Project Gutenberg 2010-06-17 Public domain in the USA. 109 Pederson, Con 1934 Orban, Paul 1896 1974 The Genius Reading ease score: 86.7 (6th grade). Easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net "The Genius" by Con Pederson is a science fiction story published in the early 1950s. The book explores themes of creativity, dissatisfaction with societal norms, and the nature of intelligence within a futuristic setting. It centers around the character Sethos, who is portrayed as a brilliant artist, yet struggles with the limitations and monotony of his existence in a world that seems devoid of ambition and exploration. The narrative follows Sethos as he navigates his feelings of entrapment within a society of mechanoids and humans where curiosity and personal development are systematically stifled. Despite his artistic genius, Sethos becomes increasingly disillusioned with the superficiality of his peers and their lack of ambition. His journey takes a pivotal turn when he encounters Hol, an ethereal figure from the stars, who reveals that humanity once ventured beyond their world, only to regress into complacency. This revelation prompts a desperate desire within Sethos to break free from his constrained environment, yet his longing is met with the stark reality that he is merely a preserved specimen in a controlled ecosystem. Ultimately, he is faced with the painful truth of his existence as a "savage" in a carefully curated world, leading to a profound confrontation with his identity and purpose. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/32861/32861-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories PS Text Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 64517 64521 2025-01-13T11:00:56.344596 2023-09-14T09:43:15.452430 text/html text/html 61414 2021-01-06T18:38:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 139848 2021-01-06T18:38:42 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 146336 2025-01-13T11:00:58.600556 application/epub+zip 145238 2025-01-13T11:00:56.941582 application/epub+zip 81052 2025-01-13T11:00:56.662585 application/epub+zip 184223 2025-01-13T11:00:59.995564 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176561 2025-01-13T11:00:58.327542 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 112682 2022-09-15T06:38:54.640154 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 55864 55768 2025-01-13T11:00:56.137612 2023-09-14T09:43:15.216447 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 55668 2021-01-06T18:38:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 22320 2021-01-06T18:38:42 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20141 2025-01-13T11:01:00.743545 application/rdf+xml 26451 2025-01-13T11:00:56.730563 image/jpeg 4509 2025-01-13T11:00:56.697616 image/jpeg 140004 2025-01-13T11:00:56.356564 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