Project Gutenberg 2010-05-30 Public domain in the USA. 88 Fyfe, H. B. (Horace Bowne) 1918 1997 Fyfe, Horace Bowne Fyfe, H.B. Let There Be Light Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "Let There Be Light" by H. B. Fyfe is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of survival and ingenuity in a post-apocalyptic world where humanity is struggling to reclaim its lost civilization amidst the ruins left by advanced technology. The narrative focuses on a group of men scavenging for resources in what remains of a once-thriving city. The plot revolves around Blackie and his companions as they ambush a group of robots tasked with maintaining the highway—an emblem of the once-great technological society that has now crumbled. Through their resourcefulness, they capture a robot and disassemble it for parts, particularly a precious lubricant that serves as fuel for their makeshift lamps. As they celebrate their small victory, Blackie reflects on the futility of capturing machinery designed to repair roads rather than aiding their quest for survival and sustenance. The story captures the struggle of humanity's resilience and adaptability in a world defined by remnants of its technological past, highlighting the hope for better times as they prepare to illuminate their darkened lives with the resources obtained from the machines. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32592/32592-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Apocalyptic fiction Regression (Civilization) -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 41754 41763 2024-09-14T03:54:26.061257 2023-09-14T08:53:02.597934 text/html text/html 38075 2021-01-06T16:36:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 129157 2021-01-06T16:36:46 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 140711 2024-09-14T03:54:27.982220 application/epub+zip 139738 2024-09-14T03:54:26.557226 application/epub+zip 59828 2024-09-14T03:54:26.303207 application/epub+zip 174308 2024-09-14T03:54:29.242235 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 167249 2024-09-14T03:54:27.727259 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 87596 2022-09-15T05:27:31.142269 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 33865 33769 2024-09-14T03:54:25.924256 2023-09-14T08:53:02.266931 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 33755 2021-01-06T16:36:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 13360 2021-01-06T16:36:46 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19231 2024-09-14T03:54:29.372210 application/rdf+xml 24315 2024-09-14T03:54:26.365243 image/jpeg 3822 2024-09-14T03:54:26.334220 image/jpeg 129860 2024-09-14T03:54:26.071215 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