a drunken night and worries about his ailing mother. As he prepares for another day of grueling manual labor in the mine, the atmosphere is thick with the oppressive presence of the god-globes hovering overhead. The opening portion presents Revel as a deeply frustrated individual who, after a chaotic confrontation with a god in the mine, accidentally kills it in an impulsive act of defiance. This act of violence catalyzes not only a personal awakening but also a burgeoning rebellion against the established order, laying the groundwork for the struggles and themes of rebellion, power, and human dignity that will unfold throughout the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32473/32473-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy 235308 235330 2024-10-13T15:45:51.190387 2023-09-14T08:25:37.135658 text/html text/html 234615 2010-05-21T12:02:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 472184 2010-05-21T12:02:10 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 496493 2024-10-13T15:45:55.253379 application/epub+zip 500825 2024-10-13T15:45:51.871426 application/epub+zip 145651 2024-10-13T15:45:51.524381 application/epub+zip 587146 2024-10-13T15:45:58.073368 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 577743 2024-10-13T15:45:54.902362 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 223533 2022-09-15T04:50:23.441557 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 216105 216010 2024-10-13T15:45:50.624409 2023-09-14T08:25:36.635149 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 216024 2010-05-21T12:02:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 85708 2010-05-21T12:02:10 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19338 2024-10-13T15:45:58.201348 application/rdf+xml 25183 2024-10-13T15:45:51.595384 image/jpeg 4668 2024-10-13T15:45:51.560377 image/jpeg 475102 2024-10-13T15:45:51.225416 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