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Title: Progress Report
Note: Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
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Summary: "Progress Report" by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides is a science fiction narrative written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a critical test flight of a new spacecraft, exploring themes of human ambition, the scientific quest for knowledge, and the political machinations that can influence technological progress. The backdrop of Cold War anxieties and technological advancements serves to heighten the stakes and tensions throughout the plot. The narrative follows Colonel Jennings and his team as they prepare for a crucial test of their spacecraft, with a politically motivated senator, O'Noonan, observing the proceedings. The tense atmosphere is amplified by the senator's ignorance and dismissive attitude toward the scientific efforts at play, as he seeks personal glory and relevance. Just as the spacecraft successfully launches, it inexplicably loses contact, raising alarms about what could have gone wrong. The ending reveals that the ship had been tampered with, suggesting external intervention, represented by the cryptic message "Not yet." This twist underlines the complexities of man's pursuit of progress while hinting at unknown forces that may decide humanity's readiness for space exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Clifton, Mark, 1906-1963
Author: Apostolides, Alex, 1923-2005
Illustrator: Orban, Paul, 1896-1974
EBook No.: 36867
Published: Jul 27, 2011
Downloads: 82
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Space flight -- Fiction
Subject: Space ships -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.
This edition has images.
Title: Progress Report
Note: Reading ease score: 75.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read.
Credits:
Produced by Greg Weeks, Dianna Adair and the Online
Distributed Proofreading Team at http:
//www.pgdp.net
Summary: "Progress Report" by Mark Clifton and Alex Apostolides is a science fiction narrative written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a critical test flight of a new spacecraft, exploring themes of human ambition, the scientific quest for knowledge, and the political machinations that can influence technological progress. The backdrop of Cold War anxieties and technological advancements serves to heighten the stakes and tensions throughout the plot. The narrative follows Colonel Jennings and his team as they prepare for a crucial test of their spacecraft, with a politically motivated senator, O'Noonan, observing the proceedings. The tense atmosphere is amplified by the senator's ignorance and dismissive attitude toward the scientific efforts at play, as he seeks personal glory and relevance. Just as the spacecraft successfully launches, it inexplicably loses contact, raising alarms about what could have gone wrong. The ending reveals that the ship had been tampered with, suggesting external intervention, represented by the cryptic message "Not yet." This twist underlines the complexities of man's pursuit of progress while hinting at unknown forces that may decide humanity's readiness for space exploration. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
Author: Clifton, Mark, 1906-1963
Author: Apostolides, Alex, 1923-2005
Illustrator: Orban, Paul, 1896-1974
EBook No.: 36867
Published: Jul 27, 2011
Downloads: 82
Language: English
Subject: Science fiction
Subject: Short stories
Subject: Space flight -- Fiction
Subject: Space ships -- Fiction
LoCC: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature
Category: Text
Rights: Public domain in the USA.