Project Gutenberg 2010-06-13 Public domain in the USA. 87 Wallace, F. L. (Floyd L.) 1915 2004 Wallace, Floyd L. Wallace, Floyd Lee Wallace, F.L. Francis, Dick Francis, Richard D. The Impossible Voyage Home Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Impossible Voyage Home" by F. L. Wallace is a science fiction novel written in the mid-20th century. It explores themes of space travel, aging, and the human condition, all set against the backdrop of a future where the challenges of interplanetary travel are influenced by the effects of radiation and biological limitations. The story centers on the concepts of heredity and human resilience amidst the harsh realities of space. The narrative follows the elderly couple, Ethan and Amantha, as they long to see their youngest grandchild on Earth. With a limited time frame due to the constraints of aging and space travel, they hatch a plan to steal a spaceship to make the journey home. As they unexpectedly succeed in piloting the craft through their combined experiences and sheer determination, their adventure illuminates the depth of their bond and the wisdom accumulated over a lifetime. Along the way, they confront both the physical challenges posed by space and societal perceptions of the elderly, ultimately rediscovering their agency and capabilities, much to the surprise of those who doubted them. The book culminates in a realization of the potential within those often overlooked due to age, and presents a thought-provoking exploration of what it means to truly live and connect with one’s family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32805/32805-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Interplanetary voyages -- Fiction PS Text Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 77481 77488 2024-09-14T04:39:36.534036 2023-09-14T09:33:28.779472 text/html text/html 74422 2021-01-06T17:44:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 224423 2021-01-06T17:44:21 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 233767 2024-09-14T04:39:38.898058 application/epub+zip 232793 2024-09-14T04:39:37.137015 application/epub+zip 96458 2024-09-14T04:39:36.863096 application/epub+zip 276101 2024-09-14T04:39:40.402119 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 267633 2024-09-14T04:39:38.632005 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131890 2022-09-15T06:25:06.231428 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 68524 68428 2024-09-14T04:39:36.329026 2023-09-14T09:33:28.597463 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 68316 2021-01-06T17:44:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 27099 2021-01-06T17:44:21 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 18785 2024-09-14T04:39:40.535020 application/rdf+xml 24970 2024-09-14T04:39:36.932074 image/jpeg 4158 2024-09-14T04:39:36.900030 image/jpeg 225044 2024-09-14T04:39:36.552042 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