Project Gutenberg 2010-10-06 Public domain in the USA. 63 Walton, Bryce 1918 1988 O'Hara, Kenneth By Earthlight Produced by Sankar Viswanathan, Greg Weeks, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "By Earthlight" by Bryce Walton is a science fiction novel written during the early 1950s. The story revolves around Hal Barlow, an individual tasked with a one-way mission to the moon under the guise of being the first man in space. This narrative reflects themes of existentialism, identity, and the human psyche in a world nearing catastrophe due to the threat of atomic warfare. The plot follows Barlow as he grapples with his fear of isolation and the weight of his impending sacrifice for the Brotherhood, a philosophical organization intending to provoke a peaceful revolution in the face of impending global conflict. As Barlow experiences the intense mental and physical pressures of his journey, he is encased in a heavy space suit and confronted with the vast emptiness of the lunar landscape. His mission becomes a desperate struggle for meaning and connection, leading him to reconsider the values of his past and the nature of humanity. The climax reveals the Brotherhood's hidden agenda and Barlow's ultimate realization of unity among humanity, as he longs for a connection while confronting the loneliness of death in an alien world. (This is an automatically generated summary.) http://www.gutenberg.org/files/33842/33842-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Short stories Space flight to the moon -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 54454 54463 2024-09-14T09:06:23.487823 2023-09-15T04:26:32.949931 text/html text/html 50798 2010-10-06T13:28:36 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 153531 2010-10-06T13:28:38 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 148093 2024-09-14T09:06:25.290866 application/epub+zip 147201 2024-09-14T09:06:23.837880 application/epub+zip 80260 2024-09-14T09:06:23.646825 application/epub+zip 183446 2024-09-14T09:06:26.626861 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 176734 2024-09-14T09:06:25.102831 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 110734 2022-09-15T12:07:55.451974 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 47311 47208 2024-09-14T09:06:23.353848 2023-09-15T04:26:32.839917 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 47219 2010-10-06T13:28:36 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 18428 2010-10-06T13:28:38 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19146 2024-09-14T09:06:26.753843 application/rdf+xml 26660 2024-09-14T09:06:23.717869 image/jpeg 4424 2024-09-14T09:06:23.681860 image/jpeg 158809 2024-09-14T09:06:23.508875 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