Project Gutenberg 2016-01-02 Public domain in the USA. 65 Shaara, Michael 1928 1988 Emshwiller, Ed 1925 1990 Emsh Emsh, Ed Alexander, Ed Emshwiller, Edmund A. Willer EMSH Orphans of the Void Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Orphans of the Void" by Michael Shaara is a science fiction novel written in the early 1950s. The narrative centers around Captain Steffens and his crew as they explore an alien world and uncover remnants of an ancient civilization, grappling with the existential weight of their discoveries in a universe where intelligent life has seemingly vanished. The storyline follows the crew of a mapping ship as they investigate the fourth planet of the Tyban system and discover its ancient buildings, which have stood for thousands of years. As they delve deeper, they uncover evidence of an advanced race known as the Makers, who once inhabited the now desolate planet. The crew encounters robots that serve the Makers and learn of their tragic history: the Makers have not returned after a devastating war that left their world void of life, and the robots are left with a deep sense of purpose tied to their creators. Captain Steffens faces a moral dilemma as he must ultimately reveal to the robots that the Makers are gone forever, while also providing them a new purpose as they emerge from their long-standing wait for their creators. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Robots -- Fiction Extrasolar planets -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 69673 69677 2024-09-21T09:33:38.766950 2023-09-22T06:50:44.553519 text/html text/html 66543 2016-01-02T11:05:56 text/html; charset=us-ascii 257013 2016-01-02T11:05:58 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 286773 2024-09-21T09:33:40.801935 application/epub+zip 286475 2024-09-21T09:33:39.171942 application/epub+zip 80359 2024-09-21T09:33:38.953976 application/epub+zip 327331 2024-09-21T09:33:42.226966 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 320447 2024-09-21T09:33:40.579931 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 114787 2022-09-23T06:13:28.067848 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 62150 62055 2024-09-21T09:33:38.595976 2023-09-22T06:50:44.366499 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 62383 2016-01-02T11:05:56 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 23585 2016-01-02T11:05:58 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19960 2024-09-21T09:33:42.360918 application/rdf+xml 31107 2024-09-21T09:33:39.022951 image/jpeg 5128 2024-09-21T09:33:38.989917 image/jpeg 258347 2024-09-21T09:33:38.783962 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 en.wikipedia