Project Gutenberg 2016-02-18 Public domain in the USA. 88 Macfarlane, Wallace 1918 1999 Macfarlane, W. Macfarlane, Wallace M. McFarlane, Wallace Stone, David Stone Stone, D. Dead End Produced by Greg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Dead End" by Wallace Macfarlane is a science fiction novella written in the early 1950s. The story explores themes of identity, morality, and the consequences of technological advancements. Set in the year 2512, it delves into a future where humans have been replaced with imitations known as pseudo-lives, offering a critique of society's reliance on technology to avoid the pain of death and emotional suffering. The narrative follows Scientist William Manning Norcross, who is grappling with the implications of pseudo-life after his former mentee, John Davis Drumstetter, accuses him of withholding scientific progress. As Drumstetter wrestles with the loss of authentic human connection and strives to complete his work on a stellar overdrive for interstellar travel, he becomes increasingly disillusioned with a society that opts for artificial substitutes over genuine experiences. Norcross introduces him to Monica Drake Lane, a pseudo-life version of his deceased fiancée, in an effort to maintain emotional stability. However, as Drumstetter realizes the hollow existence surrounding him and the society that continues to perpetuate this illusion, he ultimately rejects the artificiality of pseudo-life, indicating a desperate need for genuine human experiences and connections. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Science fiction Short stories Death -- Fiction PS Text Science Fiction Browsing: Literature Browsing: Science-Fiction & Fantasy Browsing: Fiction 51687 51690 2024-09-21T11:42:18.212545 2023-09-22T08:46:36.494265 text/html text/html 48020 2016-02-18T14:10:16 text/html; charset=us-ascii 292632 2016-02-18T14:10:18 text/html; charset=us-ascii application/zip 327412 2024-09-21T11:42:20.137522 application/epub+zip 326350 2024-09-21T11:42:18.633538 application/epub+zip 87145 2024-09-21T11:42:18.406537 application/epub+zip 363643 2024-09-21T11:42:21.396547 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 356316 2024-09-21T11:42:19.917560 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 117549 2022-09-23T10:25:52.474775 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 44803 44708 2024-09-21T11:42:18.079532 2023-09-22T08:46:36.316257 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 44706 2016-02-18T14:10:16 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17367 2016-02-18T14:10:18 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 19206 2024-09-21T11:42:21.526515 application/rdf+xml 25914 2024-09-21T11:42:18.480536 image/jpeg 4664 2024-09-21T11:42:18.443534 image/jpeg 293734 2024-09-21T11:42:18.225551 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