Project Gutenberg 2012-10-14 Public domain in the USA. 86 Merwin, Sam 1910 1996 Merwin, Samuel Kimball, Jr. Ferrat, Jacques Jean Sprague, Carter Orban, Paul 1896 1974 The Final Figure Reading ease score: 74.3 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "The Final Figure" by Sam Merwin, Jr. is a science fiction novelet written in the early 1950s. The story revolves around a gifted model-maker, Angus MacReedy, whose incredible ability to foresee and craft miniature representations of future military weapons sparks interest and concern among military officials. The narrative explores themes of foresight in warfare, the intersection of creativity and duty, and the implications of possessing knowledge that could alter the course of conflict in a tension-filled world. The plot follows General Wales, who discovers the remarkable accuracy of MacReedy's models, particularly a miniature of a crucial weapon that has not yet been publicly disclosed. Alarmed by the implications of such prophetic talent falling into the wrong hands, Wales attempts to leverage MacReedy's abilities for national security while grappling with ethical dilemmas about personal freedom and responsibility. As the story progresses, it reveals a world where imagination can dictate reality, culminating in a chilling twist that underscores the value of knowledge and the price of innovation—both for the individual and society. Ultimately, the narrative questions whether foresight can truly predict the future or if it merely shapes the pathways to the inevitable. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/41062/41062-h/images/cover.jpg en Science fiction Ordnance -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 75002 75007 2024-10-17T10:08:31.092978 2023-09-18T04:48:14.399740 text/html text/html 71998 2012-10-14T17:26:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 221094 2012-10-14T17:26:34 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 241739 2024-10-17T10:08:33.380983 application/epub+zip 240503 2024-10-17T10:08:31.694984 application/epub+zip 97549 2024-10-17T10:08:31.419979 application/epub+zip 282399 2024-10-17T10:08:34.846956 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 274248 2024-10-17T10:08:33.108981 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 131480 2022-09-18T18:28:18.878397 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 66494 66399 2024-10-17T10:08:30.900974 2023-09-18T04:48:14.239754 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 66339 2012-10-14T17:26:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 26619 2012-10-14T17:26:34 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20826 2024-10-17T10:08:34.981962 application/rdf+xml 34959 2024-10-17T10:08:31.484966 image/jpeg 5798 2024-10-17T10:08:31.451962 image/jpeg 222094 2024-10-17T10:08:31.106036 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